Three-body decay of Be-6
Journal article, 2009
Three-body correlations for the ground-state decay of the lightest two-proton emitter Be-6 are studied both theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical studies are performed in a three-body hyperspherical-harmonics cluster model. In the experimental studies, the ground state of Be-6 was formed following the alpha decay of a C-10 beam inelastically excited through interactions with Be and C targets. Excellent agreement between theory and experiment is obtained demonstrating the existence of complicated correlation patterns that can elucidate the structure of Be-6 and, possibly, of the A = 6 isobars.
o-12
scattering
3-particle decays
ground-state
halo nuclei
prospective candidates
light-nuclei
2-proton radioactivity
fe-45
proton
Author
L. V. Grigorenko
T. D. Wiser
K. Mercurio
R. J. Charity
R. Shane
L. G. Sobotka
J. M. Elson
A. H. Wuosmaa
A. Banu
M. McCleskey
L. Trache
R. E. Tribble
Mikhail Zhukov
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
05562813 (ISSN) 1089490x (eISSN)
Vol. 80 3Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Subatomic Physics
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.80.034602