Clarification of the Three-Body Decay of C-12 (12.71 MeV)
Aug 22, 2003
4 pages
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- Phys.Rev.Lett. 91 (2003) 082502
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Abstract: (APS)
Using β decays of a clean source of N12 produced at the IGISOL facility, we have measured the breakup of the C12 (12.71 MeV) state into three α particles with a segmented particle detector setup. The high quality of the data permits solving the question of the breakup mechanism of the 12.71 MeV state, a longstanding problem in few-body nuclear physics. Among existing models, a modified sequential model fits the data best, but systematic deviations indicate that a three-body description is needed.- 27.20.+n
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