Published July 5, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Coulomb excitation of unstable nuclei at intermediate energies

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 (United States)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, via Santa Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita Catania, via Santa Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania (Italy)

Description

We investigate the Coulomb excitation of low-lying states of unstable nuclei in intermediate energy collisions (Elab∼10-500MeV/nucleon). It is shown that the cross sections for the E1 and E2 transitions are larger at lower energies, much less than 10 MeV/nucleon. Retardation effects and Coulomb distortion are found to be both relevant for energies as low as 10 MeV/nucleon and as high as 500 MeV/nucleon. Implications for studies at radioactive beam facilities are discussed

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.05.029;
arXiv
arXiv:0704.0060v2;
PII
S0370-2693(07)00604-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
650
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 233-238
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39030388
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COULOMB EXCITATION; CROSS SECTIONS; E1-TRANSITIONS; E2-TRANSITIONS; MEV RANGE 10-100; MEV RANGE 100-1000; NUCLEONS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EXCITATION; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MEV RANGE; MULTIPOLE TRANSITIONS

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.