Experimental techniques to use the (d,n) reaction for spectroscopy of low-lying proton-resonances

Studies of rp-process nucleosynthesis in stellar explosions show that establishing the lowest $l=0$ and $l=1$ resonances is the most important step to determine reaction rates in the astrophysical rp-process path. At the RESOLUT facility, we have used the $(d,n)$ reaction to populate the lowest p-resonances in $^{26}Si$, and demonstrated the usefulness of this approach to populate the resonances of astrophysical interest [1]. In order to establish the $(d,n)$ reaction as a standard technique for the spectroscopy of astrophysical resonances, we have developed a compact setup of low-energy Neutron-detectors, ResoNEUT and tested it with the stable beam reaction $^{12}C(d,n)^{13}N$ in inverse kinematics. Performance data from this test-experiment and future plans for this setup will be presented.