Final state three-body coulomb effects in the 208Pb(8B, 7Be p)208Pb Coulomb breakup reaction -: art. no. 122701

We present results of the first calculation of the double differential cross section for the Pb-208(B-8; (7)Bep)Pb-208 Coulomb breakup reaction which treats the postdecay acceleration of the ejectiles within a genuine three-body approach. From this we conclude that, in order to minimize postdecay Coulomb acceleration effects, experiments should be performed at as small as possible scattering angles, not too low Be-7 - p relative energies, and high incident energy.