We study the breakup of weakly bound systems close to the neutron drip line in collisions with heavy-ions. The process is described in terms of inelastic excitations leading to states in the continuum. The nuclear and Coulomb multipole fields induced by the reaction partner are both included in the microscopic construction of the inelastic form factors. A fraction of the dissociation cross sections is triggered by the presence of resonances at high excitation energy The largest probabilities for breakup result, however, from strongly coupled transitions to low-lying states in the continuum. Nuclear couplings associated with inelastic excitation to these states are found to extend to unusually large distances. As a consequence, the interplay of nuclear and Coulomb excitations differs from the ordinary situation encountered in heavy-ion inelastic processes involving systems close to the stability line.

Role of Nuclear Couplings in the Inelastic Excitation of Weakly Bound Neutron-Rich Nuclei

LENZI, SILVIA MONICA;VITTURI, ANDREA
1996

Abstract

We study the breakup of weakly bound systems close to the neutron drip line in collisions with heavy-ions. The process is described in terms of inelastic excitations leading to states in the continuum. The nuclear and Coulomb multipole fields induced by the reaction partner are both included in the microscopic construction of the inelastic form factors. A fraction of the dissociation cross sections is triggered by the presence of resonances at high excitation energy The largest probabilities for breakup result, however, from strongly coupled transitions to low-lying states in the continuum. Nuclear couplings associated with inelastic excitation to these states are found to extend to unusually large distances. As a consequence, the interplay of nuclear and Coulomb excitations differs from the ordinary situation encountered in heavy-ion inelastic processes involving systems close to the stability line.
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