Target-mass dependence of the break-up of halo nuclei

Nuclear dissociation cross sections for halo nuclei have been assumed by va rious authors to have a A(1/3) dependence on the target mass. These cross s ections have also been considered to be a sum of the nuclear and Coulomb co mponents. Explicit calculations of the break-up of C-19 induced by various targets show that both of the above assumptions become invalid for halo nuc lei. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.