2011/04/30 by P. Capel, R. C. Johnson, F. M. Nunes · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.09.105
published as Physics Letters B 705, 112 (2011) · 9 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2011/10/17 · arxiv updated 2015/03/18
We present a new observable to study halo nuclei. This new observable is a particular ratio of angular distributions for elastic breakup and scattering. For one-neutron halo nuclei, it is shown to be independent of the reaction mechanism and to provide significant information about the structure of the projectile, including binding energy, partial-wave configuration, and radial wave function of the halo. This observable offers new capabilities for the study of nuclear structure far from stability.