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Phys. Rev. C 43, 875–882 (1991)

Cross sections for 3H(7Li,n0)9Be and 3H(7Li,ntot)

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C. R. Brune, R. W. Kavanagh, S. E. Kellogg, and T. R. Wang
W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

Received 5 September 1990; published in the issue dated February 1991

The 3H(7Li,n0)9Be cross section was measured for 0.15<Ec.m.<1.24 MeV at θlab=0°, 45°, 90°, and 135° using Si(Li) diodes as neutron spectrometers. The 3H(7Li,ntot) cross section was measured for 0.05<Ec.m.<1.5 MeV using a 4π neutron detector. The cross section for 3H(7Li,n0)9Be was used to calculate the thermonuclear reaction rate for the temperature range 0.3–10 GK. The results support predictions that 9Be may be produced in quantities near spectroscopic limits of observation according to some models of inhomogeneous primordial nucleosynthesis.

© 1991 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.43.875
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.43.875
PACS:
25.70.Gh, 27.10.+h