Experimental study of the ${}^{17}$F+ ${}^{12}$C fusion reaction and its implications for fusion of proton-halo systems

B. W. Asher, S. Almaraz-Calderon, Vandana Tripathi +8

The halo nature of the low-lying $1/2$+ first excited state of the exotic weakly-bound proton drip-line nucleus ${}^{17}$F has long been hypothesized. The structure of such a halo nu…