American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 9(84), p. 1862-1865, 2000
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.1862
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The angular distribution for the breakup of 8B-->7Be+p on a 58Ni target has been measured at an incident energy of 25.75 MeV. The data are inconsistent with first-order theories but are remarkably well described by calculations including higher-order effects. The comparison with theory illustrates the importance of the inclusion of the exotic proton halo structure of 8B in accounting for the data.