Published January 19, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of the pionic enhancement in O16(p,p')O16(0-,T=1) at 295 MeV

  • 1. Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581 (Japan)
  • 2. Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen (Netherlands)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
  • 4. Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)
  • 5. Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University, Tokyo 184-8584 (Japan)
  • 6. Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8578 (Japan)
  • 7. Accelerator Group, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Ibaraki 319-1195 (Japan)
  • 8. Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 9. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
  • 10. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)
  • 11. Research and Development Center for Higher Education, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 810-8560 (Japan)

Description

The cross section of the O16(p,p')O16(0-,T=1) scattering was measured at a bombarding energy of 295 MeV in the momentum transfer range of 1.0fm-1=<qc.m.=<2.1fm-1. The isovector 0- state at Ex=12.8MeV is clearly separated from its neighboring states owing to the high energy resolution of about 30 keV. The cross section data were compared with distorted wave impulse approximation (DWIA) calculations employing shell-model wave functions. The observed cross sections around qc.m.∼1.7fm-1 are significantly larger than obtained by these calculations, suggesting pionic enhancement as a precursor of pion condensation in nuclei. The data are well reproduced by DWIA calculations using random phase approximation response functions including the Δ isobar that predict pionic enhancement

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2005.11.009;
PII
S0370-2693(05)01620-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
632
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 485-489
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.