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GENERAL: See also Table 7.4 [Table of Energy Levels] (in PDF or PS).

Theory: See (FR57, MA57E, SK58).

1. 7Be(ε)7Li

Qm = 0.863

The decay is complex; see ⁷Li.

2. 4He(3He, γ)7Be

Qm = 1.584

In the range E(³He) = 0.48 to 1.32 MeV, the capture cross section increases from 0.04 to 1.2 μb. At E(³He) = 1.32 MeV, about 50% of the transitions involve the 0.43-MeV state (HO59). See also (BA58H, HE58A). The significance of this reaction for energy generation in stars is discussed by (CA58B, FO58A).

3. 4He(3He, 3He)4He

Eb = 1.584

Elastic scattering studies for E(³He) = 3 to 5.5 MeV (θ = 54° to 126°) indicate a prominent resonance at E(³He) = 5.17 MeV, Γ = 0.180 MeV (⁷Be* = 4.53 MeV, Γ_c.m. = 0.102 MeV). Phase-shift analysis indicates that the state is F_7/2, with γ²_α = 3.0 x 10^-13 MeV-cm, θ²_α = 0.36, R = 4.4 x 10^-13 cm. The behavior of the p-wave phase shifts suggests that the ground state, and possibly ⁷Li*(0.48), have widths which approach θ²_α = 1. The s-wave phase shift is consistent with hard-sphere scattering, with R = 2.8 x 10^-13 cm (MI58B). See also (CH58D).

4. 4He(α, n)7Be

Qm = -18.993

A search for this reaction at E_α = 39 MeV, 0.5 MeV (c.m.) above threshold, led to a negative result; the cross section is < 0.7 mb. This result is consistent with the assumption that ⁷Be has negative parity (WA52C).

5. 6Li(p, γ)7Be	Qm = 5.607
	Q0 = 5.66 ± 0.05 (WA56A).

Gamma transitions to the ground state and to the 0.43-MeV state are observed. The yield shows no evidence of resonance for E_p = 0.4 to 1.0 MeV, and the branching ratio remains approximately constant at 62 ± 5%, (BA55D: 65%) to the ground state, 38% to the 0.43-MeV state, (BA55D: < 4% to the 4.6-MeV state). The 90°-differential cross section at 750 keV is 0.02 μb/sr (WA56A). (BA55D) estimate 0.2 μb/sr from observation of (430 ± 20)-keV radiation. (Because of the extremely low cross section of the present reaction, small amounts of contaminants may have a strong influence; in particular, earlier reports of a resonance at E_p ~ 1.6 - 1.8 MeV may be due to ¹⁰B(p, α)⁷Be: see (WA56A).)

The angular distribution of both γ-rays (to the ground state and the 0.43-MeV level) is the same at E_p = 750 keV, W(θ) = 1 + (1.05 ± 0.15)cos²θ. Neither s- or d-wave capture yields such a distribution, and p-wave, J = 3/2^-, is indicated; a direct non-resonant capture process seems also possible (WA56A).

6. 6Li(p, n)6Be

Qm = -5.2

Eb = 5.607

At E_p = 9 MeV, the cross section for production of ground state neutrons is dσ/dΩ = 0.19 + 0.23cosθ + 0.70cos²θ mb/sr; σ = 5 ± 1 mb (BO57I).

7. (a) 6Li(p, α)3He	Qm = 4.022	Eb = 5.607
(b) 6Li(p, p)6Li

The excitation function follows the Gamow function from E_p = 19 to 250 keV (SA53B, JA57). The total cross section exhibits two resonances, one at ~ 1 MeV (broad) and one at 1.83 MeV (BA51E, MA56L). (There is some discrepancy in the reported absolute cross sections.) In the range E_p = 1.3 to 3.1 MeV, the elastically scattered protons, θ = 164°, exhibit a single maximum at E_p = 1.75 MeV, with Γ = 0.5 MeV (BA51E): see Table 7.2 (in PDF or PS). Preliminary results of a study at θ = 156° for E_p = 0.45 to 1.8 MeV clearly show the 1.75-MeV anomaly, but no marked effect near 1 MeV (MC58E). Analysis of α-particle angular distributions in the range 0.6 < / = E_p < / = 2.5 MeV is consistent with J = 3/2⁺, 5/2^- for the two states at 6.35 and 7.18 MeV. A large, non-resonant background may indicate other states or some direct interaction (MA56L): see also ⁶Li(p, γ)⁷Be. At E_p = 15 and 18 MeV, the angular distributions of ³He-particles are sharply peaked forward (LI56B: see ⁶Li). See also (SA55I; theor.).

8. 6Li(p, d)5Li

Qm = -3.269

See ⁵Li.

9. (a) 6Li(d, n)7Be	Qm = 3.380
(b) 6Li(d, n)3He + 4He	Qm = 1.796

Two neutron groups are reported, corresponding to the ground- and 0.43-MeV states. The γ-ray energy is given as 428.9 ± 2 keV (corrected for Doppler shift): the ⁷Li* - ⁷Be* difference is 48.5 ± 1.0 keV (TH52). At E_d = 3.5 MeV, the angular distributions of the neutron groups, analyzed by stripping theory indicate l_p = 1, J < / = 5/2^- for both states. Reaction (b) is also observed (AJ52). Pronounced stripping patterns for neutrons leading to the 0.43-MeV state, observed at E_d = 0.6 to 1.5 MeV, also indicate l_p = 1. Neutron-gamma correlations, with the neutron counter at a fixed angle, are isotropic; taken together with the stripping results, this observation indicates J = 1/2^- for the excited state (NE56B, NE58A, SA58); see also (TH51F, TH53). A search for neutron groups leading to levels of ⁷Be in the range 0.3 to 2.0 MeV revealed no others with intensities >10% of the main group (NE56B).

Broad maxima observed in the ratio of low energy to high-energy neutrons at E_d = 4.2 and 5.1 MeV are attributed to ⁷Be state at 6.5 MeV (Γ_c.m. = 1.2 MeV) and 7.2 MeV (Γ_c.m. = 0.5 MeV). The 4.6-MeV state produces no such effect, presumably because of the high angular momentum of the neutrons (SL57): see ⁴He(³He, ³He)⁴He. At E_d = 1.8 MeV, a search for 4.2-MeV γ-rays (from the 4.58 --> 0.43 transition) was unsuccessful: I(4.2-MeV γ) < 0.1 I(0.4-MeV γ) (WI57). See also (CA55D).

10. 6Li(3He, d)7Be

Qm = 0.113

Not observed.

11. 6Li(α, t)7Be

Qm = -14.206

Not observed.

12. 6Li(6Li, nα)7Be

Qm = 1.909

See (NO57A).

13. 7Li(p, n)7Be

Qm = -1.646

A weighted mean of measurements of the ground state threshold gives 1.8811 ± 0.0005 MeV (JO54D). Using a two-meter absolute electrostatic analyzer, (BO58E) obtain E_thresh. = 1.8812 ± 0.0009 keV.

The weighted mean value of five independent observations for the energy of the excited state is 431 ± 5 keV; see Table II (7) (in PDF or PS) in (52AJ38). A neutron threshold determination gives 434 ± 4 keV (MA55K). At E_p = 9 MeV, neutrons corresponding to ⁷Be*(4.6) are reported by (BO57I). At E_p = 18.3 MeV, ⁷Be levels are observed at 4.6 ± 0.2 and 7.1 ± 0.2 MeV (TH52D).

14. 7Li(3He, t)7Be

Qm = -0.881

Not observed.

15. 9Be(γ, 2n)7Be

Qm = -20.565

See ⁹Be.

16. 9Be(p, t)7Be

Qm = -12.081

See (CO54B) and (BE56A).

17. 9Be(d, tn)7Be

Qm = -14.307

See (HE55E) and ¹¹B.

18. 10B(p, α)7Be

Qm = 1.147

The weighted mean of five determinations of the energy of the first excited state gives 430.3 ± 2 keV: see Table III (7) (in PDF or PS) in (52AJ38), and (CR52C); E_γ = 432 ± 3 keV (DA54). The mean lifetime of this state is (2.7 ± 1.0) x 10^-13 sec (BU56B: Doppler shift). This value agrees with a shell model calculation by (LA55A).

At E_p = 18 MeV, α-groups are reported corresponding to ⁷Be* = 0, 0.49 ± 0.10, 4.72 ± 0.08, 6.27 ± 0.10, 7.21 ± 0.10 and 14.6 ± 0.3 MeV. The last group is ten times as intense as any of the others. It is not completely excluded that it may be due to ¹⁰B(p, ³He)⁸Be (RE55A).