https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00482-w
Regular Article
Novel solid 
He targets for experimental studies on nuclear reactions: 
Li + He differential cross-section measurement at incident energy of 5.5 MeV
1 Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (U. Sevilla, J. Andalucía, CSIC), Av. Tomás Alva Edison 7, 41092, Seville, Spain
2 Departamento de FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla, Aptdo 1065, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
3 Laboratório de Instrumentação de Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
4 Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC, U. Sevilla), Avd. Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Seville, Spain
5 Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
6 Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Física, Matemáticas y Computación (CEAFMC), Department of Integrated Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071, Huelva, Spain
Received:
13
February
2020
Accepted:
20
May
2020
Published online: 3 June 2020
A specially prepared Si/He thin solid film was investigated as a suitable target for experimental studies on nuclear reactions involving He targets. For that purpose, the elastically scattered He recoil coming from the reaction Li + He at incident energy of 5.5 MeV was measured. The differential cross section of Li on 
He has been found to be fully consistent with previous measurements in the literature. The prospective advantages of using these solid He targets in experiments at radioactive beam facilities are discussed.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
