Published June 1997 | Version v1
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Large spin alignment of the unbound 5He fragment after fragmentation of 240 MeV/u6He

Description

Peripheral fragmentation of a 240 MeV/u beam of the halo nucleus 6He incident on carbon target has been studied in a kinematically complete experiment. It is found that one-neutron stripping to the unbound nucleus 5He is the dominant fragmentation mechanism and that it leads to a spin alignment of 5He in a plane perpendicular to the 5He momentum vector. This is expected to be a common feature for all neutron halo nuclei. (orig.)

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Available from FIZ Karlsruhe.

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Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
GSI--97-30(prepr.)