One fewer solution to the cosmological lithium problem

Abstract

Data from a recent 9Be(3He,t)9B measurement are used to rule out a possible solution to the cosmological lithium problem based on conventional nuclear physics.

4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to the Physical Review C on 29 August 2011

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