Study on Proton Drip-line Nucleus ⁸B

The proton dripline nucleus ⁸B, with a proton separation energy of 0.137 5 MeV, is an archetypal proton halo candidate. The structure and mechanisms of reactions induced by this nucleus have received much attention from the experimental points of view. We review on the previous studies with measurements of reaction cross sections, longitudinal momentum distributions of fragments, electric quadruple moment, fusion cross sections, and elastic scattering angular distributions. More efforts, from both experimental and theoretical points of view, are needed to understand the nucleus ⁸B.