Energy Correlations in the Reaction <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Be</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>9</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>d</mi><mo>,</mo><mi> </mi><mi>t</mi><mi>α</mi><mo>)</mo><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">He</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> at 26.3 MeV

M. A. A. Sonnemans; J. C. Waal; R. Van Dantzig

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.1359

Energy Correlations in the Reaction ${}^{9}{Be} (d, t α) {}^{4}{He}$ at 26.3 MeV

M. A. A. Sonnemans, J. C. Waal, and R. Van Dantzig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 31, 1359 – Published 26 November 1973

Abstract

The three-body reaction ${}^{9}{Be} + d \to t + α + α$ has been studied in a kinematically complete way at $E_{d} = 26.3$ MeV. The data are represented in terms of projections for selected parts of the Dalitz plot, emphasizing the two-body resonance structure. Excitation energies and widths for the broad resonances are deduced. Although the reaction mechanism is shown to be predominantly sequential, we have observed a significant three-body breakup contribution (about 19% over the entire three-body phase space).