7Be(n,p)7 Li Cross Section Measurement for the Cosmological Lithium Problem at the n_TOF Facility at CERN

L. A. Damone

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_5

⁷Be(n,p)⁷ Li Cross Section Measurement for the Cosmological Lithium Problem at the n_TOF Facility at CERN

L. A. Damone^*,

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Research School of Physics

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Abstract

One of the most puzzling problems in Nuclear Astrophysics is the “Cosmological Lithium Problem”, i.e the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of ⁷Li observed in metal poor halo stars (Asplund et al. in Astrophys J 644:229–259, 2006, [1]), and the one predicted by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). One of the reactions that could have an impact on the problem is ⁷Be(n,p)⁷ Li. Despite of the importance of this reaction in BBN, the cross-section has never been directly measured at the energies of interest for BBN. Taking advantage of the innovative features of the second experimental area at the n TOF facility at CERN (Sabate-Gilarte et al. in Eur Phys J A 53:210, 2017, [2]; Weiss et al. in NIMA 799:90, 2015, [3]), an accurate measurement of ⁷Be(n,p) cross section has been recently performed at n TOF, with a pure ⁷Be target produced by implantation of a ⁷Be beam at ISOLDE. The mesurement started in April 2016 and lasted for two months. The experimental procedure, the setup used in the measurement and the results obtained so far will be here presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nuclei in the Cosmos XV
Editors	Alba Formicola, Matthias Junker, Lucio Gialanella, Gianluca Imbriani
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature
Chapter	5
Pages	25-32
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-13876-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-13875-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_5
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2019
Event	15th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC 2018 - L'Aquila, Italy Duration: 24 Jun 2018 → 29 Jun 2018

Publication series

Name	Springer Proceedings in Physics
Volume	219
ISSN (Print)	0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-4941

Conference

Conference	15th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	L'Aquila
Period	24/06/18 → 29/06/18

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Damone, LA 2019, ⁷Be(n,p)⁷ Li Cross Section Measurement for the Cosmological Lithium Problem at the n_TOF Facility at CERN. in A Formicola, M Junker, L Gialanella & G Imbriani (eds), Nuclei in the Cosmos XV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 219, Springer Nature, Cham, pp. 25-32, 15th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC 2018, L'Aquila, Italy, 24/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_5

⁷Be(n,p)⁷ Li Cross Section Measurement for the Cosmological Lithium Problem at the n_TOF Facility at CERN. / Damone, L. A.
Nuclei in the Cosmos XV. ed. / Alba Formicola; Matthias Junker; Lucio Gialanella; Gianluca Imbriani. Cham: Springer Nature, 2019. p. 25-32 (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 219).

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