Three-body decay of {sup 6}Be

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.80.034602· OSTI ID:21293839

Grigorenko, L V ^[1]; Wiser, T D; Mercurio, K; Shane, R ^[2]; Charity, R J; Elson, J M ^[3]; Sobotka, L G ^[2]; Wuosmaa, A H ^[4]; Banu, A; McCleskey, M; Trache, L; Tribble, R E ^[5]; Zhukov, M V ^[6]

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1. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR, RU-141980 Dubna (Russian Federation)
2. Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States)
3. Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States)
4. Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008 (United States)
5. Cyclotron Institute, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)
6. Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296 Goeteborg (Sweden)

Three-body correlations for the ground-state decay of the lightest two-proton emitter {sup 6}Be are studied both theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical studies are performed in a three-body hyperspherical-harmonics cluster model. In the experimental studies, the ground state of {sup 6}Be was formed following the {alpha} decay of a {sup 10}C beam inelastically excited through interactions with Be and C targets. Excellent agreement between theory and experiment is obtained demonstrating the existence of complicated correlation patterns that can elucidate the structure of {sup 6}Be and, possibly, of the A=6 isobars.

• OSTI ID: 21293839
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 80, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.034602; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALPHA DECAY
BEAMS
BERYLLIUM 6
CARBON 10
CLUSTER MODEL
CORRELATIONS
GROUND STATES
HARMONICS
INTERACTIONS
PROTONS
THREE-BODY PROBLEM