Low Energy Nuclear Structure from Ultra-relativistic Heavy-Light Ion collisions

Abstract

The search for specific signals in ultra-relativistic heavy-light ion collisions addressing intrinsic geometric features of nuclei may open a new window to low energy nuclear structure. We discuss specifically the phenomenon of {\alpha}-clustering in ${}^{12}$C when colliding with ${}^{208}$Pb at almost the speed of light.

Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures. Talk by ERA at 37th Brazilian Workshop on Nuclear Physics, 8-12 September 2014, Maresias, SP, Brazil