1302.4237 (S. Sakaguchi et al.)

Shallow and diffuse spin-orbit potential for proton elastic scattering
from neutron-rich helium isotopes at 71 MeV/nucleon    [PDF]

S. Sakaguchi, T. Uesaka, N. Aoi, Y. Ichikawa, K. Itoh, M. Itoh, T. Kawabata, T. Kawahara, Y. Kondo, H. Kuboki, T. Nakamura, T. Nakao, Y. Nakayama, H. Sakai, Y. Sasamoto, K. Sekiguchi, T. Shimamura, Y. Shimizu, T. Wakui

Vector analyzing powers for proton elastic scattering from 8He at 71 MeV/nucleon have been measured using a solid polarized proton target operated in a low magnetic field of 0.1 T. The spin-orbit potential obtained from a phenomenological optical model analysis is found to be significantly shallower and more diffuse than the global systematics of stable nuclei, which is an indication that the spin-orbit potential is modified for scattering involving neutron-rich nuclei. A close similarity between the matter radius and the root-mean-square radius of the spin-orbit potential is also identified.

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