Forward nuclear glory scattering of a halo nucleus

We show that characteristics of the elastic scattering of a halo nucleus manifest themselves in the forward nuclear glory scattering. Using the analysis of the sum of difference cross section, we demonstrate that the nuclear scattering amplitude at extremely forward angles is strongly enhanced compared with that in the scattering of stable nuclei if the projectile in heavy-ion collisions is a halo nucleus. Another characteristic is that the first glory minimum shifts towards a smaller angle. This can be seen if one can choose a scattering system, where the Coulomb rainbow angle is larger than the first glory minimum. (orig.)