Statistical Emission of He2 from Highly Excited Nuclear Systems

M. A. Bernstein; W. A. Friedman; W. G. Lynch; C. B. Chitwood; D. J. Fields; C. K. Gelbke; M. B. Tsang; T. C. Awes; R. L. Ferguson; F. E. Obenshain; F. Plasil; R. L. Robinson; G. R. Young

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.402

Statistical Emission of He2 from Highly Excited Nuclear Systems

M. A. Bernstein, W. A. Friedman, W. G. Lynch, C. B. Chitwood, D. J. Fields, C. K. Gelbke, M. B. Tsang, T. C. Awes, R. L. Ferguson, F. E. Obenshain, F. Plasil, R. L. Robinson, G. R. Young

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Correlations between two protons at small relative momenta are presented for O16-induced reactions on C12 and Al27 at 400 MeV. These data are well described by a statistical calculation which incorporates the thermal emission of the particle-unstable nucleus, He2, from the compound nucleus. The good agreement suggests that the emission of particle-unstable light nuclei can be an important decay channel for highly excited nuclear systems, and can strongly influence two-particle correlations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	402-405
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	54
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.402
State	Published - 1985

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