Search for a resonant enhancement of the 7Be + d reaction and primordial 7Li abundances

P. D. O'Malley; D. W. Bardayan; A. S. Adekola; S. Ahn; K. Y. Chae; J. A. Cizewski; S. Graves; M. E. Howard; K. L. Jones; R. L. Kozub; L. Lindhardt; M. Matos; B. M. Moazen; C. D. Nesaraja; S. D. Pain; W. A. Peters; S. T. Pittman; K. T. Schmitt; J. F. Shriner; M. S. Smith; I. Spassova; S. Y. Strauss; J. L. Wheeler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.84.042801

Search for a resonant enhancement of the 7Be + d reaction and primordial 7Li abundances

P. D. O'Malley
, D. W. Bardayan
, A. S. Adekola
, S. Ahn
, K. Y. Chae
, J. A. Cizewski
, S. Graves
, M. E. Howard
, K. L. Jones
, R. L. Kozub
, L. Lindhardt
, M. Matos
, B. M. Moazen
, C. D. Nesaraja
, S. D. Pain
, W. A. Peters
, S. T. Pittman
, K. T. Schmitt
, J. F. Shriner
, M. S. Smith

I. Spassova, S. Y. Strauss, J. L. Wheeler

Department of Physics

Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
University of Tennessee
Tennessee Technological University
Louisiana State University
Oak Ridge Associated Universities

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Abstract

Big Bang nucleosynthesis calculations, constrained by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe results, produce 7Li abundances almost a factor of four larger than those extrapolated from observations. Since primordial 7Li is believed to be mostly produced by the beta decay of 7Be, one proposed solution to this discrepancy is a resonant enhancement of the 7Be(d,p)2α reaction rate through the 5/2⁺ 16.7-MeV state in 9B. The 2H(7Be,d)7Be reaction was used to search for such a resonance; none was observed. An upper limit on the width of the proposed resonance was deduced.

Original language	English
Article number	042801
Journal	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume	84
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.042801
State	Published - 17 Oct 2011

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O'Malley, P. D., Bardayan, D. W., Adekola, A. S., Ahn, S., Chae, K. Y., Cizewski, J. A., Graves, S., Howard, M. E., Jones, K. L., Kozub, R. L., Lindhardt, L., Matos, M., Moazen, B. M., Nesaraja, C. D., Pain, S. D., Peters, W. A., Pittman, S. T., Schmitt, K. T., Shriner, J. F., ... Wheeler, J. L. (2011). Search for a resonant enhancement of the 7Be + d reaction and primordial 7Li abundances. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 84(4), Article 042801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.042801

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