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A new study of 10B(p,\(\alpha\))7Be reaction at low energies

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The 10B(p,\(\alpha\))7Be reaction is of great interest since it has many applications in different fields of research such as nuclear astrophysics, nuclear physics, and models of new reactors for clean energy generation. This reaction has been studied at the AN2000 accelerator of the INFN National Laboratories of Legnaro (LNL). The total cross section has been measured in a wide energy range (250-1182 keV) by using the activation method. The decays of the 7Be nuclei produced by the reaction were measured at the low counting facility of LNL by using two fully shielded high-purity germanium detectors. The present dataset shows a large discrepancy with respect to one of the previous data at the same energies and reduces the total uncertainty to the level of 6%. An R-matrix calculation has been performed on the present data using the parameters from previous Trojan Horse measurements for the 10 and 500keV resonances. The present data do not lay on the R-matrix fit in one point suggesting the existence of a 11C level not observed yet. Further nuclear investigations are needed to confirm this hypothesis.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, Padova, Italy

    A. Caciolli & R. Depalo

  2. INFN, Sezione di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padova, Italy

    C. Broggini & R. Menegazzo

  3. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy

    M. La Cognata, S. M. R. Puglia, S. Romano, M. L. Sergi, C. Spitaleri & A. Tumino

  4. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

    L. Lamia, S. Romano & C. Spitaleri

  5. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy

    L. Mou, V. Rigato & C. Rossi Alvarez

  6. Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”, Enna, Italy

    A. Tumino

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Caciolli, A., Depalo, R., Broggini, C. et al. A new study of 10B(p,\(\alpha\))7Be reaction at low energies. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 136 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16136-8

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