New determination of the Be-7(p,gamma)B-8 S-factor

We present new measurements of the Be-7(p,gamma)B-8 cross section from (E) over bar (cm) = 116 to 2460 keV. Our new measurements lead to S-17(0) = 22.1 +/- 0.6(expt) +/- 0.6(theor) eV b based on data from (E) over bar (cm) = 116 to 362 keV, where the central value is based on the theory of Descouvemont and Baye. We compare our results to other S-17(0) values extracted from both direct (Be-7(p, gamma)B-8) and indirect (Coulomb dissociation and heavy-ion reaction) measurements, and show that the results of these 3 types of experiments are not mutually compatible. We recommend a "best" value, S-17(0) = 21.4 +/- 0.5(expt) +/- 0.6(theor) eV b, based on the mean of all modern direct measurements below the 1(+) resonance.