The 4He(γ, 2N) reaction measured with tagged photons

S. M. Doran, I. J.D. MacGregor*, J. R.M. Annand, I. Anthony, S. N. Dancer, S. J. Hall, J. D. Kellie, J. C. McGeorge, G. J. Miller, R. O. Owens, P. A. Wallace, B. Schoch, H. Schmieden, S. Klein

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Abstract

The results of tagged-photon measurements of the 4He(γ, pn)d, 4He(γ, pn)pn and 4He(γ, pp)nn reactions, carried out with photons of energies 80-131 MeV, are presented. The (γ, pn)d three-body-breakup cross section dominates the four-body-breakup cross section. The three-body-breakup cross section and the corresponding deuteron recoil-momentum spectrum are reasonably accounted for by a mechanism of photon absorption on correlated proton-neutron pairs. In contrast the four-body-breakup mechanism appears to have two components: absorption on correlated proton-neutron pairs and a more complex additional component which has a distribution similar to phase space. The data rule out substantial photon absorption on proton-proton pairs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-367
Number of pages21
JournalNuclear Physics, Section A
Volume559
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 1993
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nuclear reactions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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