One fewer solution to the cosmological lithium problem

ORAL

Abstract

Data from a recent $^9$Be$(^3$He,$t)^9$B measurement are used to rule out a possible solution to the cosmological lithium problem based on resonant destruction of $^7$Be.

*This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and by the Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation. TRIUMF receives federal funding via a contribution agreement through the National Research Council of Canada.

Authors

  • Barry Davids

    • TRIUMF
  • Oliver Kirsebom

    • TRIUMF and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus