Evaluation of cross sections of the ${}_{}{}^6{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}(d, \alpha )\alpha$ reaction

Measured cross sections for the ${}_{}{}^6{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}(d, \alpha )\alpha$ reaction have been evaluated critically, covering the range 0.06-10 MeV and extrapolation carried out to the low energy region using Gamow plots. The reaction rate parameter $〈\sigma \nu 〉$ for thermonuclear reactions at equilibrium velocity distribution has been determined as a function of the plasma temperature $T$ of the reacting nuclei from the experimental and extrapolated cross section values ($T=2\mathrm{} \mathrm{keV} \mathrm{to} 1.0 \mathrm{MeV}$).

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ${}_{}{}^6{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}(d, \alpha )$; $E_d=3\mathrm{} \mathrm{keV}-1\mathrm{} \mathrm{MeV}$ thermalized $\sigma \left(E_d\right)$ extrapolation, thermalized $〈\sigma v〉$ optimized integration.