Projectile deformation effects in the breakup of $^{37}$Mg

TL;DR

This paper investigates how projectile deformation influences the Coulomb breakup of $^{37}$Mg on lead at high energy, using an advanced theoretical model to interpret experimental data and infer the nucleus's ground state configuration.

Contribution

The study introduces an extended Coulomb breakup theory that incorporates projectile deformation, providing a novel approach to analyze breakup reactions of deformed nuclei.

Findings

Deformation significantly affects the breakup cross section.

Theoretical results help identify the ground state configuration of $^{37}$Mg.

Comparison with experimental data validates the extended model.

Abstract

We study the breakup of $^{37}$Mg on Pb at 244MeV/u with the recently developed extended theory of Coulomb breakup within the post-form finite range distorted wave Born approximation that includes deformation of the projectile. Comparing our calculated cross section with the available Coulomb breakup data we determine the possible ground state configuration of $^{37}$Mg.