Novel insights into transfer processes in the reaction 16O+208Pb at sub-barrier energies

Details Novel insights into transfer processes in the reaction 16O+208Pb at sub-barrier energies Novel insights into transfer processes in the reaction 16O+208Pb at sub-barrier energies

2011-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/1101.1393v1

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

The collision of the doubly-magic nuclei $^{16}$O+$^{208}$Pb is a benchmark in nuclear reaction studies. Our new measurements of back-scattered projectile-like fragments at sub-barrier energies show show that transfer of 2 protons ($2p$) is much more probable than $\alpha$-particle transfer. $2p$ transfer probabilities are strongly enhanced compared to expectations for the sequential transfer of two uncorrelated protons; at energies around the fusion barrier absolute probabilities for two proton transfer are similar to those for one proton transfer. This strong enhancement indicates strong $2p$ pairing correlations in $^{16}$O, and suggests evidence for the occurrence of a nuclear supercurrent of two-proton Cooper pairs in this reaction, already at energies well below the fusion barrier.

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