Three-body breakup of 6He and its halo structure

Autor: Y.L. Sun, T. Nakamura, Y. Kondo, Y. Satou, J. Lee, T. Matsumoto, K. Ogata, Y. Kikuchi, N. Aoi, Y. Ichikawa, K. Ieki, M. Ishihara, T. Kobayshi, T. Motobayashi, H. Otsu, H. Sakurai, T. Shimamura, S. Shimoura, T. Shinohara, T. Sugimoto, S. Takeuchi, Y. Togano, K. Yoneda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physics Letters B, Vol 814, Iss , Pp 136072- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-2693
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136072
Popis: The Borromean halo nucleus 6He has been studied by a kinematically complete measurement of Coulomb and nuclear breakup into α + 2n on Pb and C targets at 70 MeV/nucleon. Fully quantum-mechanical four-body breakup calculations reproduce the energy and angular differential cross sections below Erel∼1 MeV for both targets. The model used here reproduces the 6He ground-state properties as well as α-n and n-n scattering data and predicts an average opening angle 〈θnn〉 of 68∘ between the two halo neutrons. However, the model underestimates the breakup cross sections for higher Erel, indicating a possible contribution from the inelastic breakup. Alternatively, we examine the empirically modified calculations that reproduce the energy-differential cross sections for a wide range of scattering angles for both targets. The extracted B(E1) peaks at Erel∼1.4 MeV and amounts to 1.6(2) e2fm2 for Erel ≤ 20 MeV, resulting 〈θnn〉 = 56−10+9 degrees. In either interpretation, the current results show evidence of the dineutron spatial correlation in 6He.
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