Photon-induced proton knockout from 208Pb and 12C

Aschenauer, E.C. et al. (1997) Photon-induced proton knockout from 208Pb and 12C. Nuclear Physics A, 615(1), pp. 33-51. (doi: 10.1016/S0375-9474(96)00481-2)

Abstract

Cross sections have been measured for the reactions 208Pb(γ,p) and 12C(γ,p) leading to the low-lying and continuum states in 207Tl and 11B using a high energy-resolution tagged photon beam of 41 to 57 MeV. The data are compared with results obtained with the (e,e′p) reaction in the same recoil-momentum range and with various theoretical calculations. A comparison of the (e,e′p) and (γ,p) data in terms of a reduced cross section versus momentum does not show a systematic overlap of the (e,e′p) and (γ,p) results, i.e. no scaling is observed. Distorted-wave impulse-approximation (DWIA) calculations, of which the input is constrained by the (e,e′p) data, and random-phase approximation calculations (RPA) underestimate the 12C(γ,p) data by typically a factor five depending on angle and missing energy. For 208Pb the difference between the calculations and the data for the low-lying states is much less, but an increasing discrepancy between the data and the calculations is found in the continuum. The inclusion of meson-exchange currents (MEC) brings the calculations for both nuclei on average closer to the data, but MEC effects are considerably less important for 208Pb as compared to 12C. Finally, a remarkable similarity is observed between the continuum response of the (γ,p) and (e,e′p) reactions on 208Pb despite the difference in the electromagnetic couplings involved.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ireland, Professor David
• Authors: Aschenauer, E.C., Van den Abeele, C., Adler, J.-O., Andersson, B.-E., de Bever, L.J., Bobeldijk, I., Branford, D., Bulychjov, S.A., Davinson, T., Hansen, K., Ireland, D.G., Isaksson, L., Ivanov, D., Johnstone, D.G., Khanov, A., Lapikás, L., Lindgren, L.J., de Meyer, G., Van Neck, D., Nilsson, B., Ruijter, H., Ryckbosch, D., Sandell, A., Shotter, A.C., Schröder, B., Van der Sluys, V., van der Steenhoven, G., Svensson, P., van Uden, M.A., and Van de Vyver, R.E.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Nuclear Physics A
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• ISSN (Online): 1873-1554