Nuclear break-up of 11Be

TL;DR

This study investigates the nuclear break-up of 11Be at 41AMeV, analyzing neutron emission and correlations to understand the structure and decay mechanisms, with experimental results supported by TDSE modeling.

Contribution

It provides new experimental data on 11Be break-up and compares it with TDSE-based theoretical models, extracting spectroscopic factors for neutron orbitals.

Findings

Good agreement between experiment and theory for neutron energy and angular distributions.

Spectroscopic factor for 2s orbital estimated at 0.46±0.15.

Neutron emission from 1p and 1d orbitals also analyzed.

Abstract

The break-up of 11Be was studied at 41AMeV using a secondary beam of 11Be from the GANIL facility on a 48Ti target by measuring correlations between the 10Be core, the emitted neutrons and gamma rays. The nuclear break-up leading to the emission of a neutron at large angle in the laboratory frame is identified with the towing mode through its characteristic n-fragment correlation. The experimental spectra are compared with a model where the time dependent Schrodinger equation (TDSE) is solved for the neutron initially in the 11 Be. A good agreement is found between experiment and theory for the shapes of neutron experimental energies and angular distributions. The spectroscopic factor of the 2s orbital is tentatively extracted to be 0.46+-0.15. The neutron emission from the 1p and 1d orbitals is also studied.