Ac. Hayes et Sm. Sterbenz, 3-BODY RESONANCES IN HE-6, LI-6, AND BE-6, AND THE SOFT DIPOLE MODE PROBLEM OF NEUTRON HALO NUCLEI - COMMENT, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 52(5), 1995, pp. 2807-2808
In a recent publication Csoto suggests that the sequential decay of Li
-11 through resonances in Li-10 could explain the peak seen at 1.2 MeV
of excitation in the B-11(pi(-), pi(+)) reaction. We point out that t
his is in conflict with widely accepted notions of probe and target in
teractions in the measurement of inclusive excitation functions via nu
clear reactions ranging from inelastic scattering and heavy-ion transf
er reactions to pion double-charge exchange. We also show that the sug
gested mechanism leads to incorrect predictions in other nuclei, and s
o we conclude that the apparent success of the mechanism in explaining
the observed energy of excited states in the Li-11 and He-6 systems i
s accidental.