Published October 1, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

A drop in the 6Li(p,γ)7Be reaction at low energies

  • 1. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 (China)
  • 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China)
  • 3. Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44780 (Germany)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (United States)
  • 5. Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 6. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 (Japan)
  • 7. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582 (Japan)
  • 8. China Institute of Atomic Energy, P.O. Box 275(1), Beijing 102413 (China)

Description

The low-energy astrophysical S factors of the 6Li(p,γ)7Be reaction have been investigated on a 320 kV platform at the Institute of Modern Physics in Lanzhou. The experimental S factor of this reaction shows an interesting sizable drop contrary to any existing theoretical expectations at energies below 200 keV. Such drop has not been fully understood yet and may reflect a novel reaction mechanism. The appearance of an interesting new positive-parity 1/2+ or 3/2+ resonance at Ec.m.≈195 keV is discussed. This study shows the danger of extrapolating experimental data over too large an energy range and demonstrates the need for careful direct experimental studies of reaction cross sections at or near stellar energies. In addition, our new results are discussed in the framework of a SUSY assisted Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) model

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.07.044

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.07.044;
PII
S0370-2693(13)00608-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
725
Journal Issue
4-5
Journal Page Range
p. 287-291
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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