Kinematically Complete Three-Body Photodisintegration of <sup>3</sup>He

ORAL

Abstract

This experiment provides the first data for exclusive three-body
photodisintegration of 3He at low energy (15 MeV). These data will be used to
evaluate ab-initio 3He photodisintegration calculations in highly constrained
regions of kinematic phase space. The cross section in the region of the
neutron-proton 1S0 final-state interaction will be used to examine the
theoretical treatment based on dynamics which include pairwise nucleon-nucleon
potential, three-nucleon interaction, the Coulomb force, and meson-exchange
currents.
Neutron-proton, proton-proton, and proton-deuteron coincidences are measured. The
two-body reaction is simultaneously recorded to monitor the target-beam luminosity.
The energy of the emitted charged particles is measured with silicon strip
detectors, and the emission angles of the charged particles are constrained by
collimation. The energy of the neutron is determined by time of flight. A
discussion of the experiment and preliminary results will be presented.

*This work is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under grant Nos. DE-FG02-97ER41033 and DE-SC0005367, the Polish National Science Center under grant No. 2016/22/M/ST2/00173, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation under Grant No. LTU-1185721-HFST-E

Presenters

  • Forrest Q.L. Friesen

    • Duke University
    • Duke University and TUNL

Authors

  • Forrest Q.L. Friesen

    • Duke University
    • Duke University and TUNL
  • Mohammed W Ahmed

    • North Carolina Central University and TUNL
  • Benjamin Crowe

    • North Carolina Central University
    • North Carolina Central University and TUNL
  • Alexander S. Crowell

    • Duke University
    • Duke University and TUNL
  • Arnoldas Deltuva

    • Vilnius University
  • Calvin R R Howell

    • Duke University and TUNL
    • Duke University
    • Duke Univ
  • Collin R Malone

    • Duke University
    • Duke University and TUNL
  • Ronald C Malone

    • Duke University and TUNL
  • Werner Tornow

    • Duke University; TUNL
    • Duke University
    • Duke University and TUNL
    • Duke Univ
  • Henryk Alojzy Witala

    • Jagellonian University
    • M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University