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Interactions of Relativistic $^6$Li Nuclei with Photoemulsion Nuclei

Nuclear Experiment 2011-09-30 v1

Abstract

Inelastic interactions of nuclei accelerated to a momentum of 4.5 GeV/cc per projectile nucleon with photoemulsion nuclei have been investigated. The main features of these interactions - mean ranges of 6^6Li nuclei, mean multiplicities of secondaries, the isotopic composition of fragments, fragmentation channels, and the mean transverse momenta of projectile fragments - have been measured. The probability of the charge-exchange reaction featuring lithium nuclei has been determined. The results obtained for the 6^6Li nucleus have been compared with data for other nuclei. The observed features of 6^6Li interactions with other nuclei indicate that the 6^6Li structure in the form of the loosely bound system consisting of an α\alpha-particle and a deuteron cluster clearly manifests itself in these interactions. Events resulting in the coherent dissociation of 6^6Li nuclei into 4^4He+dd, 3^3He+tt, and t+d+pt+d+p and involving low-lying excitations of 6^6Li have been observed.

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@article{arxiv.1109.6422,
  title  = {Interactions of Relativistic $^6$Li Nuclei with Photoemulsion Nuclei},
  author = {M. I. Adamovich and I. A. Konorov and V. G. Larionova and N. G. Peresadko and S. P. Kharlamov and V. G. Bogdanov and V. A. Plyushchev and Z. I. Solovyeva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6422},
  year   = {2011}
}