Cross-section Measurement of the Cosmologically Relevant 7Be(n, α)4He Reaction over a Broad Energy Range in a Single Experiment

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Lamia, L. [1 ,2 ]
Mazzocco, M. [3 ,4 ]
Pizzone, R. G. [2 ]
Hayakawa, S. [5 ]
La Cognata, M. [2 ]
Spitaleri, C. [1 ,2 ]
Bertulani, C. A. [6 ]
Boiano, A. [7 ]
Boiano, C. [8 ]
Broggini, C. [4 ]
Caciolli, A. [3 ,4 ]
Cherubini, S. [1 ,2 ]
D'Agata, G. [1 ,2 ,13 ]
da Silva, H. [9 ]
Depalo, R. [3 ,4 ]
Galtarossa, F. [10 ]
Guardo, G. L. [1 ,2 ]
Gulino, M. [2 ,11 ]
Indelicato, I. [1 ,2 ]
La Commara, M. [7 ,12 ]
La Rana, G. [7 ,12 ]
Menegazzo, R. [4 ]
Mrazek, J. [13 ]
Pakou, A. [14 ,15 ]
Parascandolo, C. [7 ]
Piatti, D. [3 ,4 ]
Pierroutsakou, D. [7 ]
Puglia, S. M. R. [2 ]
Romano, S. [1 ,2 ]
Rapisarda, G. G. [2 ]
Sanchez-Benitez, A. M. [16 ,17 ]
Sergi, M. L. [2 ]
Sgouros, O. [2 ,14 ,15 ]
Soramel, F. [3 ,4 ]
Soukeras, V. [2 ,14 ,15 ]
Sparta, R. [1 ,2 ]
Strano, E. [3 ,4 ]
Torresi, D. [2 ]
Tumino, A. [2 ,11 ]
Yamaguchi, H. [5 ]
Zhang, G. L. [18 ]
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[1] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron E Majorana, Catania, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, LNS, Catania, Italy
[3] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Padua, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, Padua, Italy
[5] Univ Tokyo, Ctr Nucl Study, Tokyo, Japan
[6] Texas A&M Univ Commerce, Dept Phys & Astron, Commerce, TX USA
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, Milan, Italy
[9] UNL, Lab Instrumentacao Engn Biomed & Fis Radiacao LIB, Dept Fis, FCT, P-2829516 Monte De Caparica, Portugal
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy
[11] Univ Enna Kore, Fac Ingn & Architettura, Enna, Italy
[12] Univ Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento Farm, Naples, Italy
[13] Czech Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, Rez, Czech Republic
[14] Univ Ioannina, Dept Phys, Ioannina, Greece
[15] Univ Ioannina, HINP, Ioannina, Greece
[16] Univ Huelva, Dept Ciencias Integradas, Fac Ciencias Expt, E-21071 Huelva, Spain
[17] Univ Huelva, Ctr Estudios Avanzados Fis Matemat & Comp, Fac Ciencias Expt, E-21071 Huelva, Spain
[18] Beihang Univ, Sch Phys, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
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nuclear reactions; nucleosynthesis; abundances; primordial nucleosynthesis; ABUNDANCE;
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10.3847/1538-4357/ab2234
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Studying interactions of radioactive ions with neutrons is particularly demanding and has been performed only in a few cases. Some of these interactions are crucial in several astrophysical contexts. In the present work, the case of the Be-7 destruction induced by the (n,alpha) reaction is investigated at the energies typical of the primordial nucleosynthesis by means of the Trojan Horse Method applied to the H-2(Be-7,alpha alpha)p quasi-free reaction. The Be-7(n,alpha)(4) He cross-section has been measured in a single experiment from similar to 2 MeV down to cosmological energies. The corresponding deduced reaction rate has been adopted to evaluate the impact on big bang nucleosynthesis and on the lithium problem.
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