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    Hayakawa, S.; La Cognata, M.; Lamia, L.; Yamaguchi, H.; Kahl, D.; Abe, K.; Shimizu, H.; Yang, L.; Beliuskina, O.; Cha, S. M.; Chae, K. Y.; Cherubini, S.; Figuera, P.; Ge, Z.; Gulino, M.; Hu, J.; Inoue, A.; Iwasa, N.; Kim, A.; Kim, D.; Kiss, G.; Kubono, S.; La Commara, M.; Lattuada, M.; Lee, E. J.; Moon, J. Y.; Palmerini, S.; Parascandolo, C.; Park, S. Y.; Phong, V. H.; Pierroutsakou, D.; Pizzone, R. G.; Rapisarda, G. G.; Romano, S.; Spitaleri, C.; Tang, X. D.; Trippella, O.; Tumino, A.; Zhang, N. T.

    Astrophysical journal. Letters, 07/2021, Letnik: 915, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    The cosmological lithium problem (CLP) stems from the outstanding discrepancy between theoretical predictions and astronomical observations of primordial lithium abundances. For the radiogenic production of 7Li, 7Be plays a pivotal role in the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). Nevertheless, the data for neutron-induced 7Be destruction processes were still sparse, and especially lacked information on the contributions of transitions to the 7Li excited states. In this work, we have determined the 7Be\({(n,{p}_{0})}^{7}\)Li, 7Be\({(n,{p}_{1})}^{7}\)Li*, and 7Be\({(n,\alpha )}^{4}\)He reaction cross sections by means of the Trojan Horse method. The present and the previous data were analyzed together by a multichannel R-matrix fit, providing an improved uncertainty evaluation of the \((n,{p}_{0})\) channel and the first-ever quantification of the \((n,{p}_{1})\) contribution in the BBN-relevant energy range. We implemented the revised total reaction rate summing both the \((n,{p}_{0})\) and \((n,{p}_{1})\) contributions in a state-of-the-art BBN code PRIMAT. As a consequence, the present nuclear-physics data offers a reduction of the predicted 7Li abundance by about one-tenth, which would impose a stricter constraint on BBN and head us in the correct direction to the CLP solution.