Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 201 - 204 (1997)Large Spin Alignment of the Unbound 5He Fragment after Fragmentation of 240 MeV/nucleon 6He |
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Peripheral fragmentation of a 240 MeV/nucleon beam of the halo nucleus 6He incident on carbon target has been studied in a kinematically complete experiment. It is found that one-neutron stripping to the unbound nucleus 5He is the dominant fragmentation mechanism and that it leads to a spin alignment of 5He in a plane perpendicular to the 5He momentum vector. This is expected to be a common feature for all neutron halo nuclei.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v79/p201
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.201
PACS: 25.60.Gc, 24.70.+s, 27.10.+h
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