Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 150, 5-7 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00251-3

Study of the structure of neutron halo using neutron transfer reaction

¹ Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, 60th October Anniversary Prospect 7a, 117312 Moscow, Russia
² P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS, Leninsky Prospect 53, 117924 Moscow, Russia
³ Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Russia

Received: 31 January 2007
Published online: 8 December 2007

Abstract

To estimate the probability of two-neutron configurations in halo nuclei, we propose an experimental method of studying neutron-neutron correlations at periphery of such nuclei by measuring two-neutron transfer reaction. The experimental study of ⁶He + A ↦ ⁴He + B for various targets is performed using ⁶He beam of Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (JINR, Dubna) at energy of about 15 MeV/u and technique of nuclear photoemulsions. Searching for events of two-nucleon transfer reaction and their processing is performed using the PAVICOM-setup at P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute.