Study of the 10B(p,α) reaction between 2.1 and 6.0 MeV

The differential cross section of the 10B(p,α)7Be reaction has been measured for bombarding proton energies between 2.1 MeV and 6.0 MeV, in 100 keV steps, at seven laboratory angles from 30° to 150°. This reaction is of importance because it can be a source of radioactive waste in reactors which will use boron as a nuclear fuel. The total cross section was extracted at each proton energy. On average, the results of this experiment are ∼16% higher than previously reported measurements. The astrophysical S-factors were also extracted from the total cross sections.