Li8from theBe9(t,α)8Li reaction

The ${}_{}{}^9{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$(t,α) reaction has been used to populate states in ${}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}$. Angular distributions were measured for four low-lying narrow states, and distorted-wave Born approximation calculations (including coupled channels) were used to analyze the data. The results are compared with results of a ${}_{}{}^9{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$(d${,}^3$He) reaction and with Cohen-Kurath shell-model predictions.