1. Unperturbed inverse kinematics nucleon knockout measurements with a carbon beam
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S. Morozov, T. Atovullaev, O. Gavrischuk, I. Rufanov, D. M. Rossi, I. Slepnev, V. Tcholakov, V. Zhezher, Yu. Potrebenikov, E.P. Segarra, A. Timoshenko, A. Taranenko, A. Corsi, A. Shutov, D. Blaschke, A. Terletsky, G. Musulmanbekov, A. Kuznetsov, A. Vishnevsky, Herbert A. Simon, V. Vasendina, E. Piasetzky, V. Lenivenko, R. Kattabekov, D. Sakulin, A. Dmitriev, S. Lobastov, P. Dulov, Yu. Ivanova, O. Warmusz, N. Topilin, V. Rogov, M. Duer, P. Senger, V. Spaskov, D. Suvarieva, A. Morozov, Alexander Schmidt, N. Lashmanov, Kh. U. Abraamyan, I. Slepov, K. Gertsenberger, N. Zamiatin, D. Baranov, M. Strikhanov, V. Yurevich, K. Boretzky, V. Babkin, V. Samsonov, G. Agakishiev, N. Karpushkin, D. Bogoslovsky, V. Kekelidze, D. Peresunko, Y.-G. Ma, I. Filippov, A. Ciszewski, A. Ivashkin, D. Egorov, B. Topko, A. Zinchenko, M. Patsyuk, V. Shumikhin, V. Plotnikov, O. Petukhov, S. Bazylev, V. Shutov, Carlos A. Bertulani, M. Buryakov, A. Fediunin, V. Tikhomirov, E. Litvinenko, A. Makankin, I. Korover, D. Blau, S. Khabarov, Yu. Kiryushin, S. Piyadin, A. Stavinskiy, V. Kolesnikov, D. Finogeev, A. Kovalenko, M. Golubeva, M. Kapishin, A. Chebotov, D. Nikitin, A. Dryablov, J. Tanaka, Oleg B. Tarasov, Igor Gašparić, S. Kakurin, Or Hen, J. Kahlbow, F. Guber, Yu. Kopylov, O. Teryaev, V. Wagner, I. Selyuzhenkov, A. Malakhov, O. Streltsova, A. Kolozhvari, V. Burtsev, P. Alekseev, M. Rumyantsev, H. Törnqvist, E. Zherebtsova, S. Sedykh, P. Rukoyatkin, I. Gabdrakhmanov, A. Bolozdynya, A. Kugler, M. Shitenkov, N. Barbashina, N. Zhigareva, A. Izvestnyy, Yu. Kovalev, S. Kuklin, K. Roslon, N. Tarasov, O. Rogachevsky, A. Galavanov, S. Merts, Thomas Aumann, B. Dabrowska, V. Palchik, L. Kovachev, E. Atkin, R. Nagdasev, A. Maksymchyuk, V. Golovatyuk, N. Sukhov, J. Chen, G. Laskaris, E. Zubarev, V. Slepnev, T. Aushev, A. Sorin, B. Löher, S. Sergeev, V. Panin, V. Karjavin, A. Sheremeteva, E. Kulish, V. Sosnovtsev, G. Pokatashkin, G. Johansson, S. Buzin, K. Filippov, E. Streletskaya, M. Peryt, I. Mardor, Yu.P. Petukhov, V. Tarasov, H. Scheit, M. Zuev, P. Batyuk, V. Balandin, A. Shchipunov, I. Yaron, E. Ladygin, Song Zhang, D. Dabrowski, R. Cruz-Torres, A. Beck, T. Starecki, N. Voytishin, I. Tyapkin, A. Kisiel, and S. Afanasiev
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Physics ,Hydrogen ,Isotope ,Scattering ,Nuclear Theory ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,nuclear structure ,experiments with inverse kinematics ,quasi-free scattering ,short-range correlations ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Ion ,Nuclear physics ,chemistry ,0103 physical sciences ,Particle ,Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research ,010306 general physics ,Nucleon ,Wave function ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
Particle knockout scattering experiments1,2 are fundamental for mapping the structure of atomic nuclei2–6, but their interpretation is often complicated by initial- and final-state interactions of the incoming and scattered particles1,2,7–9. Such interactions lead to reduction in the scattered particle flux and distort their kinematics. Here we overcome this limitation by measuring the quasi-free scattering of 48 GeV c–1 12C ions from hydrogen. The distribution of single protons is studied by detecting two protons at large angles in coincidence with an intact 11B nucleus. The 11B detection suppresses the otherwise large distortions of reconstructed single-proton distributions induced by initial- and final-state interactions. By further detecting residual 10B and 10Be nuclei, we also identified short-range correlated nucleon–nucleon pairs9–13 and provide direct experimental evidence for separation of the pair wavefunction from that of the residual many-body nuclear system9,14. All measured reactions are well described by theoretical calculations that include no distortions from the initial- and final-state interactions. Our results showcase the ability to study the short-distance structure of short-lived radioactive nuclei at the forthcoming Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR)15 and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)16 facilities, which is relevant for understanding the structure and properties of nuclei far from stability and the formation of visible matter in the Universe. Initial- and final-state interactions distort the kinematics in particle knockout scattering experiments, complicating their interpretation. These effects are suppressed by detecting 11B nuclei in quasi-free scattering of 12C ions from hydrogen.
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- 2021