Direct Reactions with Exotic Nuclei, Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics
arXiv:nucl-th/0610082 · doi:10.1016/j.ppnp.2006.12.002
Abstract
Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation and dissociation is a useful tool for nuclear structure and astrophysics studies. Low-lying strength in nuclei far from stability was discovered by this method. The effective range theory for low-lying strength in one-neutron halo nuclei is summarized and extended to two-neutron halo nuclei. This is of special interest in view of recent rather accurate experimental results on the low-lying electric dipole strength in Li. Another indirect approach to nuclear astrophysics is the Trojan horse method. It is pointed out that it is a suitable tool to investigate subthreshold resonances.
8 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the Erice School on 'Radioactive Beams, Nuclear Dynamics and Astrophysics' to be published in 'Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys.'