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Unbound neutron strength in C and the N=16 shell gap
J. Lois-Fuentes, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Delaunay +61
Significant continuum strength has been observed to be populated in C produced in the d(C,p) reaction at a beam energy of 17.2~MeV/nucleon. The strength appears at gr…
Cross-shell states in C: a test for p-sd interactions
J. Lois-Fuentes, B. Fernández-Domínguez, X. Pereira-López +59
The low-lying structure of C has been investigated via the neutron-removal C reaction. Along with bound neutron sd-shell hole states, unbound p-shell hole stat…
Investigating the predicted breathing-mode excitation of the Hoyle state
K. C. W. Li, F. D. Smit, P. Adsley +25
Knowledge of the low-lying monopole strength in the Hoyle state in particular is crucial for our understanding of both the astrophysically important …
Low-lying single-particle structure of 17C and the N = 14 sub-shell closure
X. Pereira-López, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Delaunay +58
The first investigation of the single-particle structure of the bound states of 17C, via the d(16C, p) transfer reaction, has been undertaken. The measured angular distributions co…
Multi-probe study of excited states in : disentangling the sources of monopole strength between the Hoyle state and MeV
K. C. W. Li, F. D. Smit, P. Adsley +24
Knowledge of the low-lying monopole strength in , the Hoyle state in particular, is crucial for our understanding of both the astrophysically important reacti…
A stringent upper limit on the direct 3 decay of the Hoyle State in C
R. Smith, M. Gai, M. W. Ahmed +4
We investigate an implication of the most recent observation of a second state in C, which was measured using the C(,)Be reac…
Experimental investigation of -condensation in light nuclei
Jack Bishop, Tzany Kokalova, Martin Freer +29
Method: To examine signatures of this alpha-condensation, a compound nucleus reaction using 160, 280, and 400 MeV 16O beams impinging on a carbon target was used to investigate the…
Strong neutron pairing in core+4n nuclei
A. Revel, F. M. Marques, O. Sorlin +100
The emission of neutron pairs from the neutron-rich isotones C and O has been studied by high-energy nucleon knockout from N and O secondary…
Re-examining the transition into the N=20 island of inversion: structure of Mg
B. Fernández-Domínguez, B. Pietras, W. N. Catford +34
Intermediate energy single-neutron removal from Mg has been employed to investigate the transition into the N=20 island of inversion. Levels up to 5~MeV excitation energy in…
Chronology of the three-body dissociation of He
B. Laurent, F. M. Marqués, C. Angulo +20
The space and time configurations of the dissociation of He into He++, on C and Pb targets, have been explored simultaneously for the first time. The final-state inte…
Effective proton-neutron interaction near the drip line from unbound states in F
M. Vandebrouck, A. Lepailleur, O. Sorlin +107
Background: Odd-odd nuclei, around doubly closed shells, have been extensively used to study proton-neutron interactions. However, the evolution of these interactions as a function…
Coulomb dissociation of N
Marko Röder, Tatsuya Adachi, Yulia Aksyutina +120
Neutron-rich light nuclei and their reactions play an important role for the creation of chemical elements. Here, data from a Coulomb dissociation experiment on N are rep…
Systematic investigation of projectile fragmentation using beams of unstable B and C isotopes
R. Thies, A. Heinz, T. Adachi +119
Background: Models describing nuclear fragmentation and fragmentation-fission deliver important input for planning nuclear physics experiments and future radioactive ion beam facil…
Evidence for Triangular D_3h Symmetry in 12C
D. J. Marin-Lambarri, R. Bijker, M. Freer +4
We report a measurement of a new high spin Jp = 5- state at 22.4(0.2) MeV in 12C which fits very well to the predicted (ground state) rotational band of an oblate equilateral trian…
Structure of Be probed via secondary beam reactions
G. Randisi, A. Leprince, H. Al Falou +23
The low-lying level structure of the unbound neutron-rich nucleus Be has been investigated via breakup on a carbon target of secondary beams of B at 35 MeV/nucleon…
Beyond the Neutron Drip-Line: The Unbound Oxygen Isotopes 25O and 26O
C. Caesar, J. Simonis, T. Adachi +121
The very neutron-rich oxygen isotopes 25O and 26O are investigated experimentally and theoret- ically. In this first R3B-LAND experiment, the unbound states are populated at GSI vi…
Structure of 23Al from one-proton breakup reaction and astrophysical implications
A. Banu, L. Trache, F. Carstoiu +25
The ground state of the proton-rich nucleus 23Al has been studied by one-proton removal on a carbon target at about 50 MeV/nucleon using the EXOGAM + SPEG experimental setup at GAN…
Migration of nuclear shell gaps studied in the d(24Ne,p gamma)25Ne reaction
W. N. Catford, C. N. Timis, R. C. Lemmon +26
The transfer of neutrons onto 24Ne has been measured using a reaccelerated radioactive beam of 24Ne to study the (d,p) reaction in inverse kinematics. The unusual raising of the fi…
TIARA: a large solid angle silicon array for direct reaction studies with radioactive beams
M. Labiche, W. N. Catford, R. C. Lemmon +39
A compact, quasi-4pi position sensitive silicon array, TIARA, designed to study direct reactions induced by radioactive beams in inverse kinematics is described here. The Transfer…
Single-Proton Removal Reaction Study of 16B
J. -L. Lecouey, N. A. Orr, F. M. Marques +16
The low-lying level structure of the unbound system B has been investigated via single-proton removal from a 35 MeV/nucleon C beam. The coincident detection of the be…
First results on double beta decay modes of Cd, Te and Zn isotopes with the COBRA experiment
The COBRA collaboration, T. Bloxham, A. Boston +20
Four 1cm^3 CdZnTe semiconductor detectors were operated in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory to explore the feasibility of such devices for double beta decay searches as proposed…
alpha-particle production in the scattering of 6He by 208Pb at energies around the Coulomb barrier
D. Escrig, A. M. Sanchez-Benitez, A. M. Moro +22
New experimental data from the scattering of 6He+208Pb at energies around and below the Coulomb barrier are presented. The yield of breakup products coming from projectile fragment…
Structure of 12Be: intruder d-wave strength at N=8
S. D. Pain, W. N. Catford, N. A. Orr +21
The breaking of the N=8 shell-model magic number in the 12Be ground state has been determined to include significant occupancy of the intruder d-wave orbital. This is in marked con…
alpha-decay of excited states in 11C and 11B
N. Soic, M. Freer, L. Donadille +9
Studies of the 16O(9Be,alpha7Be)14C and 7Li(9Be,alpha7Li)5He reactions at E{beam}=70 MeV have been performed using resonant particle spectroscopy techniques. The 11C excited states…