Structure of Be13 studied in proton knockout from B14

G Ribeiro,D Bemmerer,P Velho,N Kurz,C Wheldon,T Kröll,D Rossi,M Petri,C Langer,T Aumann,R Kanungo,Y Aksyutina,K Riisager,M Holl,H Scheit,E Cravo,M Labiche,C Nociforo,F Wamers,A Heinz,M Chartier,Z Elekes,E Casarejos,I Syndikus,S Paschalis,A Wagner,C Rigollet,C A Bertulani,T Le Bleis,K Boretzky,L M Fraile,H Weick,R Thies,A Zilges,R Crespo,M V Zhukov,F Farinon,A Ignatov,R Gernhäuser,J Cederkäll,T Nilsson,O Sorlin,D Cortina-Gil,T Heftrich,P Golubev,H O U Fynbo,R Reifarth,L Atar,D Savran,J Enders,H Simon,O Tengblad,J Benlliure,E Nácher,J M Boillos,J S Winfield,U Datta Pramanik,M Heil,B Jonson,J Machado,J T Taylor,K Göbel,M Röder,O Ershova,A Movsesyan,M Vandebrouck,I Dillmann,A Henriques,R Plag,V Panin,S Beceiro-Novo,M Freer,J Marganiec,J Hagdahl,M Heine,C Caesar,D Galaviz,P Fernåndez ,Christian Wimmer ,María José García Borge ,Alexander G Hufnagel ,Simon Lindberg ,G L Wilson ,V.v Avdeichikov ,N Kalantar‐Nayestanaki ,H Johansson ,S Piétri ,Á Perea ,H Geißel ,R C Lemmon ,H Álvarez‐Pol ,W N Catford ,A Kelić-Heil ,P J Woods ,A Estradé ,M Caamaño ,L V Chulkov ,Κ Zuber

doi:10.1103/physrevc.98.024603

Abstract

The neutron-unbound isotope Be-13 has been studied in several experiments using different reactions, different projectile energies, and different experimental setups. There is, however, no real consensus in the interpretation of the data, in particular concerning the structure of the low-lying excited states. Gathering new experimental information, which may reveal the Be-13 structure, is a challenge, particularly in light of its bridging role between Be-12, where the N = 8 neutron shell breaks down, and the Borromean halo nucleus Be-14. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of bound excited states in the reaction product Be-12 after proton knockout from B-14, by measuring coincidences between Be-12, neutrons, and gamma rays originating from de-excitation of states fed by neutron decay of Be-13. The Be-13 isotopes were produced in proton knockout from a 400 MeV/nucleon B-14 beam impinging on a CH2 target. The Be-12-n relative-energy spectrum d sigma/dE(fn) was obtained from coincidences between Be-12(g.s.) and a neutron, and also as threefold coincidences by adding gamma rays, from the de-excitation of excited states in Be-12. Neutron decay from the first 5/2(+) state in Be-13 to the 2(+) state in Be-12 at 2.11 MeV is confirmed. An energy independence of the proton-knockout mechanism is found from a comparison with data taken with a 35 MeV/nucleon B-14 beam. A low-lying p-wave resonance in Be-13(1/2(-)) is confirmed by comparing proton- and neutron-knockout data from B-14 and Be-14.

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The chain of known isotopes of the chemical element beryllium, limited by the two unbound A = 6 and A = 16 nuclei, exhibits some of the most intriguing phenomena among light drip-line nuclei
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of bound excited states in the reaction product 12Be after proton knockout from 14B, by measuring coincidences between 12Be, neutrons, and γ rays originating from de-excitation of states fed by neutron decay of 13Be
The 13Be isotopes were produced in proton knockout from a 400 MeV/nucleon 14B beam impinging on a CH2 target

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Introduction

There is, no complete understanding of the nature of its first excited state, 9Be(1/2+) It has been described as a resonance [2], a virtual state in 8Be + n [3,4], or a genuine three-body α + α + n resonance, where the 5He + α configuration dominates at small distances and 8Be + n at large distances [5,6]. Another interesting feature of 9Be is a parity inversion, where its I π = 1/2+ state is found at an energy ≈ 1 MeV lower than the I π = 1/2− state

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