Determination of the 3He+alpha\to 7Be asymp. normalization coefficients (nucl. vertex constants) and their application for extrapolation of the 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be astroph. S-factors to the solar energy region

TL;DR

This paper refines the determination of asymptotic normalization constants for the $^3He+ ext{alpha} o ^7Be$ reaction using a modified potential approach, enabling more accurate extrapolation of astrophysical S-factors to solar energies.

Contribution

It introduces a new analysis method for extracting nuclear vertex constants from experimental data, improving the accuracy of astrophysical S-factor extrapolations for solar models.

Findings

New estimates of asymptotic normalization constants for $^7$Be states.

Refined astrophysical S-factors at energies below 90 keV.

Insights into alpha-particle spectroscopic factors for mirror nuclei.

Abstract

A new analysis of the precise experimental astrophysical $S$-factors for the direct capture $^3He(\alpha,\gamma)^7{\rm {Be}}$ reaction [B.S. Nara Singh et al., Phys.Rev.Lett. {\bf 93} (2004) 262503; D. Bemmerer et al., Phys.Rev.Lett. {\bf 97} (2006) 122502; F.Confortola et al., Phys.Rev. {\bf C 75} (2007) 065803 and T.A.D.Brown et al., Phys.Rev. {\bf C 76} (2007) 055801] populating to the ground and first excited states of $^7{\rm Be}$ is carried out based on the modified two - body potential approach in which the direct astrophysical $S$-factor, $S_{34}(E)$, is expressed in terms of the asymptotic normalization constants for $^3{\rm {He}}+\alpha\to ^7{\rm {Be}}$ and two additional conditions are involved to verify the peripheral character of the reaction under consideration. The Woods--Saxon potential form is used for the bound ($\alpha+^3{\rm {He}}$)- state and the $^3{\rm {He}}\alpha$- scattering wave functions. New estimates are obtained for the "indirectly measured", values of the asymptotic normalization constants (the nuclear vertex constants) for $^3{\rm {He}}+\alpha\to^7{\rm {Be}}(g.s.)$ and $^3{\rm {He}}+\alpha\to^7{\rm {Be}}(0.429 MeV)$ as well as the astrophysical $S$-factors $S_{34}(E)$ at E$\le$ 90 keV, including $E$=0. The values of asymptotic normalization constants have been used for getting information about the $\alpha$-particle spectroscopic factors for the mirror ($^7Li^7{\rm {Be}}$)-pair.