$\chem{^6He}$ quasi-free scattering off clusters in $\chem{^6Li?}$

D. Miljanić; M. Milin; S. Cherubini; T. Davinson; A. Di Pietro; P. Figuera; A. Musumarra; A. Ninane; A. N. Ostrowski; M. G. Pellegriti; A. C. Shotter; N. Soić; C. Spitaleri; M. Zadro

doi:doi:10.1209/epl/i2006-10344-9

Europhys. Lett., 76 (5), pp. 801-807 (2006)
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2006-10344-9

$\chem{^6He}$ quasi-free scattering off clusters in $\chem{^6Li?}$

D. Miljanic¹, M. Milin¹, S. Cherubini², T. Davinson³, A. Di Pietro³, P. Figuera⁴, A. Musumarra², A. Ninane², A. N. Ostrowski³, M. G. Pellegriti⁴, A. C. Shotter³, N. Soic¹, C. Spitaleri⁴ and M. Zadro¹

¹ Ruer Boskovic Institute - Zagreb, Croatia
² Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, UK
⁴ INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud and Università di Catania - Catania, Italy

djuro.miljanic@irb.hr

received 19 June 2006; accepted in final form 4 October 2006
published online 3 November 2006

Abstract
Spectra of coincident charged particles from the reactions induced by a 18 $\un{MeV}$ $\chem{^6He}$ beam incident on the $\chem{^6Li}$ and ⁷Li targets were measured. A strong contribution to the $\chem{^6He}$ -d spectrum may be interpreted as the $\chem{^6He}$ quasi-free scattering off the deuteron in the $\chem{^6Li}$ nucleus. This would then be the first observation of the quasi-free scattering of fragile radioactive nuclei on clusters in target nuclei.