Probing short-range correlations in asymmetric nuclei with quasi-free pair knockout reactions

Short-range correlations (SRC) in asymmetric nuclei with an unusual neutron-to-proton ratio can be studied with quasi-free two-nucleon knockout processes following the collision between accelerated ions and a proton target. We derive an approximate factorized cross section for those SRC-driven p(A,p...

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Main Authors: Sam Stevens, Jan Ryckebusch, Wim Cosyn, Andreas Waets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317310316