First study of short-range correlations in 16C

Nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations (SRCs) in atomic nuclei have traditionally been investigated using electron scattering. SRCs are predominantly found as proton-neutron pairs, as has been observed for light and heavy nuclei. We have extended SRC measurements for the first time to very neutron-rich short-lived nuclei by employing scattering of high-energy ion beams at 1.2 AGeV off a proton target in inverse kinematics at the R³B setup at GSI-FAIR (Germany). The study of nucleon-knockout reactions on 12C and 16C in fully exclusive kinematics provides unique insight into SRC properties. In this talk, I will present the experiment and discuss the measurement and preliminary results for SRC properties in 12C and 16C.