Coulomb breakup of two-neutron halo nuclei
Author(s) -
P. Banerjee,
J. A. Tostevin,
I. J. Thompson
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
physical review c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-490X
pISSN - 0556-2813
DOI - 10.1103/physrevc.58.1337
Subject(s) - breakup , physics , halo , neutron , projectile , coulomb , atomic physics , nuclear physics , coulomb excitation , halo nucleus , excitation , dissociation (chemistry) , range (aeronautics) , excited state , materials science , chemistry , quantum mechanics , galaxy , mechanics , composite material , electron
We investigate the Coulomb dissociation of two-neutron halo nuclei, assuming that the excitation of the projectile is to states in the continuum with low energy. The method presented retains all finite-range effects associated with the interactions between the breakup fragments and can use realistic three-body wave functions for the two-neutron halo nuclei. The method is applied to He, at incident energies below 100 MeV/nucleon, and calculations are compared with available data for the a-particle energy spectrum following the breakup of He on a heavy target. @S0556-2813~98!01308-9#
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