Neutron-rich nuclei produced at zero degrees in damped collisions induced by a beam of 18O on a 238U target
Cross sections and corresponding momentum distributions have been measured for the first time at zero degrees for the exotic nuclei obtained from a beam of 18O at 8.5 MeV/A impinging on a 1 mg/cm^2 238U target. Sizable cross sections were found for the production of exotic species arising from the neutron transfer and proton removal from the projectile. Comparisons of experimental results with calculations based on deep-inelastic reaction models, taking into account the particle evaporation process, indicate that zero degree is a scattering angle at which the differential reaction cross section for production of exotic nuclei is at its maximum. This result is important in view of the new generation of zero degrees spectrometers under construction, such as the S3 separator at GANIL, for example.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); Polish National Science Centre (NCN); Russian Science Foundation
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; FG02-97ER41041; FG02-97ER41033; 2014/14/M/ST2/00738; 2013/08/M/ST2/00257; 17-12-01170
- OSTI ID:
- 1437835
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1484021; OSTI ID: 1658908; OSTI ID: 1658932
- Journal Information:
- Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Vol. 779 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
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