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17F is a well-known proton halo nucleus (Sp = 0.6 MeV) that can be described as a 16O core nucleus plus a weakly bounded proton. The 17F breakup mechanism can be induced by electromagnetic and nuclear interactions. Previous experiments of 17F breakup on 58Ni and 208Pb nuclei show a strong interference of Coulomb and nuclear breakup processes. New experimental data of 17F breakup on a 4He target were measured using the prototype Active Target-Time Projection Chamber (pAT-TPC). The pAT-TPC is a detector that uses a gas volume as both target and tracking medium, covering almost a 4pi solid angle. The detector system allows a particle tracking from where it is possible to extract the scattering angles and the reaction vertex with good precision. Preliminary results of exclusive and inclusive breakup will be discussed in this talk.
