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Tidal effects and the Proximity decay of nuclei

Nuclear Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We examine the decay of the 3.03 MeV state of 8^8Be evaporated from an excited projectile-like fragment following a peripheral heavy-ion collision. The relative energy of the daughter α\alpha particles exhibits a dependence on the decay angle of the 8^8Be^*, indicative of a tidal effect. Comparison of the measured tidal effect with a purely Coulomb model suggests the influence of a measurable nuclear proximity interaction.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0607028,
  title  = {Tidal effects and the Proximity decay of nuclei},
  author = {A. B. McIntosh and S. Hudan and C. J. Metelko and R. T. de Souza and R. J. Charity and L. G. Sobotka and W. G. Lynch and M. B. Tsang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0607028},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures