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Excitation Function for 6Li+αReactions Between 0.5 and 1.4 MeV

Published: December 2022 Wiescher

Lead Author(s): A. Gula

The recent discovery of Carbon Enhanced Metal Poor (CEMP) stars leaves open questions as to how carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (CNO) elements were enriched through the nucleosynthesis of primordial elements in the first stars. It has been proposed that the reaction sequence ⁶Li(α,γ)¹⁰B(α,d)¹²C may offer an alternative path to the traditional triple-α process, taking advantage of α-cluster configurations in the ¹⁰B and ¹⁴N systems. Learn more

Publication: Excitation function for the ⁶Li+α reaction between 0.5 and 1.4 MeV