Probing high-momentum components in O via zero-degree cross-section ratios
Super-FRS Experiment Collaboration · X. Wang · H. J. Ong · S. Terashima · I. Tanihata · Y. K. Tanaka · H. Geissel · N. Aoi · Y. Ayyad · J. Benlliure · F. Farinon · H. Fujioka and 31 other authors
The OO reaction was measured at zero degrees for incident-proton energies of 403, 604, 907 and 1209 MeV. Cross-section ratios for the 6.18-MeV (3/2) and 5.24-MeV (5/2) excited-state transitions, normalized to the ground-state transition, were previously reported in Wang et al., Phys. Lett. B 879, 140563 (2026), doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140563, together with their implications for high-momentum neutron components in O. The present work extends that study by providing additional experimental and data-analysis details, and by reporting for the first time the ratio , defined as the cross section populating the 7.28-MeV (7/2) state relative to that for the ground state. The positive-parity state ratios exhibit a pronounced momentum dependence, consistent with representative variational Monte Carlo trends.