Spectroscopy of one-neutron halo nuclei from the Coulomb breakup reactions

Abstract

We review the current status of obtaining the spectroscopic information on the one-neutron halo nuclei from the Coulomb breakup reactions. The theory of these reactions formulated in the framework of the Distorted Wave Born Approximation, allows the use of the realistic wave functions corresponding to any orbital angular momentum structure for the core-valence neutron relative motion in the ground state of the projectile. The energy, angular and parallel momentum distributions of the projectile fragments calculated within this theory are selective about the ground state wave function of the projectile. Therefore, firm conclusions can be drawn about the structure of the projectile ground state by comparing the calculations with the corresponding data.