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Many-channel microscopic cluster model of : factors
Phys. Rev. C 113, 034324 – Published 30 March, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/8jvl-fg8b
Abstract
We investigate low-energy astrophysical factors for reactions proceeding through the compound system with entrance channels , and . Using the same microscopic many-channel three-cluster framework as in our previous study of the high-lying spectrum, we calculate for , and in the energy range relevant for primordial and stellar nucleosynthesis. For the mirror reactions and , as well as for the calculated factors reproduce both the absolute scale and the low-energy trends of the experimental data within their quoted uncertainties, whereas the absolute factors for the deuteron-induced channels on are underestimated at low energy, consistent with the shifted threshold and the absence of a broad subthreshold structure in the present implementation. A partial-wave analysis identifies the dominant contributions in each channel and relates them to specific resonances, while demonstrating that cluster polarization, previously shown to be crucial for the spectrum, is likewise essential for the normalization and energy dependence of several factors. Evaluating at appropriate Gamow energies, we obtain a hierarchy of reaction channels that quantifies the relative importance of neutron- and deuteron-induced processes for the production and destruction of and .
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Many-channel microscopic cluster model of : Formation of high-energy resonance states
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