2001/01/19 by E. Garrido, D. V. Fedorov, A. S. Jensen +1 · 9 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Astrophysics #Atomic physics #Breakup #Halo #Halo nucleus #Invariant mass #Mechanics #Neutron #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Nuclear reaction #Physics #Spectral line #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.86.1986
published in Physical Review Letters 86(10), 1986-1989 (American Physical Society) · 4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Phys.Rev.Lett
arxiv created 2001/01/19 · openalex publication_date 2001/03/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We describe a reaction mechanism which is consistent with all available experimental information of high energy three-body breakup processes. The dominating channels are removal of one of the three halo particles leaving the other two either undisturbed or absorbed. We compare with the commonly used deceptive assumption of a decay through two-body resonance states. Our predictions can be tested by measuring neutron-neutron invariant mass spectra.