Electron scattering on two-neutron halo nuclei: The case of He-6

The formalism to describe electron scattering reactions on two-neutron halo nuclei is developed. The halo nucleus is described as a three-body system (core + n + n), and the wave function is obtained by solving the Faddeev eq uations in coordinate space. We discuss elastic and quasielastic scattering using the impulse approximation to describe the reaction mechanism. We app ly the method to investigate the case of electron scattering on He-6, Spect ral functions, response functions, and differential cross sections are calc ulated for both neutron knockout and cu knockout by the electron, (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.