Measurements of the breakup and neutron removal cross sections for ¹⁶C

Nicholas Ashwood, Martin Freer, Norman Clarke, Neil Curtis, N Soic, Victor Ziman

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Abstract

Measurements of the breakup and the neutron removal reactions of C-16 have been made at 46 MeV/A and the decay cross sections measured. A correlation between the cluster breakup channels and the reaction Q value suggests that the reaction mechanism is strongly linked to quasielastic processes. No enhancement of the two-body cluster breakup cross section is seen for C-16. This result would indicate that C-16 does not have a well developed cluster structure in the ground state, in agreement with recent calculations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)064607(5 pg)
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume70(6)
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2004

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