Deuterium induced reactions on ⁶Li

Deuteron-induced reactions on ⁶Li are important for nuclear structure studies and for nuclear applications. The partial cross section and the angular distribution information for ⁶Li(d, n)⁷Be reaction are lacking in literature even after several measurements, which is a source of inconsistencies between various R-matrix evaluations of ⁸Be system. A new measurement of deuterium induced reactions on ⁶Li target was performed at University of Notre Dame in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Notre Dame to fill in important gaps in the existing data. The experiment was carried out for the deuterium energy range from 1.8 to 15 MeV with angular coverage of 10^o-170^o in laboratory frame of reference. The experiment simultaneously measured the neutrons, charged particles, and gammas from the reaction. The experimental details and preliminary results for various reactions channels from the ongoing analysis will be discussed. Also, the results for ⁶Li(d, n)⁷Be angle integrated cross section from the activation measurement will be presented. In addition, a multi-channel R-matrix analysis is performed to fit the available data for ⁸Be system simultaneously using phenomenological R-matrix code AZURE2. The details of the R-matrix analysis and preliminary results will be presented and compared with the Energy Dependent Analysis (EDA) fit providing valuable insight into improving the future evaluation.