An above-barrier narrow resonance in ${}^{15}$F

Abstract

Intense and purified radioactive beam of post-accelerated ${}^{14}$O was used to study the low-lying states in the unbound ${}^{15}$F nucleus. Exploiting resonant elastic scattering in inverse kinematics with a thick target, the second excited state, a resonance at E$\_R$=4.757(6)(10)~MeV with a width of $\hat{I}“$=36(5)(14)~keV was measured for the first time with high precision. The structure of this narrow above-barrier state in a nucleus located two neutrons beyond the proton drip line was investigated using the Gamow Shell Model in the coupled channel representation with a ${}^{12}$C core and three valence protons. It is found that it is an almost pure wave function of two quasi-bound protons in the $2s\_1/2$ shell.

8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, Submitted to Phys. Lett. B