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Coupled-channels treatment of $^7\mathrm{Be}(p,\gamma)^8\mathrm{B}$ in effective field theory

Nuclear Theory 2024-07-09 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The E1 and M1 contributions to 7Be(p,γ)8B^7\mathrm{Be}(p,\gamma)^8\mathrm{B} at low energies are calculated in halo effective field theory. The excited 7Be^7\mathrm{Be}^\star core is included as an explicit degree of freedom in a coupled-channels calculation. The E1 transition is calculated up to next-to-next-to-leading order. The leading contribution from M1 transition that gives significant contribution in a narrow energy region around the 1+1^+ resonance state of 8^8B is included. We compare our results with previous halo effective field theory calculations that also included the 7Be^7\mathrm{Be}^\star as an explicit degree of freedom. We disagree with these previous calculations in both the formal expressions and also in the analysis. Bayesian inference of the data gives S17(0)=21.0(7)S_{17}(0)=21.0(7) eV b when combined with the expected theory error.

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@article{arxiv.2010.13003,
  title  = {Coupled-channels treatment of $^7\mathrm{Be}(p,\gamma)^8\mathrm{B}$ in effective field theory},
  author = {Renato Higa and Pradeepa Premarathna and Gautam Rupak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.13003},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

21 pages, 11 figures, 4 tables, updated manuscript, results unchanged