Double spectator poles and quasi-free inelastic scattering in the 6Li + 6Li → 2α + 2d reaction

Abstract We have searched for double spectator pole events in the reaction 6 Li + 6 Li → 2α + 2 d , such that the deuteron from the projectile goes forward with the beam velocity while α or d from the target remains at rest. Triple coincidence studies of the reaction show such events, but with the 0° deuteron energy spectrum peaked at slightly higher velocities. Similar effects are seen in d- 6 Li double coincidence spectra from the single breakup reaction 6 Li → 6 Li + α + d . Quasi-free inelastic scattering, where the d from the projectile receives no momentum transfer while the α excites the target to its first excited state, is also shown to be an important mechanism.