Significance of Deuteron Breakup in Halo Transfer

Abstract. We discuss the quasi-adiabatic approximations to the three-body wave-function in breakup processes and clarify the assumptions underlying the model. This suggests alternative approximation schemes. Using different theoretical three-body models, calculated angular distributions of differential cross sections for the 11Be(p,d) reaction are presented, for which new preliminary data have been reported at 35 MeV. We show that calculations are sensitive to the inclusion of deuteron breakup and to the breakup model used, particularly if absolute spectroscopic information on the 0+ and 2+10Be core-state parentages is deduced. There is also considerable sensitivity to the model employed in calculations of the relative cross sections of the two states.