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The study of the total cross sections for the reactions involving neutron-rich weakly bound nuclei at low and intermediate energies makes it possible to obtain information on their structure (halo, skin, effective matter radii) and its manifestation in nuclear reactions [1, 2].
In this work, we studied the total reaction cross sections for the $^{10,11,12}$Be nuclei on the $^{28}$Si target by the 4π method based on the registration of the prompt γ quanta and neutrons accompanying the interaction using the multidetector spectrometer. The procedure of processing of the obtained experimental data included taking into account the probability distribution of the number of triggered spectrometer detectors [3].
Using the measured values of the total reaction cross sections and the phenomenological optical model, the effective matter radii of the $^{10,11,12}$Be nuclei were determined. A new approach based on the combination of the optical model with the modified optical potential and classical trajectories was applied to the calculations of the effective matter radii of the colliding nuclei (details are given in [3]).
The total reaction cross sections for the $^{11}$Be nuclei are significantly larger than those for $^{10}$Be. Along with the low value of the neutron separation energy (0.5 MeV) for $^{11}$Be, it is an indication of its halo structure. The total reaction cross sections for the $^{12}$Be nuclei are larger than those for $^{10}$Be. Along with the pairing of two outer neutrons and the larger value of the neutron separation energy (3.2 MeV) for $^{12}$Be, it is an indication of its more compact outer shell (compared to a halo) which can be called a skin.
References
- Yu. E. Penionzhkevich, Phys. At. Nucl. 74, 1615 (2011).
- Yu. E. Penionzhkevich and R. G. Kalpakchieva, Light Exotic Nuclei Near the Boundary of Neutron Stability (World Scientific, Singapore, 2021).
- Yu. G. Sobolev, V. V. Samarin, Yu. E. Penionzhkevich, S. S. Stukalov, and M. A. Naumenko, Phys. Rev. C 110, 014609 (2024).
