Enormous spin polarization in heavy-ion-induced one-nucleon transfer reactions.

Abstract

We show a possible large spin polarization of nuclei produced by one-nucleon transfer reactions predicted by the direct reaction theory. We investigate its origins in terms of the magnetic-sub-state cross sections by decomposing those into near-side and far-side components. The asymmetry of the particle-\ensuremath{\gamma} angular correlation followed by decay of the spin-polarized nucleus is also calculated.