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The $^{7}\mathrm{B}\mathrm{e}(p,\ensuremath{\gamma})^{8}\mathrm{B}$ reaction plays a central role in the evaluation of solar neutrino fluxes. We report on a new precision measurement of the cross section of this reaction, following our previous experiment with an implanted $^{7}\mathrm{B}\mathrm{e}$ target, a raster-scanned beam, and the elimination of the backscattering loss. The new measurement incorporates a more abundant $^{7}\mathrm{B}\mathrm{e}$ target and a number of improvements in design and procedure. The point at ${E}_{\mathrm{l}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}=991\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{k}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}$ was measured several times under varying experimental conditions, yielding a value of ${S}_{17}({E}_{\mathrm{c}\mathrm{.}\mathrm{m}\mathrm{.}}=850\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{k}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V})=24.0\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.5\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}\text{ }\mathrm{b}$. Measurements were carried out at lower energies as well. Because of the precise knowledge of the implanted $^{7}\mathrm{B}\mathrm{e}$ density profile, it was possible to reconstitute both the off- and on-resonance parts of the cross section and to obtain from the entire set of measurements an extrapolated value of ${S}_{17}(0)=21.2\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.7\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}\text{ }\mathrm{b}$.

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