Reaction Cross Sections and $\alpha$-Cluster Geometry in ${}^{12}$C and Be Isotopes

Tianyu Wu, Baohua Sun, Ulf-G. Meißner +1

Reaction cross sections ${\sigma }_{\mathrm{R}}$ are widely used to infer matter radii, yet their sensitivity to nuclear structure beyond radial one-body distributions is less well understood.…