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Title: The dominance of the ν ( 0 d 5 / 2 ) 2 configuration in the N = 8 shell in 12 Be from the breakup reaction on a proton target at intermediate energy

Abstract

The momentum distribution of 11Be fragments produced by the breakup of 12Be interacting with a proton target at 700.5 MeV/u energy has been measured at GSI Darmstadt. To obtain the structure information on the anomaly of the neutron shell, the momentum distribution of 11Be fragments from the one-neutron knockout 12Be(p,pn) reaction, measured in inverse kinematics, has been analysed in the distorted wave impulse approximation (DWIA) based on a quasi-free scattering scenario. The DWIA analysis shows a surprisingly strong contribution of the neutron 0d5/2 orbital in 12Be to the transverse momentum distribution of the 11Be fragments. The single-neutron 0d5/2 spectroscopic factor deduced from the present knock-out data is 1.39(10), which is significantly larger than that deduced recently from data of 12Be breakup on a carbon target. This result provides a strong experimental evidence for the dominance of the neutron configuration in the ground state of 12Be.

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Research Org.:
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1395377
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OSTI ID: 1499373
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-08ER41533
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physics Letters. B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Journal Volume: 774 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; (p,pn); knock-out reaction; N=8; shell in 12Be

Citation Formats

Chung, Le Xuan, Bertulani, Carlos A., Egelhof, Peter, Ilieva, Stoyanka, Khoa, Dao T., and Kiselev, Oleg A. The dominance of the ν ( 0 d 5 / 2 ) 2 configuration in the N = 8 shell in 12 Be from the breakup reaction on a proton target at intermediate energy. Netherlands: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.068.
Chung, Le Xuan, Bertulani, Carlos A., Egelhof, Peter, Ilieva, Stoyanka, Khoa, Dao T., & Kiselev, Oleg A. The dominance of the ν ( 0 d 5 / 2 ) 2 configuration in the N = 8 shell in 12 Be from the breakup reaction on a proton target at intermediate energy. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.068
Chung, Le Xuan, Bertulani, Carlos A., Egelhof, Peter, Ilieva, Stoyanka, Khoa, Dao T., and Kiselev, Oleg A. Wed . "The dominance of the ν ( 0 d 5 / 2 ) 2 configuration in the N = 8 shell in 12 Be from the breakup reaction on a proton target at intermediate energy". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.068.
@article{osti_1395377,
title = {The dominance of the ν ( 0 d 5 / 2 ) 2 configuration in the N = 8 shell in 12 Be from the breakup reaction on a proton target at intermediate energy},
author = {Chung, Le Xuan and Bertulani, Carlos A. and Egelhof, Peter and Ilieva, Stoyanka and Khoa, Dao T. and Kiselev, Oleg A.},
abstractNote = {The momentum distribution of 11Be fragments produced by the breakup of 12Be interacting with a proton target at 700.5 MeV/u energy has been measured at GSI Darmstadt. To obtain the structure information on the anomaly of the neutron shell, the momentum distribution of 11Be fragments from the one-neutron knockout 12Be(p,pn) reaction, measured in inverse kinematics, has been analysed in the distorted wave impulse approximation (DWIA) based on a quasi-free scattering scenario. The DWIA analysis shows a surprisingly strong contribution of the neutron 0d5/2 orbital in 12Be to the transverse momentum distribution of the 11Be fragments. The single-neutron 0d5/2 spectroscopic factor deduced from the present knock-out data is 1.39(10), which is significantly larger than that deduced recently from data of 12Be breakup on a carbon target. This result provides a strong experimental evidence for the dominance of the neutron configuration in the ground state of 12Be.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.068},
journal = {Physics Letters. B},
number = C,
volume = 774,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Fig. 1. Fig. 1. : Schematic view of the experimental setup. The main part is the IKAR ionization chamber serving as an active target, consisting of six identical modules [7,9,21]. One module is zoomed as seen in the bottom inset. Details are explained in the text.

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