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Detection of neutron clusters

Marques, F.M. ; Labiche, M. ; Orr, N.A. and Markenroth Bloch, Karin LU orcid (2002) In Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics) 65(4).
Abstract
A new approach to the production and detection of bound neutron clusters is presented. The technique is based on the breakup of beams of very neutron-rich nuclei and the subsequent detection of the recoiling proton in a liquid scintillator. The method has been tested in the breakup of intermediate energy (30–50 MeV/nucleon) 11Li, 14Be, and 15B beams. Some six events were observed that exhibit the characteristics of a multineutron cluster liberated in the breakup of 14Be, most probably in the channel 10Be+4n. The various backgrounds that may mimic such a signal are discussed in detail.
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Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics)
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65
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4
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44006
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American Physical Society
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0556-2813
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.65.044006
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English
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  author       = {{Marques, F.M. and Labiche, M. and Orr, N.A. and Markenroth Bloch, Karin}},
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  title        = {{Detection of neutron clusters}},
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  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevC.65.044006}},
  volume       = {{65}},
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