%0 Journal Article
%T Shell structure and few-nucleon removal in intranuclear cascade
%A Davide Mancusi
%A Alain Boudard
%A Jaume Carbonell
%A Joseph Cugnon
%A Jean-Christophe David
%A Sylvie Leray
%J Physics
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/1742-6596/580/1/012024
%X It is well known that intranuclear-cascade models generally overestimate the cross sections for one-proton removal from heavy, stable nuclei by a high-energy proton beam, but they yield reasonable predictions for one-neutron removal from the same nuclei and for one-nucleon removal from light targets. We use simple shell-model calculations to investigate the reasons of this deficiency. We find that a correct description of the neutron skin and of the energy density in the nuclear surface is crucial for the aforementioned observables. Neither ingredient is sufficient if taken separately.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.3983v1