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Title: Cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams: A spectroscopic tool for neutron-rich nuclei

Abstract

An exploratory experiment performed at REX-ISOLDE to investigate cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams in inverse kinematics is presented. The aim of the experiment was to test the potential of cluster-transfer reactions at the Coulomb barrier as a mechanism to explore the structure of exotic neutron-rich nuclei. The reactions 7Li(98Rb,αxn) and 7Li(98Rb,txn) were studied through particle-γ coincidence measurements, and the results are presented in terms of the observed excitation energies and spins. Moreover, the reaction mechanism is qualitatively discussed as a transfer of a clusterlike particle within a distorted-wave Born approximation framework. The results indicate that cluster-transfer reactions can be described well as a direct process and that they can be an efficient method to investigate the structure of neutron-rich nuclei at medium-high excitation energies and spins.

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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1213274
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1214224
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; GOA/2010/010; RII3-CT-2010-262010; 06K-167; 06KY205I; 05P09PKCI5; 05P12PKFNE
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. C. Nuclear Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. C. Nuclear Physics Journal Volume: 92 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Bottoni, S., Leoni, S., Fornal, B., Raabe, R., Rusek, K., Benzoni, G., Bracco, A., Crespi, F. C. L., Morales, A. I., Bednarczyk, P., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Królas, W., Maj, A., Szpak, B., Callens, M., Bouma, J., Elseviers, J., De Witte, H., Flavigny, F., Orlandi, R., Reiter, P., Seidlitz, M., Warr, N., Siebeck, B., Hellgartner, S., Mücher, D., Pakarinen, J., Vermeulen, M., Bauer, C., Georgiev, G., Janssens, R. V. F., Balabanski, D., Sferrazza, M., Kowalska, M., Rapisarda, E., Voulot, D., Lozano Benito, M., and Wenander, F. Cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams: A spectroscopic tool for neutron-rich nuclei. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024322.
Bottoni, S., Leoni, S., Fornal, B., Raabe, R., Rusek, K., Benzoni, G., Bracco, A., Crespi, F. C. L., Morales, A. I., Bednarczyk, P., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Królas, W., Maj, A., Szpak, B., Callens, M., Bouma, J., Elseviers, J., De Witte, H., Flavigny, F., Orlandi, R., Reiter, P., Seidlitz, M., Warr, N., Siebeck, B., Hellgartner, S., Mücher, D., Pakarinen, J., Vermeulen, M., Bauer, C., Georgiev, G., Janssens, R. V. F., Balabanski, D., Sferrazza, M., Kowalska, M., Rapisarda, E., Voulot, D., Lozano Benito, M., & Wenander, F. Cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams: A spectroscopic tool for neutron-rich nuclei. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024322
Bottoni, S., Leoni, S., Fornal, B., Raabe, R., Rusek, K., Benzoni, G., Bracco, A., Crespi, F. C. L., Morales, A. I., Bednarczyk, P., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Królas, W., Maj, A., Szpak, B., Callens, M., Bouma, J., Elseviers, J., De Witte, H., Flavigny, F., Orlandi, R., Reiter, P., Seidlitz, M., Warr, N., Siebeck, B., Hellgartner, S., Mücher, D., Pakarinen, J., Vermeulen, M., Bauer, C., Georgiev, G., Janssens, R. V. F., Balabanski, D., Sferrazza, M., Kowalska, M., Rapisarda, E., Voulot, D., Lozano Benito, M., and Wenander, F. Thu . "Cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams: A spectroscopic tool for neutron-rich nuclei". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024322.
@article{osti_1213274,
title = {Cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams: A spectroscopic tool for neutron-rich nuclei},
author = {Bottoni, S. and Leoni, S. and Fornal, B. and Raabe, R. and Rusek, K. and Benzoni, G. and Bracco, A. and Crespi, F. C. L. and Morales, A. I. and Bednarczyk, P. and Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N. and Królas, W. and Maj, A. and Szpak, B. and Callens, M. and Bouma, J. and Elseviers, J. and De Witte, H. and Flavigny, F. and Orlandi, R. and Reiter, P. and Seidlitz, M. and Warr, N. and Siebeck, B. and Hellgartner, S. and Mücher, D. and Pakarinen, J. and Vermeulen, M. and Bauer, C. and Georgiev, G. and Janssens, R. V. F. and Balabanski, D. and Sferrazza, M. and Kowalska, M. and Rapisarda, E. and Voulot, D. and Lozano Benito, M. and Wenander, F.},
abstractNote = {An exploratory experiment performed at REX-ISOLDE to investigate cluster-transfer reactions with radioactive beams in inverse kinematics is presented. The aim of the experiment was to test the potential of cluster-transfer reactions at the Coulomb barrier as a mechanism to explore the structure of exotic neutron-rich nuclei. The reactions 7Li(98Rb,αxn) and 7Li(98Rb,txn) were studied through particle-γ coincidence measurements, and the results are presented in terms of the observed excitation energies and spins. Moreover, the reaction mechanism is qualitatively discussed as a transfer of a clusterlike particle within a distorted-wave Born approximation framework. The results indicate that cluster-transfer reactions can be described well as a direct process and that they can be an efficient method to investigate the structure of neutron-rich nuclei at medium-high excitation energies and spins.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024322},
journal = {Physical Review. C. Nuclear Physics},
number = 2,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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