Published May 22, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Three-Body Correlations In 6He Revealed In The Quasi-Free Knockout Reaction 4He(6He,2α)2n

  • 1. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR, 141980 Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov sq. 1, 123182 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. RIKEN, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
  • 4. GANIL, BP 5027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 5 (France)

Description

The 4He(6He,2α)2n reaction was studied in experiments designed for the observation of a quasi-free scattering (QFS) occurring between the α core of the Borromean 6He nuclei and the 4He target nuclei. The helium gas target cooled down to 14 K was bombarded by a 25A MeV secondary beam of 6He nuclei produced at the fragment separator ACCULINNA (Dubna). The data were analyzed with the use of the Plane Wave Impulse Approximation (PWIA) and the three-body wave function of 6He and taking into account the n - n final state interaction. Correlation obtained in the reaction exit channel between the momentum values characteristic to the α-2n and n-n subsystems were found to be consistent with the PWIA predictions. This suggests that QFS could be suitable for the study of other Borromean nuclei

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
912
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 43-52
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International symposium on exotic nuclei
Dates
17-22 Jul 2006
Place
Khanty-Mansiysk (Russian Federation)

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(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics