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nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Charge Pickup Reaction Cross Section for Neutron-Rich p-Shell Isotopes at 900A MeV

J. -C. Zhang, B. -H. Sun, I. Tanihata +34

We report charge pickup reaction cross sections for 24 \textit{p}-shell isotopes, including Li, Be, B, C and N, measured…

nucl-ex2024★ 21 cited

A new approach for deducing rms proton radii from charge-changing reactions of neutron-rich nuclei and the reaction-target dependence

J. -C. Zhang, B. -H. Sun, I. Tanihata +35

We report the charge-changing cross sections () of 24 -shell nuclides on both hydrogen and carbon at about 900 MeV, of which Li, $^{10\textendash12}$Be…

nucl-ex2023★ 2 cited

Status of experimental knowledge on the unbound nucleus Be

K. L. Jones, J. Kovoor, R. Kanungo

The structure of the unbound nucleus Be is important to understanding the Borromean, two-neutron halo nucleus Be. The experimental studies conducted over the last fou…

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

Scientific Opportunities at the ARIEL Electron Linac

Jan Bernauer, Ross Corliss, Susan Gardner +7

This paper gives an overview of the scientific opportunities at the ARIEL electron accelerator identified in open discussion at the workshop, including applications in hadron struc…

nucl-ex2022★ 42 cited

Proton distribution radii of O: signatures of new shell closures and neutron skin

S. Kaur, R. Kanungo, W. Horiuchi +38

The root mean square radii of the proton density distribution in O derived from measurements of charge changing cross sections with a carbon target at 900 MeV to…

nucl-ex2022★ 1 cited

Searching for New Physics with DarkLight at the ARIEL Electron-Linac

The DarkLight Collaboration, E. Cline, R. Corliss +43

The search for a dark photon holds considerable interest in the physics community. Such a force carrier would begin to illuminate the dark sector. Many experiments have searched fo…

nucl-ex2021

Proton inelastic scattering reveals deformation in He

M. Holl, R. Kanungo, Z. H. Sun +27

A measurement of proton inelastic scattering of He at ~MeV at TRIUMF shows a resonance at 3.54(6)~MeV with a width of 0.89(11)~MeV. The energy of the state is in good ag…

nucl-ex2021★ 14 cited

First direct measurement of Cu(p,)Ni: A step towards constraining the Ni-Cu cycle in the Cosmos

J. S. Randhawa, R. Kanungo, J. Refsgaard +34

Reactions on the proton-rich nuclides drive the nucleosynthesis in Core-Collapse Supernovae (CCSNe) and in X-ray bursts (XRBs). CCSNe eject the nucleosynthesis products to the inte…

nucl-ex2020★ 9 cited

Probing the Z = 6 spin-orbit shell gap with (p,2p) quasi-free scattering reactions

I. Syndikus, M. Petri, A. O. Macchiavelli +76

The evolution of the traditional nuclear magic numbers away from the valley of stability is an active field of research. Experimental efforts focus on providing key spectroscopic i…

nucl-ex2020★ 1 cited

Single-particle structure in neutron-rich Sr isotopes approaching the N = 60 shape transition

S. Cruz, K. Wimmer, S. S. Bhattacharjee +33

Background: Neutron-rich nuclei around neutron number N = 60 show a dramatic shape transition from spherical ground states to prolate deformation in 98Sr and heavier nuclei. Purpos…

nucl-ex2020★ 97 cited

A two-neutron halo is unveiled in F

S. Bagchi, R. Kanungo, Y. K. Tanaka +44

We report the measurement of reaction cross sections () of F with a carbon target at RIKEN. The unexpectedly large and derived matter radius…

nucl-ex2019

Single-Particle Structure of Neutron-Rich Sr Isotopes Via d( 94,95,96 Sr, p) Reactions

S. Cruz, K. Wimmer, P. C. Bender +32

The region around neutron number N = 60 in the neutron-rich Sr and Zr nuclei is one of the most dramatic examples of a ground state shape transition from (near) spherical below N =…

nucl-ex2019★ 12 cited

Shell evolution approaching the N=20 island of inversion: Structure of 29Mg

A. Matta, W. N. Catford, N. A. Orr +36

The "Island of Inversion" for neutron-rich nuclei in the vicinity of N=20 has become the testing ground par excellence for our understanding and modelling of shell evolution with i…

nucl-ex2019★ 52 cited

Neutron skin and signature of the = 14 shell gap found from measured proton radii of N

S. Bagchi, R. Kanungo, W. Horiuchi +37

A thick neutron skin emerges from the first determination of root mean square radii of the proton distributions for N from charge changing cross section measurements arou…

nucl-ex2019★ 19 cited

Observation of excited states in Mg sheds light on nuclear forces and shell evolution

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

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

nucl-ex2018★ 18 cited

Shape Coexistence and Mixing of Low-Lying States in Sr

S. Cruz, P. C. Bender, R. Krücken +32

The low energy excited states in Sr are amongst the most prominent examples of shape coexistence across the nuclear landscape. In this work, the neutron $[2s_{1/…

nucl-ex2018★ 17 cited

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…

nucl-ex2017★ 39 cited

Evidence for Z=6 `magic number' in neutron-rich carbon isotopes

D. T. Tran, H. J. Ong, G. Hagen +37

The nuclear shell structure, which originates in the nearly independent motion of nucleons in an average potential, provides an important guide for our understanding of nuclear str…

nucl-ex2017★ 19 cited

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…

nucl-ex2017★ 29 cited

The nuclear force imprints revealed on the elastic scattering of protons with C

A. Kumar, R. Kanungo, A. Calci +26

How does nature hold together protons and neutrons to form the wide variety of complex nuclei in the universe? Describing many-nucleon systems from the fundamental theory of quantu…

nucl-ex2017★ 35 cited

Missing-mass spectroscopy of the reaction near the -meson production threshold

Y. K. Tanaka, K. Itahashi, H. Fujioka +51

Excitation-energy spectra of C nuclei near the -meson production threshold have been measured by missing-mass spectroscopy using the C(,) reaction. A…

nucl-ex2016★ 55 cited

Measurement of excitation spectra in the C reaction near the emission threshold

Y. K. Tanaka, K. Itahashi, H. Fujioka +51

Excitation spectra of C were measured in the C reaction near the emission threshold. A proton beam extracted from the synchrotron SIS-18 at GSI with an in…

nucl-ex2016★ 115 cited

Proton distribution radii of C illuminate features of neutron halos

R. Kanungo, W. Horiuchi, G. Hagen +35

Proton radii of C densities derived from first accurate charge changing cross section measurements at 900 MeV with a carbon target are reported. A thick neutron surfac…

nucl-ex2016★ 11 cited

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…