Low-energy photodisintegration of the deuteron and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis

W. Tornow; N. G. Czakon; C. R. Howell; A. Hutcheson; J. H. Kelley; V. N. Litvinenko; S. F. Mikhailov; I. V. Pinayev; G. J. Weisel; H. Witała

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.08.078

Low-energy photodisintegration of the deuteron and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis

W. Tornow
, N. G. Czakon
, C. R. Howell
, A. Hutcheson
, J. H. Kelley
, V. N. Litvinenko
, S. F. Mikhailov
, I. V. Pinayev
, G. J. Weisel
, H. Witała

Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)

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Abstract

The photon analyzing power for the photodisintegration of the deuteron was measured for seven gamma-ray energies between 2.39 and 4.05 MeV using the linearly polarized gamma-ray beam of the high-intensity gamma-ray source at the Duke Free-Electron Laser Laboratory. The data provide a stringent test of theoretical calculations for the inverse reaction, the neutron-proton radiative capture reaction at energies important for Big-Bang nucleosynthesis. Our data are in excellent agreement with potential model and effective field theory calculations. Therefore, the uncertainty in the baryon density Ω _Bh² obtained from Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis can be reduced at least by 20%.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8-13
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	574
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.08.078
State	Published - Nov 6 2003

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Tornow, W., Czakon, N. G., Howell, C. R., Hutcheson, A., Kelley, J. H., Litvinenko, V. N., Mikhailov, S. F., Pinayev, I. V., Weisel, G. J., & Witała, H. (2003). Low-energy photodisintegration of the deuteron and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 574(1-2), 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.08.078

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Tornow, W, Czakon, NG, Howell, CR, Hutcheson, A, Kelley, JH, Litvinenko, VN, Mikhailov, SF, Pinayev, IV, Weisel, GJ & Witała, H 2003, 'Low-energy photodisintegration of the deuteron and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 574, no. 1-2, pp. 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.08.078

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