PROBING PROTON HALOS THROUGH PION-PHOTOPRODUCTION

Authors
KARATAGLIDIS S BENNHOLD C
Citation
S. Karataglidis et C. Bennhold, PROBING PROTON HALOS THROUGH PION-PHOTOPRODUCTION, Physical review letters, 80(8), 1998, pp. 1614-1617
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1614 - 1617
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:8<1614:PPHTP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Charged pion photoproduction is proposed as a new method to study halo nuclei. In particular, it is demonstrated that the reaction O-17(gamm a, pi(-))F-17(1+/2, 0.495 MeV) is well suited to investigate the well- known proton halo in F-17 which is not amenable to radioactive beam ex periments. The cross sections are shown to be very sensitive to the ha lo structure of the loosely bound proton.