8B studied as a secondary beam at GANIL

Abstract The LISE spectrometer at GANIL has been used to form a 8 B secondary beam. Using a multiple silicon telescope, data have been obtained for the reaction and break-up cross sections, as well as for the parallel momentum distribution of 7 Be from break-up. For the first time, separate contributions to the break-up of diffraction and/or Coulomb dissociation and absorption mechanisms have been determined. The ensemble of data supports the existence in 8 B of a “pigmy” halo.