Analyzing the recent experimental data of Shimoura et al., we show that the dissociation energy spectrum of an intermediate energy ${}_{}{}^{11}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}$ nucleus, interacting with a very heavy target, is well reproduced by a direct Coulomb breakup mechanism, provided that in the data the n-n relative energy is subtracted from the dissociation energy. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

• Received 16 November 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.53.3147