The reaction 7Li(e, 3H)4He,e′ between 6 and 15 MeV

Abstract

Tritons resulting from the electrodisintegration of 7Li have been measured at 90° for an incident electron energy of 23.8 MeV over an energy range which ensured that only tritons emitted in the two-body channel were detected. The electrodisintegration cross sections were converted to equivalent photodisintegration data and compared to earlier results. Large discrepancies are observed. It is found that the (γ,3H) channel contributes appreciably to the electric dipole sum rule for 7Li.