Authors:	Capel, Pierre Johnson, Ronald C. Nunes, Filomena N.
Title:	Study of cluster structures in nuclei through the ratio method : a tribute to Mahir Hussein
Online publication date:	17-May-2021
Year of first publication:	2020
Language:	english
Abstract:	For one-neutron halo nuclei, the cross sections for elastic scattering and breakup at intermediate energy exhibit similar angular dependences. The Recoil Excitation and Breakup (REB) model of reactions elegantly explains this feature. It also leads to the idea of a new reaction observable to study the structure of loosely-bound nuclear systems: the Ratio. This observable consists of the ratio of angular distributions for different reaction channels, viz. elastic scattering and breakup, which cancels most of the dependence on the reaction mechanism; in particular it is insensitive to the choice of optical potentials that simulate the projectile-target interaction. This new observable is very sensitive to the structure of the projectile. In this article, we review a series of previous papers, which have introduced the Ratio Method and its extension to low beam energies and proton-halo nuclei.
DDC:	530 Physik 530 Physics
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 08 Physik, Mathematik u. Informatik
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5876
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License:	CC BY
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal:	The European physical journal : A 56
Pages or article number:	300
Publisher:	Springer
Publisher place:	Berlin u.a.
Issue date:	2020
ISSN:	1434-601X
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00310-w
Publisher DOI:	10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00310-w
Appears in collections:	JGU-Publikationen