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Measurements of the interaction cross sections for Ar and CI isotopes

  • A. Ozawa*
  • , T. Baumann
  • , L. Chulkov
  • , D. Cortina
  • , U. Datta
  • , J. Fernandez
  • , H. Geissel
  • , F. Hammache
  • , K. Itahashi
  • , M. Ivanov
  • , R. Janik
  • , T. Kato
  • , K. Kimura
  • , T. Kobayashi
  • , K. Markenroth
  • , M. Meister
  • , G. Münzenberg
  • , T. Ohtsubo
  • , S. Ohya
  • , T. Okuda
  • A. A. Ogloblin, V. Pribora, M. Sekiguchi, B. Sitár, P. Strmen, S. Sugimoto, K. Sümmerer, T. Suzuki, I. Tanihata, Y. Yamaguchi
*Corresponding author for this work
  • RIKEN
  • GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
  • Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • Comenius University
  • Niigata University
  • Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
  • Tohoku University
  • Chalmers University of Technology

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Abstract

We have measured the interaction cross sections (σI) of 31-40 Ar and 31-37C1 on carbon targets at energies of around 950 A MeV. The effective matter radii for these nuclei were deduced by a Glauber-model analysis. Combining our matter radii with measured charge radii for Ar isotopes, we could deduce the proton-skin thicknesses for the 32-40 Ar isotopes, which were found to increase monotonically with decreasing neutron number. The larger radius of the proton drip-line nucleus 31 Ar suggests an anomalous structure for this nucleus. In addition, using NaI(T1) arrays surrounding the carbon target, we measured γ-rays emitted from excited states in these isotopes. In this way we could deduce the upper limits for the inelastic cross sections (σinela) on carbon targets at energies of around 950 A MeV.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)60-72
Number of pages13
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume709
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2002
Externally publishedYes

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