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Title: Neutron-unbound excited states of N 23

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Nuclear Science and Security Consortium
  2. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
  3. Hope College, Holland, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics
  4. Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  5. Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics
  6. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., Dept. of Chemistry
  7. Indiana Univ., SouthBend, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  8. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  9. Gettysburg College, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  10. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Joint Inst. for Nuclear Astrophysics

Neutron unbound states in 23N were populated via proton knockout from an 83.4 MeV/nucleon 24O beam on a liquid deuterium target. The two-body decay energy displays two peaks at E1 ~ 100 keV and E2 ~ 1MeV with respect to the neutron separation energy. The data are consistent with shell model calculations predicting resonances at excitation energies of ~3.6MeV and ~4.5MeV. The selectivity of the reaction implies that these states correspond to the first and second 3/2- states. Furthermore, the energy of the first state is about 1.3 MeV lower than the first excited 2+ in 24O. This decrease is largely due to coupling with the πp $$-1\atop{3/2}$$ hole along with a small reduction of the N = 16 shell gap in 23N.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003180; NA0000979
OSTI ID:
1407961
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 95; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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