Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation as a probe of nuclear structure at radioactive beam facilities

Abstract

The effects of retardation in the Coulomb excitation of radioactive nuclei in intermediate energy collisions (Elab ~100 MeV/nucleon) are investigated. We show that the excitation cross sections of low-lying states in 11Be, {38,40,42}S and {44,46}Ar projectiles incident on gold and lead targets are modified by as much as 20% due to these effects. The angular distributions of decaying gamma-rays are also appreciably modified.

21 pages, 3 figures, Phys. Rev. C, in press

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