https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01277-1
Review
The 
destruction reactions and the cosmological lithium problem
Department of Physical Sciences, Bose Institute, EN-80, Sector V, Bidhannagar, 700091, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Received:
30
March
2024
Accepted:
25
July
2024
Published online:
12
August
2024
In this review, we survey a number of experiments over the last few decades, that specifically study the destruction of the nucleus, in search for a solution to the long standing cosmological lithium problem. The destruction of by both neutrons and charged particles are discussed. However, the reduction in the abundance of the primordial 
is found to be negligible and thus the lithium anomaly remains. The second lithium problem involving 
is still controversial. Overall, it appears that the solution to the lithium problems may not reside in nuclear physics.
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