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High-energy breakup of 6Li as a tool to study the Big Bang nucleosynthesis reaction 2H(α,γ)6Li
F. Hammache
1
M. Heil
S. Typel
D. Galaviz
K. Sümmerer
A. Coc
2
F. Uhlig
F. Attallah
M. Caamano
D. Cortina
H. Geissel
M. Hellström
N. Iwasa
J. Kiener
2
P. Koczon
B. Kohlmeyer
P. Mohr
E. Schwab
K. Schwarz
F. Schümann
P. Senger
O. Sorlin
1
V. Tatischeff
2
J. P. Thibaud
2
E. Vangioni
A. Wagner
W. Walus
1
IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPN - 15, rue Georges Clemenceau - 91406 ORSAY CEDEX - France)
- UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (Bâtiment 300 - 91405 Orsay cedex - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8608 (France)
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CSNSM - Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (batiments 104 et 108 - 91405 Orsay Campus - France)
- UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (Bâtiment 300 - 91405 Orsay cedex - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8609 (France)
Abstract : The recently claimed observations of non-negligible amounts of 6Li in old halo stars have renewed interest in the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) of 6Li. One important ingredient in the predicted BBN abundance of 6Li is the low-energy 2H(α,γ)6Li cross section. Up to now, the only available experimental result for this cross section showed an almost constant astrophysical S factor below 400 keV, contrary to theoretical expectations. We report on a new measurement of the 2H(α,γ)6Li reaction using the breakup of 6Li at 150 A MeV. Even though we cannot separate experimentally the Coulomb contribution from the nuclear one, we find clear evidence for Coulomb-nuclear interference by analyzing the scattering angular distributions. This is in line with our theoretical description, which indicates a drop of the S24 factor at low energies as predicted also by most other models. Consequently, we find even lower upper limits for the calculated primordial 6Li abundance than before.
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- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevC.82.065803
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F. Hammache, M. Heil, S. Typel, D. Galaviz, K. Sümmerer, et al.. High-energy breakup of 6Li as a tool to study the Big Bang nucleosynthesis reaction 2H(α,γ)6Li. Physical Review C, American Physical Society, 2010, 82, pp.065803. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.82.065803⟩. ⟨in2p3-00575099⟩
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