First observation of the Li ground state
Abstract
The ground state of neutron-rich unbound 13Li was observed for the first time in a one-proton removal reaction from 14Be at a beam energy of 53.6 MeV/u. The 13Li ground state was reconstructed from 11Li and two neutrons giving a resonance energy of 120+60 -80 keV. All events involving single- and double-neutron interactions in the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) were analyzed, simulated, and fitted self-consistently. The three-body ( 11Li + n + n) correlations within Jacobi coordinates showed strong dineutron characteristics. The decay energy spectrum of the intermediate 12Li system (11Li + n) was described with an s-wave scattering length of greater than -4 fm, which is a smaller absolute value than reported in a previous measurement.
- Authors:
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- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Hope College, Holland, MI (United States)
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
- Indiana Univ., South Bend, IN (United States)
- Augustana College, Rock Island (United States)
- Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, Berkely, CA (United States); Nuclear Science and Security Consortium
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1454858
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1101996; OSTI ID: 1454857
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0000979
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Kohley, Z., Lunderberg, E., DeYoung, P. A., Volya, A., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Christian, G., Cooper, N. L., Frank, N., Gade, A., Hall, C., Hinnefeld, J., Luther, B., Mosby, S., Peters, W. A., Smith, J. K., Snyder, J., Spyrou, A., and Thoennessen, M. First observation of the 13Li ground state. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.87.011304.
Kohley, Z., Lunderberg, E., DeYoung, P. A., Volya, A., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Christian, G., Cooper, N. L., Frank, N., Gade, A., Hall, C., Hinnefeld, J., Luther, B., Mosby, S., Peters, W. A., Smith, J. K., Snyder, J., Spyrou, A., & Thoennessen, M. First observation of the 13Li ground state. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.011304
Kohley, Z., Lunderberg, E., DeYoung, P. A., Volya, A., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Christian, G., Cooper, N. L., Frank, N., Gade, A., Hall, C., Hinnefeld, J., Luther, B., Mosby, S., Peters, W. A., Smith, J. K., Snyder, J., Spyrou, A., and Thoennessen, M. Thu .
"First observation of the 13Li ground state". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.011304. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1454858.
@article{osti_1454858,
title = {First observation of the 13Li ground state},
author = {Kohley, Z. and Lunderberg, E. and DeYoung, P. A. and Volya, A. and Baumann, T. and Bazin, D. and Christian, G. and Cooper, N. L. and Frank, N. and Gade, A. and Hall, C. and Hinnefeld, J. and Luther, B. and Mosby, S. and Peters, W. A. and Smith, J. K. and Snyder, J. and Spyrou, A. and Thoennessen, M.},
abstractNote = {The ground state of neutron-rich unbound 13Li was observed for the first time in a one-proton removal reaction from 14Be at a beam energy of 53.6 MeV/u. The 13Li ground state was reconstructed from 11Li and two neutrons giving a resonance energy of 120+60 -80 keV. All events involving single- and double-neutron interactions in the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) were analyzed, simulated, and fitted self-consistently. The three-body ( 11Li + n + n) correlations within Jacobi coordinates showed strong dineutron characteristics. The decay energy spectrum of the intermediate 12Li system (11Li + n) was described with an s-wave scattering length of greater than -4 fm, which is a smaller absolute value than reported in a previous measurement.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.87.011304},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}
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