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The 16O(γ, 2N) reaction measured with tagged photons

S.n. DancerH. SchmiedenJ. C. McgeorgeS.j. HallR.o. OwensJ. R. M. AnnandB. SchochI. AnthonyJ. D. KellieS.m. DoranJohannes VogtP.a. WallaceS. KleinG.j. MillerI. J. D. Macgregor

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Nuclear reactionPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsCross section (physics)Distribution (mathematics)PhotonDeuteriumPhase spaceNuclear TheoryAtomic physicsNuclear ExperimentAbsorption (electromagnetic radiation)

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The results of tagged-photon measurements of the 4He(γ, pn)d, 4He(γ, pn)pn and 4He(γ, pp)nn reactions, carried out with photons of energies 80–131 MeV, are presented. The (γ, pn)d three-body-breakup cross section dominates the four-body-breakup cross section. The three-body-breakup cross section and the corresponding deuteron recoil-momentum spectrum are reasonably accounted for by a mechanism of photon absorption on correlated proton-neutron pairs. In contrast the four-body-breakup mechanism appears to have two components: absorption on correlated proton-neutron pairs and a more complex additional component which has a distribution similar to phase space. The data rule out substantial photon absorption on proton-proton pairs.

https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(91)90490-w