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Tidal effects and the Proximity decay of nuclei

A. B. McIntosh, S. Hudan, C. J. Metelko, R. T. de Souza, R. J. Charity, L. G. Sobotka, W. G. Lynch, M. B. Tsang

nucl-exarXiv:nucl-ex/0607028

Abstract

We examine the decay of the 3.03 MeV state of 8Be evaporated from an excited projectile-like fragment following a peripheral heavy-ion collision. The relative energy of the daughter α particles exhibits a dependence on the decay angle of the 8Be*, indicative of a tidal effect. Comparison of the measured tidal effect with a purely Coulomb model suggests the influence of a measurable nuclear proximity interaction.

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