Three-body decay of Be6

  • 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
  • , M. V. Zhukov

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Abstract

Three-body correlations for the ground-state decay of the lightest two-proton emitter Be6 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 Be6 was formed following the α decay of a C10 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 Be6 and, possibly, of the A=6 isobars.

Original languageEnglish
Article number034602
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume80
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 8 2009

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