BARC/PUB/09/0824

 
  Neutron correlations in 6He viewed through nuclear break-up  
     
 
Author(s)

Assie, M.; Scarpaci, J. A.; Lacroix, D.; Angelique, J. C.; Bazin, D.; Beaumel, D.; Blumenfeld, Y.; Catford, W. N.; Chabot, M.; Chatterjee, A.; Fallot, M.; Iwasaki, H.; Marechal, F.; Mengoni, D.; Monrozeau, C.; Nyberg, J.; Petrache, C.; Skaza, F.; Tuna, T.

ABSTRACT

The nuclear break-up of 6He on a 208Pb target was studied at 20AMeV using a secondary beam of 6He produced by the SPIRAL facility at GANIL. α-particles were detected in coincidence with two neutrons with a large angular coverage and the reaction mechanism was identified. From the distribution of the relative angles between the two neutrons the correlation function was extracted. It shows a strong correlation at small relative angles attributed to the contribution of the di-neutron configuration of 6He.

 
 
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