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<p>Measurements of the three-body photodisintegration of <super>3</super>He were performed
at the High Intensity &gamma-ray Source (HI&gammaS). Neutrons emitted in this reaction
inside a <super>3</super>He gas target were detected with seven 12.7 cm diameter liquid
scintillator detectors. Time-of-flight (TOF) and pulse-shape discrimination (PSD)
techniques were used to identify neutron events. The absolute differential cross
sections for the <super>3</super>He(&gamma, n)pp reaction as a function of outgoing
neutron scattering angle and energy were determined from the measurements at the incident
&gamma-ray energies of 11.4, 12.8, 13.5, and 14.7 MeV to within a precision better
than +/- 6 %.</p><p>The absolute cross sections at each incident energy are compared
to the results of Gorbunov [Gor74], phase space calculations, and state-of-the-art
three-body calculations. The inclusion of the Coulomb interaction in the three-body
problem has been a long-standing challenge in theoretical nuclear physics. The present
experimental data were found to be in good agreement with the state-of-the-art theory,
which includes a full treatment of the Coulomb interaction between</p><p>the protons
in the final state [Del05].</p>
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