Using Inertial Fusion Implosions to Measure the T + [superscript 3]He Fusion Cross Section at Nucleosynthesis-Relevant Energies

Light nuclei were created during big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). Standard BBN theory, using rates inferred from accelerator-beam data, cannot explain high levels of [superscript 6]Li in low-metallicity stars. Using high-energy-density plasmas we measure the T([superscript 3]He,γ)[superscript 6]Li re...

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Main Authors: Herrmann, H. W (Author), Kim, Y. H (Author), Hale, G. (Author), Rubery, M. (Author), Paris, M. (Author), Bacher, A. (Author), Brune, C. R (Author), Forrest, C. (Author), Glebov, V. Yu (Author), Janezic, R. (Author), McNabb, D. (Author), Nikroo, A. (Author), Pino, J. (Author), Sangster, T. C (Author), Seka, W. (Author), Stoeckl, C. (Author), Zylstra, Alex Bennett (Contributor), Gatu Johnson, Maria (Contributor), Frenje, Johan A (Contributor), Li, Chikang (Contributor), Seguin, Fredrick Hampton (Contributor), Sio, Hong Weng (Contributor), Petrasso, Richard D (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2017-06-02T17:57:44Z.
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520 |a Light nuclei were created during big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). Standard BBN theory, using rates inferred from accelerator-beam data, cannot explain high levels of [superscript 6]Li in low-metallicity stars. Using high-energy-density plasmas we measure the T([superscript 3]He,γ)[superscript 6]Li reaction rate, a candidate for anomalously high [superscript 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. 
520 |a United States. Department of Energy (DE-NA0001857) 
520 |a United States. Department of Energy (DE-FC52-08NA28752) 
520 |a United States. Department of Energy (DEFG02-88ER40387) 
520 |a United States. Department of Energy (DE-NA0001837) 
520 |a United States. Department of Energy (DE-AC52- 06NA25396) 
520 |a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (B597367) 
520 |a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (415935- G) 
520 |a University of Rochester. Fusion Science Center (524431) 
520 |a National Laser User's Facility (DE-NA0002035) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.). Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Grant 1122374) 
520 |a Los Alamos National Laboratory. Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program (20150717PRD2) 
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773 |t Physical Review Letters