Nuclear Neutron Haloes as Seen by Antiprotons

Abstract

Nuclear interactions of antiprotons in atomic states are discussed. The total as well as partial widths for single nucleon capture events are calculated. These are compared to the X-ray and recent single nucleon capture data. The rates of the neutron or proton captures test nuclear density distributions at the extreme nuclear surface. Recently found cases of neutron and proton haloes are analysed.

Comments: talk at Mesons and Light Nuclei Conf. in Prague, July 1995, 11 pages in LaTeX, 1 compressed and uuencoded Postscript figure in a separate file