Cross Section for the Production of Beryllium-7 from Lithium-6, Lithium-6 Interactions

The cross section for the reaction has been measured at effective energies of 5.0, 3.5, and 1.6 MeV. The resulting large cross sections are 178 ± 6.4, 93.4 ± 6.0, and 3.89 ± 0.39 mb, respectively. Irradiations of ⁶LiF targets were performed with a 6.0-MeV ⁶Li-ion beam at the 88-in. cyclotron of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.