Photodisintegration Cross Section of $^4$He in the Giant Dipole Resonance Energy Region

Author:

M. Murata, T. Kawabata, S. Adachi, H. Akimune, S. Amano, Y. Fujikawa, T. Furuno, K. Inaba, Y. Ishii, S. Miyamoto, M. Tsumura, H. Utsunomiya

Keyword:

Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)

journal:

Phys. Rev. C 107, 064317(2023)

date:

2023-07-03 16:00:00

Abstract

We simultaneously measured the $^4$He($\gamma, n$)$^3$He and $^4$He($\gamma, p$)$^3$H reactions in the energy range around the giant dipole resonance. A quasi-monoenergetic photon beam produced via the laser Compton scattering technique was irradiated on the active-target time-projection chamber filled with helium gas, and trajectories of charged decay particles emitted from $^4$He were measured. Our data suggest that the $^4$He($\gamma, n$)$^3$He and $^4$He($\gamma, p$)$^3$H cross sections peak around 26 MeV. This result contradicts the previous experimental data reported by Shima et al. but is consistent with other experimental results.

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