Energy Correlations of α-Particles in the 8Be-Nucleus Ground-State Formation Channel of the 12C(γ,3α) and 16O(γ,4α) Reactions

Authors

  • S. N. Afanasyev National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe64.9.787

Keywords:

photonuclear reactions, ground state of 8Be nucleus

Abstract

The method of diffusion chamber in the magnetic field making use of a bremsstrahlung beam with a maximum photon energy of 150 MeV is applied to study the 12C(y,3a) and 16O(y,4a) reactions. A resonance identified as the ground state of 8Be nucleus is found in the distribution of events over the energy of the relative motion of two a-particles. The partial cross-sections of the 8Be nucleus formation channels are measured. It is shown that the mechanism of interaction between a y-quantum and a virtual a-particle pair takes place in this case.

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Published

2019-10-11

How to Cite

Afanasyev, S. N. (2019). Energy Correlations of α-Particles in the 8Be-Nucleus Ground-State Formation Channel of the 12C(γ,3α) and 16O(γ,4α) Reactions. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 64(9), 787. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe64.9.787

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Fields and elementary particles