Quasi-free proton-proton scattering in light nuclei at 460 MeV

Abstract

Quasi-free proton-proton scattering has been studied in a number of light nuclei at 460 MeV using two large identical magnetic spectrometers with two-directional focussing and a multi-channel electronic detector system. The experiments were carried out in a symmetric geometry. Summed energy spectra and angular correlation distributions of separated components of the spectra are presented. The experimental results for the lighter nuclei are analysed by comparing them with theoretical ones obtained on the basis of the distorted wave impulse approximation. Information on the radii and occupation numbers of the 1s and 1p orbitals in the nuclei considered is obtained.