Published April 1994 | Version v1
Book

Coulomb excitation of bound excited states of the neutron halo

  • 1. Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), 14 - Caen (France)
  • 2. Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goeteborg (Sweden)
  • 3. Paris-11 Univ., 91 - Orsay (France). Inst. de Physique Nucleaire
  • 4. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 5. Aarhus Univ. (Denmark). Inst. of Physics
  • 6. Mainz Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Physik
  • 7. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

A new method, based on Coulomb excitation of radioactive beam, permits for the first time the spectroscopy of E1- excitations of nuclei with a neutron halo. The γ transitions of the de-excitation are clearly identified by the Doppler shift. We could thus observe the transition 1/2-→ 1/2+ of 11Be and determine its Coulomb excitation cross section. It is interesting that this number is about a factor two smaller than that calculated from the measured lifetime of the state. Explanations are in progress. Limits are presented for the excitation of hypothetical bound excited states in 12,14Be and 8He halo nuclei. (authors). 8 refs., 9 figs

Part of:
Nuclear physics at Ganil. A compilation 1992-1993

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Grand Accelerateur d'Ions Lourds.
Imprint Place
Caen (France)
Imprint Title
Nuclear physics at Ganil. A compilation 1992-1993
Imprint Pagination
264 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 6-10.

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