Simple Model of the ${\mathrm{Li}}^6$ Nucleus and the ${\mathrm{Li}}^6(n, t){\mathrm{He}}^4$ Reaction

A model of the ${\mathrm{Li}}^6$ nucleus consisting of an alpha particle plus a deuteron is used to calculate angular dis-distributions of the ${\mathrm{Li}}^6(n, t){\mathrm{He}}^4$ reaction for several neutron energies under the assumption that it is a pickup process. The shapes of the calculated angular distributions are similar to those of the experimental data; however, there is a lack of agreement between experiment and theory at large angles that is ascribed to compound nucleus formation.