Coulomb excitation of unstable nuclei at intermediate energies

2007/04/30 by C. A. Bertulani, G. Cardella, M. De Napoli +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.05.029

published as Phys.Lett.B650:233-238,2007 · 12 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B

arxiv created 2007/05/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We investigate the Coulomb excitation of low-lying states of unstable nuclei in intermediate energy collisions (E_lab∼10-500 MeV/nucleon). It is shown that the cross sections for the E1 and E2 transitions are larger at lower energies, much less than 10 MeV/nucleon. Retardation effects and Coulomb distortion are found to be both relevant for energies as low as 10 MeV/nucleon and as high as 500 MeV/nucleon. Implications for studies at radioactive beam facilities are discussed.

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