Elastic Scattering of Halo Nuclei

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2771· OSTI ID:632674

Johnson, R C; Al-Khalili, J S; Tostevin, J ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH (United Kingdom)

We show that under certain conditions a simple relationship exists between the elastic scattering of a composite halo nucleus and of its core from a stable target. The coupling of the elastic and projectile excitation channels is crucial to the analysis, which is particularly useful when the ratio of the halo to the core mass is small. In the case of {sup 11}Be elastic scattering the cross section relationship is quite well satisfied. For both {sup 11}Be and {sup 19}C our analysis reveals a significant sensitivity of elastic scattering data to the halo size and structure. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 632674
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 79; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
BERYLLIUM 11
CARBON 19
CROSS SECTIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
EXCITATION
KINETIC ENERGY
MASS
NUCLEAR HALOS