Observation of excited states in ${}^{20}$Mg sheds light on nuclear forces and shell evolution

J. S. Randhawa, R. Kanungo, M. Holl +35

The exotic Borromean nucleus ${}^{20}$Mg with $N$ = 8, located at the proton drip-line provides a unique testing ground for nuclear forces and the evolution of shell structure in the…