A complete kinematics approach to study multi-particle final state reactions

Abstract

Detection in complete kinematics using highly segmented detectors can provide detailed information on the structure of excited nuclear states and their decay mechanisms. The detection of final states consisting of several particles gives rise to many challenges. We present here new techniques that allow for the extraction of physics from the many open channels. In particular this complete kinematic analysis technique has been applied to data from low-energy, high Q-value, light-ion reactions 10B( 3He,p α α α ), 11B( 3He,d α α α ), and 7Li( 3He,p α α )n, all of them performed at the CMAM tandem accelerator in Madrid.