The 8Li(α, n)11B reaction and primordial nucleosynthesis

Active targets for the study of nuclei far from stability

“…Predecessors to the MSTPC were the Multi-Sampling Ionization Chamber (MUSIC) [56] and Multi-Sampling Proportional Counter (MSPC) [57], which have been successful in studying reactions with radioactive beams [58,59]. Recently, a newlyconstructed MUSIC detector was used in conjunction with radioactive beams to access reactions for unstable carbon isotopes that shed light in nucleosynthesis of neutron-rich isotopes on the surface of neutron stars [60].…”

The8Li(p,α)5He reaction at low energies, andMendes1, Lépine‐Szily2, Descouvemont3 et al. 2012Phys. Rev. C

“…However, the existing data on 8 an extrapolation down to zero energy) do not allow an accurate determination of the reaction rate at high temperatures (with typical temperatures in Big Bang nucleosynthesis being of the order of T 9 0.7). We have therefore used the analytical parametrization of Gu et al [28] as a first estimate.…”

Physics with energetic radioactive ion beams

“…For example, the low-energy tandem Van de Graaff at Notre Dame University was used to generate, in flight, 8Li (lifetime of 0.8 sec) which was used to study crucial Big Bang reactions [ 5 ] . At intermediate mass and energies, detection and identification of protonrich nuclei at GANIL and MSU has provided important information on the path of the rapid proton capture (rp) process [6,7].…”