Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Implications of the experimental results on the photodisintegration of /sup 4/He

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)
The photoproton and photoneutron cross sections for /sup 4/He are evaluated in the light of several recent measurements, and are found to be substantially different in the energy region below 30 MeV. Because these cross sections are dominated by ..delta..S = 0, ..delta..T = 1 E1 transitions, this result implies strong isospin mixing in the four-nucleon system. Furthermore, since available continuum shell-model calculations including Coulomb effects predict only small differences in the photoproton and photoneutron cross sections except near threshold, this result suggests that a nonzero charge asymmetry is present in the nuclear force.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824
OSTI ID:
5957714
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 27:5; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Search for 2/sup +/ states in /sup 4/He by the photodisintegration method
Journal Article · Thu Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1980 · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) · OSTI ID:7062657

Partial photonucleon cross sections and the probability of semidirect processes in photodisintegration of the /sup 32/S nucleus
Journal Article · Fri Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1986 · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) · OSTI ID:6647350

98$sup 0$ differential cross section for the reaction $sup 4$He($gamma$,n)$sup 3$He
Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1973 · Phys. Rev., C, v. 8, no. 4, pp. 1211-1214 · OSTI ID:4355912