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Selectivity of the one-neutron knockout reaction on {sup 45}Cl and the collapse of the N=28 shell closure

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426 (United States)
  2. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States)
  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH (United Kingdom)
Neutron hole states in the exotic N=27 isotope {sup 44}Cl have been populated using the intermediate-energy single-neutron knockout reaction {sup 9}Be({sup 45}Cl,{sup 44}Cl)X. The momentum distribution of the residual {sup 44}Cl nuclei after direct population of the ground state is consistent with removal of an l=1 neutron. This observation and comparison with a shell-model calculation imply that p{sub 3/2} neutrons from above the N=28 major shell closure play important roles in the ground states of both {sup 44}Cl and {sup 45}Cl. The present result is significant because {sup 44}Cl is even closer to the valley of stability than {sup 43}S, where a similar result was recently obtained using a g-factor measurement.
OSTI ID:
21286918
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 79; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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