https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818402012
The Treiman-Yang Criterion: validating the Trojan Horse Method by experimentally probing the reaction mechanism
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli studi di Catania
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud,
Catania
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Scuola Superiore di Catania
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
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Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”
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Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università “Federico II”,
Napoli
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Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova and INFN,
Sezione di Padova
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia and INFN,
Sezione di Perugia
* e-mail: perrotta@lns.infn.it
Published online: 29 June 2018
Proper selection of the quasi-free (QF) break-up channel in a three-body reaction is a key aspect for the applicability of the Trojan Horse Method (THM). The Treiman-Yang (TY) Criterion is a model-independent experimental test for the dominance of the QF mechanism, and hence constitutes one of the strongest validity tests of the THM. An experiment was performed at LNS to apply the test to the d(10B, 7Be α)n reaction. Here, the criterion is described and some preliminary data from the experiment are shown.
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