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Abstract

We use the generator coordinate method (GCM) to define multicluster wave functions of the $\ensuremath{\alpha}+(p+n)$ system. Distortion effects of the deuteron are included through a mixing of several $p+n$ configurations. The model is tested on the ${}^{6}\mathrm{Li}$ spectroscopy, and on the $\ensuremath{\alpha}+p$ and $\ensuremath{\alpha}+d$ elastic phase shifts. The comparison with experiment gives a fairly good agreement in all the cases. At low temperatures, we predict a reduction by a factor of 10 of the ${}^{2}\mathrm{H}(\ensuremath{\alpha},\ensuremath{\gamma}{)}^{6}\mathrm{Li}$ reaction rate, with respect to astrophysics compilations. The GCM cross section is also used to test the validity of the extranuclear approximation.

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DOI

10.1103/physrevc.58.1066

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