Determining the 7 Li(n, γ) cross section via Coulomb dissociation of 8 Li
/ Authors
R. Izsák, Á. Horváth, Á. Kiss, Z. Seres, A. Galonsky, C. Bertulani, Z. Fülöp, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, K. Ieki
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C. Bordeanu, N. Carlin, M. Csanád, F. Deák, P. DeYoung, N. Frank, T. Fukuchi, A. Gade, D. Galaviz, C. Hoffman, W. Peters, H. Schelin, M. Thoennessen, G. Veres
/ Abstract
The applicability of Coulomb dissociation reactions to determine the cross section for the inverse neutron capture reaction was explored using the reaction 8Li(gamma,n)7Li. A 69.5 MeV/nucleon 8Li beam was incident on a Pb target, and the outgoing neutron and 7Li nucleus were measured in coincidence. The deduced (n,gamma) excitation function is consistent with data for the direct capture reaction 7Li(n,gamma)8Li and with low-energy effective field theory calculations.
Journal: Physical Review C