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The reaction rate and subsequent cross section enhancement to the $^7\mathrm{Li}(^1\mathrm{H}, \alpha)\alpha$ reaction was measured in samples of lithium tungstate ($\mathrm{Li}_2\mathrm{WO}_4$), lithium manganate ($\mathrm{LiMn}_2\mathrm{O}_4$), lithium titanate spinel ($\mathrm{Li}_4\mathrm{Ti}_5\mathrm{O}_{12}$), and lithium iron phosphate ($\mathrm{LiFePO}_4$) at lab frame beam energies of 100 keV, 200 keV, 500 keV, and 1 MeV using the Tandetron system at Western University.
Analysis is ongoing but calculations suggest a strong enhancement as high as a factor of ~4 for the manganate, titanate, and iron phosphate at 100 keV, with the enhancement decreasing to within theoretical values as incident energy increased to 1 MeV.
The lithium tungstate values on the other hand remained closer to theoretical (bare values taken from ENDFVIII) across the energy range tested, a result that aligns well with values reported in literature.
| Your current academic level | PhD student |
|---|---|
| Your Email | aaronenglish@cunet.carleton.ca |
| Affiliation | Carleton University |
| Supervisor | Steven McGarry |
| Supervisor Email | Steven.Mcgarry@carleton.ca |
