Phys. Rev. C 63, 024610 (2001) [15 pages]Critical assessment of particle decay as a probe to study the continuumReceived 19 April 2000; revised 6 September 2000; published 22 January 2001 Quantities that determine the structure of the continuum part of nuclear spectra are studied in detail. Measurable particle (proton) decay processes are discussed and formulas to evaluate the corresponding decay widths are analyzed. It is shown that the decaying resonances are so narrow that such processes can be treated as if the nucleus was bound and, therefore, they are not suitable to probe formalisms designed to treat the continuum. Other processes that are more sensitive to broad resonances are analyzed and suggestions for probable experiments are made. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.63.024610
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.63.024610
PACS:
25.70.Ef, 23.50.+z, 25.60.-t, 21.60.Cs
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