Reaction rate for destruction ofLi7and primordial nucleosynthesis

The rate for destruction of ${}_{}{}^7{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}$ via deuteron-induced reactions is reexamined and is found to be appreciably larger than that previously used in primordial nucleosynthesis codes over most of the temperature region of interest. Numerous calculations were run to determine the significance of the new rate; it was found to change the predicted ${}_{}{}^7{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}$ abundance by not more than 20% over the parameter space examined.