Abstract
Angular distributions of the elastic, inelastic, and breakup cross sections of the halo nucleus on were measured at energies below () and around (39.6 MeV) the Coulomb barrier. These three channels were unambiguously separated for the first time for reactions of on a high- target at low energies. The experiment was performed at TRIUMF (Vancouver, Canada). The differential cross sections were compared with three different calculations: semiclassical, inert-core continuum-coupled-channels and continuum-coupled-channels ones with including core deformation. These results show conclusively that the elastic and inelastic differential cross sections can only be accounted for if core-excited admixtures are taken into account. The cross sections for these channels strongly depend on the distribution in , and the reaction mechanism is sensitive to the entanglement of core and halo degrees of freedom in .
- Received 15 June 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.152502
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