Excitations in the Halo Nucleus He-6 Following The Li-7(gamma,p)He-6 Reaction

Abstract

A broad excited state was observed in 6-He with energy E_x = 5 +/- 1 MeV and width Gamma = 3 +/- 1 MeV, following the reaction Li-7(gamma,p)He-6. The state is consistent with a number of broad resonances predicted by recent cluster model calculations. The well-established reaction mechanism, combined with a simple and transparent analysis procedure confers considerable validity to this observation.

3 pages of LaTeX, 3 figures in PostScript, approved for publication in Phys. Rev. C, August, 2001