Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 150, 67-70 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00268-6

Reaction spectroscopy at fragmentation beam energies – recent advances in studies of two-nucleon removal

¹ Department of Physics, School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
² Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

Corresponding author: j.tostevin@surrey.ac.uk

Received: 31 January 2007
Published online: 8 December 2007

Abstract

Final-state-exclusive two-nucleon removal reaction data from fast fragmentation beams can provide a demanding test of the microscopic two-nucleon transition densities calculated from large-basis shell model wave functions. The sensitivity of measured partial cross sections to pairing and other correlations is discussed. It is also suggested that the widths of the momentum distributions of these partial cross sections will exhibit a strong dependence on the final-state of the residue and the projectile structure.