Astrophysical $S$-factor of the direct $\alpha(d,\gamma)^6$Li capture reaction in a three-body model

Abstract

At the long-wavelength approximation, electric dipole transitions are forbidden between isospin-zero states. In an $\alpha+n+p$ model with $T = 1$ contributions, the $\alpha(d,\gamma)^6$Li astrophysical $S$-factor is in agreement with the experimental data of the LUNA collaboration, without adjustable parameter. The exact-masses prescription used to avoid the disappearance of $E1$ transitions in potential models is not founded at the microscopic level.