Kinematically Complete Three-Body Photodisintegration of 3He

ORAL

Abstract

This experiment provides the first data for exclusive three-body
photodisintegration of 3He at low energy (15 MeV). These data will be used to
evaluate ab-initio 3He photodisintegration calculations in highly constrained
regions of kinematic phase space. The cross section in the region of the
neutron-proton 1S0 final-state interaction will be used to examine the
theoretical treatment based on dynamics which include pairwise nucleon-nucleon
potential, three-nucleon interaction, the Coulomb force, and meson-exchange
currents.
Neutron-proton, proton-proton, and proton-deuteron coincidences are measured. The
two-body reaction is simultaneously recorded to monitor the target-beam luminosity.
The energy of the emitted charged particles is measured with silicon strip
detectors, and the emission angles of the charged particles are constrained by
collimation. The energy of the neutron is determined by time of flight. A
discussion of the experiment and preliminary results will be presented.

Presenters

  • Forrest Q.L. Friesen

    Duke University, Duke University and TUNL

Authors

  • Forrest Q.L. Friesen

    Duke University, Duke University and TUNL

  • Mohammed W Ahmed

    North Carolina Central University and TUNL

  • Benjamin Crowe

    North Carolina Central University, North Carolina Central University and TUNL

  • Alexander S. Crowell

    Duke University, Duke University and TUNL

  • Arnoldas Deltuva

    Vilnius University

  • Calvin R R Howell

    Duke University and TUNL, Duke University, Duke Univ

  • Collin R Malone

    Duke University, Duke University and TUNL

  • Ronald C Malone

    Duke University and TUNL

  • Werner Tornow

    Duke University; TUNL, Duke University, Duke University and TUNL, Duke Univ

  • Henryk Alojzy Witala

    Jagellonian University, M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University