Out of plane measurements of the decay neutron from the giant resonance in the 12C(e,e(')n)11C reaction

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Mar 13;84(11):2338-41. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2338.

Abstract

Out of plane measurements of the angular correlations for the 12C(e, e(')n) reaction have been performed for the first time in the giant resonance region. The cross sections were directly separated into the longitudinal and transverse, longitudinal-transverse, and transverse-transverse components. The cross section at the peak of the giant resonance ( omega = 22.5 MeV) has been found to be almost all longitudinal. It was reproduced by the multipole expansion with E0 and E2 components besides E1. The longitudinal-transverse component might have a maximum around 24 MeV. The transverse-transverse component is very small over the giant resonance.