Photoreactions of 16O in self-consistent RPA theory: (III). Polarized (γ, p) and (γ, n) angular distributions and inverse capture reactions below 60 MeV

Polarized ¹⁶O(γ, p₀) and ¹⁶O(γ, n₀) reactions below 60 MeV are analyzed in the framework of a self-consistent RPA theory with the Skyrme force Sk3. The calculations include dipole and quadrupole transitions in LWA. Asymmetries, polarizations and analyzing powers are calculated and compared with the available experimental data. Our aim is to show to what extent polarized results give additional information to that extracted from the unpolarized ones, both on the many-body structure of the nucleus and on the nature of the reaction mechanism at intermediate energies.