Dynamic Polarization in the Coulomb Breakup of Loosely Bound 17F

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Physics Letters B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.09.055· OSTI ID:966109

Liang, J Felix ^[1]; Beene, James R ^[1]; Caraley, Anne L ^[2]; Esbesnen, Henning ^[3]; Gross, Carl J ^[1]; Mueller, Paul Edward ^[1]; Schmitt, Kyle ^[4]; Shapira, Dan ^[1]; Stracener, Daniel W ^[1]; Varner, Jr, Robert L ^[1]

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1. ORNL
2. State University of New York, Oswego
3. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
4. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

Angular distributions of the Coulomb breakup of radioactive 17F were measured by impinging a 10 MeV/nucleon beam on 208Pb and on 58Ni. The breakup products, oxygen and a proton, were detected in coincidence. First-order perturbation theory significantly overpredicts the breakup cross section for the 208Pb target. Dynamical calculations with a dynamic polarization as the leading order correction were performed. The calculations reproduce the data for 17F on 58Ni but overpredict the breakup of 17F on 208Pb by a factor of two at forward angles.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 966109
• Journal Information: Physics Letters B, Vol. 681, Issue 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
FLUORINE 17
BREAKUP REACTIONS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
CROSS SECTIONS
OXYGEN
PERTURBATION THEORY
POLARIZATION
LEAD 208
NICKEL 58
DYNAMICS