Clustering in $^{18}$O - absolute determination of branching ratios via high-resolution particle spectroscopy
S. Pirrie, C. Wheldon, Tz. Kokalova, J. Bishop, R. Hertenberger, H.-F. Wirth, S.~Bailey, N. Curtis, D. Dell'Aquila, Th. Faestermann, D. Mengoni, R. Smith, D.Torresi, A. Turner
SciPost Phys. Proc. 3, 009 (2020) · published 24 February 2020
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.3.009
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24th European Few Body Conference
Abstract
The determination of absolute branching ratios for high-energy states in light nuclei is an important and useful tool for probing the underlying nuclear structure of individual resonances: for example, in establishing the tendency of an excited state towards $\alpha$-cluster structure. Difficulty arises in measuring these branching ratios due to similarities in available decay channels, such as ($^{18}$O,$n$) and ($^{18}$O,$2n$), as well as differences in geometric efficiencies due to population of bound excited levels in daughter nuclei. Methods are presented using Monte Carlo techniques to overcome these issues.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Stuart Pirrie,
- 1 Carl Wheldon,
- 1 Tzany Kokalova,
- 1 Jack Bishop,
- 2 R. Hertenberger,
- 2 H.-F. Wirth,
- 1 Stephanie Bailey,
- 1 Neil Curtis,
- 3 Daniele Dell'Aquila,
- 4 Thomas Faestermann,
- 5 D. Mengoni,
- 1 Robin Smith,
- 1 Domenico Torresi,
- 1 Ari Turner
- 1 University of Birmingham
- 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich [LMU]
- 3 Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II / University of Naples Federico II
- 4 Technische Universität München / Technical University of Munich [TUM]
- 5 Università degli Studi di Padova / University of Padua [UNIPD]