Abstract
The halo nucleus 6He has been studied in a pionic fusion experiment at the CELSIUS ring in Uppsala. The aim of the experiment was to investigate, in particular, the high-momentum part of the halo wave function by measuring the differential cross section for the 4He(d, 6He) π + reaction 0.6, 1.2 and 5.0 MeV above threshold in the centre-of-mass frame. The 6He ions were detected in a Δ E − E solid-state detector telescope inserted into the ring vacuum. The result for the total cross section is, respectively, 22(1), 38(1) and 57(9) nb with a common systematic uncertainty of ± 35 % . The differential cross section is clearly anisotropic: [ d σ d Ω ( 0 ° ) − d σ d Ω ( 180 ° ) ] / [ d σ d Ω ( 0 ° ) + d σ d Ω ( 180 ° ) ] = − 0.25 ( 5 ) , − 0.29 ( 5 ) and − 0.35 ( 15 ) at the same three energies. The preferred direction of emission for the pion is parallel to the momentum of the 4He ion in the initial state. In terms of a simple model for the reaction the results depend sensitively on the state of motion of the centre of mass of the halo relative to that of the core.
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