Excitations in the halo nucleus ⁶He following the ⁷Li(gamma,p)⁶He reaction

Boland, M.J. et al. (2001) Excitations in the halo nucleus ⁶He following the ⁷Li(gamma,p)⁶He reaction. Physical Review C, 64(3), art -031601. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.64.031601)

Abstract

A broad excited state was observed in ⁶He with energy E-x = 5 +/- 1 MeV and width Gamma = 3 +/- 1 MeV, following the reaction ⁷Li(gamma ,p)⁶He. The state is consistent with a number of broad resonances predicted by recent cluster model calculations. The well-established reaction mechanism, combined with a simple and transparent analysis procedure confers considerable validity to this observation.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: MacGregor, Professor Douglas
• Authors: Boland, M.J., Garbutt, M.A., Rassool, R.P., Thompson, M.N., Bennett, A.J., Jury, J.W., Adler, J.O., Schroder, B., Nilsson, D., Hansen, K., Karlsson, M., Lundin, M., and MacGregor, I.J.D.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physical Review C
• ISSN: 0556-2813