https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146603014
The ratio method: a new way to look at halo nuclei
1 Physique Nucléaire et Physique Quantique, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
2 Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
3 National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
a e-mail: pierre.capel@ulb.ac.be
b e-mail: r.johnson@surrey.ac.uk
c e-mail: nunes@nscl.msu.edu
Published online: 20 March 2014
A new reaction observable is presented to study exotic loosely-bound structures, such as halo nuclei. It consists of the ratio of two angular distributions, e. g. one for breakup and one for elastic scattering. This ratio is nearly independent of the reaction mechanism and is very sensitive to the projectile structure. This new ratio method is illustrated on the particular case of 11Be, the archetypal one-neutron halo nucleus.
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