New Results On 8B And 23O Ground State Properties.

One-nucleon removal reactions at relativistic energies have been used as spectroscopic tool to obtain information about the ground state properties of [sup 8]B and [sup 23]O. Using the FRS at GSI, the longitudinal momentum distributions of the emerging fragments after breakup and the one-nucleon removal cross-sections were measured. The relative contributions of the remaining fragments ([sup 7]Be and [sup 22]O) in their ground and excited states have been determined from measurements of γ rays in coincidence with the longitudinal momentum distributions. In the [sup 8]B case, the experimental breakup data on two different targets (C and Pb) allow a determination of the weight of the [sup 7]Be[sup *] component in the [sup 8]B ground state wave function as (13.3±2.2) %. These results are discussed in the context of a theoretical three-body model. Preliminary results on [sup 23]O indicate a spin and parity assignment of ½[sup +] in agreement with shell model predictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]