Inclusive particle spectra from light-ion fragmentation processes

Abstract

The theory of diffraction dissociation and stripping is extended to nuclei with low binding energy with respect to two-cluster break-up. The cross sections calculated using the formalism developed are compared with experimental data on the fragmentation of deuterons, 3He and 6Li ions in a wide range of incident beam energies and nuclear mass numbers. The calculations show that the diffraction approach provides a correct description of characteristic regularities in the experimental cross sections.