Using inertial fusion implosions to measure the T+He3 fusion cross section at nucleosynthesis-relevant energies

Zylstra, Alex B.; Herrmann, Hans W.; Johnson, M. Gatu; Kim, Yong Ho; Frenje, J. A.; Hale, Gerald M.; Li, C. K.; Rubery, M.; Paris, Mark W.; Bacher, A.; Brune, C. R.; Forrest, C.; Glebov, V. Yu.; Janezic, R.; McNabb, D.; Nikroo, A.; Pino, J.; Sangster, T. C.; Seguin, F. H.; Seka, W.; Sio, H.; Stoeckl, C.; Petrasso, R. D.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.035002

Title: Using inertial fusion implosions to measure the $T + {}^{3}{He}$ fusion cross section at nucleosynthesis-relevant energies

Journal Article · Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.035002· OSTI ID:1341857

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
AWE plc, Reading (United Kingdom)
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Light nuclei were created during big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). Standard BBN theory, using rates inferred from accelerator-beam data, cannot explain high levels of 6 Li in low-metallicity stars. Using high-energy-density plasmas we measure the T ( 3 He , γ ) 6 Li reaction rate, a candidate for anomalously high 6 Li production; we find that the rate is too low to explain the observations, and different than values used in common BBN models. This is the first data directly relevant to BBN, and also the first use of laboratory plasmas, at comparable conditions to astrophysical systems, to address a problem in nuclear astrophysics.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: LLNL; LLE; FSC; NLUF; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; NA0001857; FC52-08NA28752; FG02-88ER40387; NA0001837; B597367; 20150717PRD2; 415935- G; NA0002035; NA0002726; NA0002949; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1341857

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1261687; OSTI ID: 1266027; OSTI ID: 1266028; OSTI ID: 1266029; OSTI ID: 1374516

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-29245; LLNL-JRNL-734488; PRLTAO; TRN: US1701791

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 117, Issue 3; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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