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Current problems of studying relativistic dissociation of light nuclei in nuclear emulsion

Nuclear Experiment 2026-04-16 v1

Abstract

The progress of the study of unstable states in relativistic dissociation events of light nuclei in nuclear emulsion is presented. Identification of these states is possible by means of the invariant mass determined from the most accurate and complete measurements of relativistic fragment emission angles in the approximation of conservation of momentum per nucleon of the parent nucleus. It is established that excitations 12C(02+)^{12}\mathrm{C}(0^{+}_{2}) and 12C(3)^{12}\mathrm{C}(3^{-}) lead in the dissociation 12C3α^{12}\mathrm{C} \rightarrow 3\alpha and 16O4α^{16}\mathrm{O} \rightarrow 4\alpha. The contribution of 9B^{9}\mathrm{B} and 12C(02+)^{12}\mathrm{C}(0^{+}_{2}) decays to the leading channel of 3HeH^{3}\mathrm{HeH} dissociation of the 14N^{14}\mathrm{N} nucleus is estimated. The motivation and the beginning of the analysis of the relativistic dissociation 16O^{16}\mathrm{O}\rightarrow12Cα^{12}\mathrm{C}\alpha are presented. The presented relativistic dissociation events at the 7Be^{7}\mathrm{Be}\rightarrow6Lip^{6}\mathrm{Li}p and 11C^{11}\mathrm{C}\rightarrow7Beα ^{7}\mathrm{Be}\alpha coupling threshold point to the prospect of moving beyond α\alpha-particle clustering.

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@article{arxiv.2509.09636,
  title  = {Current problems of studying relativistic dissociation of light nuclei in nuclear emulsion},
  author = {D. A. Artemenkov and N. K. Kornegrutsa and N. Marimuthu and N. G. Peresadko and V. V. Rusakova and A. A. Zaitsev and P. I. Zarubin and I. G. Zarubina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.09636},
  year   = {2026}
}

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The article to be published in International Journal of Modern Physics E as proceedings of LXXV International Conference NUCLEUS - 2025. Nuclear physics, elementary particle physics and nuclear technologies https://indico.spbu.ru/event/1/contributions/35/