Phys. Rev. C 65, 044006 (2002) [10 pages]Detection of neutron clustersReceived 27 November 2001; published 1 April 2002 A new approach to the production and detection of bound neutron clusters is presented. The technique is based on the breakup of beams of very neutron-rich nuclei and the subsequent detection of the recoiling proton in a liquid scintillator. The method has been tested in the breakup of intermediate energy (30–50 MeV/nucleon) 11Li, 14Be, and 15B beams. Some six events were observed that exhibit the characteristics of a multineutron cluster liberated in the breakup of 14Be, most probably in the channel 10Be+4n. The various backgrounds that may mimic such a signal are discussed in detail. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.65.044006
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.65.044006
PACS:
21.45.+v, 25.10.+s, 21.10.Gv
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