The 3He(α,γ)7Be γ-ray angular distribution: measured, and calculated by effective field theory
Abstract
The 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be reaction takes place in several distinct astrophysical scenarios. First, in solar hydrogen burning, 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be controls the competition between the pp-I chain, on the one hand, and the pp-II and -III chains, on the other hand. Its rate directly affects the solar model predictions for the well-measured 7Be and 8B solar neutrino fluxes, which can in principle be used as solar thermometer. Second, in Big Bang nucleosynthesis, 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be is the main production channel for primordial 7Li, the decay product of 7Be. Finally, the reaction is believed to produce radioactive 7Be in astrophysical novae. The cross section of this reaction has been studied previously using different methods, namely 7Be activation, 7Be recoil detection, and in-beam γ-ray detection. The latter studies have in many cases been performed with just one detector in close geometry. Here, for the first time a comprehensive measurement of the 3He(α,γ)7Be γ-ray angular distribution is reported. Altogether 22 high-purity germanium detectors were used, arranged at 27-145 degrees angle with respect to the beam direction. Data were taken at 442-1213 keV center-of-mass energy. In addition, one data point for the astrophysical S-factor was obtained with the activation method. The angular data are compared with the predictions from a hybrid theoretical approach, where the E1 transitions are modeled using a cluster-based effective field theory (EFT) while the M1 and E2 transitions within an EFT-inspired framework. Good agreement is found, if the interference among these multipolarities is taken into account in the theory.
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BibTeX
@misc{turkat20263heαγ7be,
title = {{The 3He(α,γ)7Be γ-ray angular distribution: measured, and calculated by effective field theory}},
author = {S. Turkat and P. Hempel and X. Zhang and S. Akhmadaliev and D. Bemmerer and A. Boeltzig and A. Caciolli and A. Freimann and M. Grieger and S. Hammer and T. Hensel and L. Hübinger and N. A. Hofmann and J. Koch and T. Lossin and F. Ludwig and E. Masha and K. M. Nollett and M. Osswald and S. Reinicke and S. Rümmler and K. Schmidt and K. Stöckel and T. Szücs and S. Vincent and L. Wagner and J. Wünsche and A. Yadav and K. Zuber},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.17770},
eprint = {2610.17770},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17770},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - The 3He(α,γ)7Be γ-ray angular distribution: measured, and calculated by effective field theory
AU - S. Turkat
AU - P. Hempel
AU - X. Zhang
AU - S. Akhmadaliev
AU - D. Bemmerer
AU - A. Boeltzig
AU - A. Caciolli
AU - A. Freimann
AU - M. Grieger
AU - S. Hammer
AU - T. Hensel
AU - L. Hübinger
AU - N. A. Hofmann
AU - J. Koch
AU - T. Lossin
AU - F. Ludwig
AU - E. Masha
AU - K. M. Nollett
AU - M. Osswald
AU - S. Reinicke
AU - S. Rümmler
AU - K. Schmidt
AU - K. Stöckel
AU - T. Szücs
AU - S. Vincent
AU - L. Wagner
AU - J. Wünsche
AU - A. Yadav
AU - K. Zuber
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/13
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.17770
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17770
AB - The 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be reaction takes place in several distinct astrophysical scenarios. First, in solar hydrogen burning, 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be controls the competition between the pp-I chain, on the one hand, and the pp-II and -III chains, on the other hand. Its rate directly affects the solar model predictions for the well-measured 7Be and 8B solar neutrino fluxes, which can in principle be used as solar thermometer. Second, in Big Bang nucleosynthesis, 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be is the main production channel for primordial 7Li, the decay product of 7Be. Finally, the reaction is believed to produce radioactive 7Be in astrophysical novae. The cross section of this reaction has been studied previously using different methods, namely 7Be activation, 7Be recoil detection, and in-beam γ-ray detection. The latter studies have in many cases been performed with just one detector in close geometry. Here, for the first time a comprehensive measurement of the 3He(α,γ)7Be γ-ray angular distribution is reported. Altogether 22 high-purity germanium detectors were used, arranged at 27-145 degrees angle with respect to the beam direction. Data were taken at 442-1213 keV center-of-mass energy. In addition, one data point for the astrophysical S-factor was obtained with the activation method. The angular data are compared with the predictions from a hybrid theoretical approach, where the E1 transitions are modeled using a cluster-based effective field theory (EFT) while the M1 and E2 transitions within an EFT-inspired framework. Good agreement is found, if the interference among these multipolarities is taken into account in the theory.
ER -