Measurement of the ${}^{3}{He}$ (n,γ $)^{4}$ He cross section at thermal neutron energies

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18 December 1989

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 63 (25) , 2721-2724
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.2721

Abstract

We have measured the cross section for radiative capture of thermal neutrons on

{}^{3}{He}

. The measured cross section of 54±6 μb is used to estimate the astrophysical S factor for the reaction

{}^{3}{He}

(p,

e^{+}

ν

)^{4}

He which gives rise to high-energy neutrinos from the Sun.

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