Two-neutron Transfer in the 6He + 209Bi Reaction near the Coulomb Barrier

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-13-2005

Publication Source

Physical Review C

Volume Number

71

Issue Number

5

First Page

51601

Last Page

51601

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

The cross section for α-particle emission in the He6+Bi209 reaction at energies near the Coulomb barrier is remarkably large. Possible reactions that may produce the observed α particles include two-neutron transfer, one-neutron transfer, and direct projectile breakup. Each of these mechanisms results in a distinctive angular correlation between the α particle and the outgoing neutron(s). A neutron-α-particle coincidence experiment was performed to study two-neutron transfer to unbound states of Bi211. It is shown that approximately 55% of the observed α-particle yield at and beyond the grazing angle is because of this process. This is more than 2.5 times the fraction attributable to single-neutron transfer. The corresponding 2n-transfer cross section is 0.4 ± 0.1 b.

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