Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in
Abstract
We report the measurement of reaction cross sections (σexR) of 27,29F with a carbon target at RIKEN. The unexpectedly large σexR and derived matter radius identify 29F as the heaviest two-neutron Borromean halo to date. The halo is attributed to neutrons occupying the 2p3/2 orbital, thereby vanishing the shell closure associated with the neutron number N=20. The results are explained by state-of-the-art shell model calculations. Coupled-cluster computations based on effective field theories of the strong nuclear force describe the matter radius of 27F but are challenged for 29F.
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- Saint Mary’s Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of Giessen (Germany)
- Saint Mary’s Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of Giessen (Germany)
- RIKEN, Saitama (Japan)
- Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Nihon Univ., Tokyo (Japan)
- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
- Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)
- RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Dept. of Physics
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Saint Mary’s Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
- RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
- Osaka Univ. (Japan); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou (China)
- RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
- Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
- Niigata Univ. (Japan)
- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Org.:
- RIKEN Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1632004
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1633145
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-96ER40963; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
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Bagchi, S., Kanungo, R., Tanaka, Y. K., Geissel, H., Doornenbal, P., Horiuchi, W., Hagen, G., Suzuki, T., Tsunoda, N., Ahn, D. S., Baba, H., Behr, K., Browne, F., Chen, S., Cortés, M. L., Estradé, A., Fukuda, N., Holl, M., Itahashi, K., Itahashi, K., Jansen, G. R., Jiang, W. G., Kaur, S., Macchiavelli, A. O., Matsumoto, S. Y., Momiyama, S., Murray, I., Nakamura, T., Novario, S. J., Ong, H. J., Otsuka, T., Papenbrock, T., Paschalis, S., Prochazka, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schrock, P., Shimizu, Y., Steppenbeck, D., Sakurai, H., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, H., Takechi, M., Takeda, H., Takeuchi, S., Taniuchi, R., Wimmer, K., and Yoshida, K. Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in F29. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.222504.
Bagchi, S., Kanungo, R., Tanaka, Y. K., Geissel, H., Doornenbal, P., Horiuchi, W., Hagen, G., Suzuki, T., Tsunoda, N., Ahn, D. S., Baba, H., Behr, K., Browne, F., Chen, S., Cortés, M. L., Estradé, A., Fukuda, N., Holl, M., Itahashi, K., Itahashi, K., Jansen, G. R., Jiang, W. G., Kaur, S., Macchiavelli, A. O., Matsumoto, S. Y., Momiyama, S., Murray, I., Nakamura, T., Novario, S. J., Ong, H. J., Otsuka, T., Papenbrock, T., Paschalis, S., Prochazka, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schrock, P., Shimizu, Y., Steppenbeck, D., Sakurai, H., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, H., Takechi, M., Takeda, H., Takeuchi, S., Taniuchi, R., Wimmer, K., & Yoshida, K. Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in F29. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.222504
Bagchi, S., Kanungo, R., Tanaka, Y. K., Geissel, H., Doornenbal, P., Horiuchi, W., Hagen, G., Suzuki, T., Tsunoda, N., Ahn, D. S., Baba, H., Behr, K., Browne, F., Chen, S., Cortés, M. L., Estradé, A., Fukuda, N., Holl, M., Itahashi, K., Itahashi, K., Jansen, G. R., Jiang, W. G., Kaur, S., Macchiavelli, A. O., Matsumoto, S. Y., Momiyama, S., Murray, I., Nakamura, T., Novario, S. J., Ong, H. J., Otsuka, T., Papenbrock, T., Paschalis, S., Prochazka, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schrock, P., Shimizu, Y., Steppenbeck, D., Sakurai, H., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, H., Takechi, M., Takeda, H., Takeuchi, S., Taniuchi, R., Wimmer, K., and Yoshida, K. Fri .
"Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in F29". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.222504. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632004.
@article{osti_1632004,
title = {Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in F29},
author = {Bagchi, S. and Kanungo, R. and Tanaka, Y. K. and Geissel, H. and Doornenbal, P. and Horiuchi, W. and Hagen, G. and Suzuki, T. and Tsunoda, N. and Ahn, D. S. and Baba, H. and Behr, K. and Browne, F. and Chen, S. and Cortés, M. L. and Estradé, A. and Fukuda, N. and Holl, M. and Itahashi, K. and Itahashi, K. and Jansen, G. R. and Jiang, W. G. and Kaur, S. and Macchiavelli, A. O. and Matsumoto, S. Y. and Momiyama, S. and Murray, I. and Nakamura, T. and Novario, S. J. and Ong, H. J. and Otsuka, T. and Papenbrock, T. and Paschalis, S. and Prochazka, A. and Scheidenberger, C. and Schrock, P. and Shimizu, Y. and Steppenbeck, D. and Sakurai, H. and Suzuki, D. and Suzuki, H. and Takechi, M. and Takeda, H. and Takeuchi, S. and Taniuchi, R. and Wimmer, K. and Yoshida, K.},
abstractNote = {We report the measurement of reaction cross sections (σexR) of 27,29F with a carbon target at RIKEN. The unexpectedly large σexR and derived matter radius identify 29F as the heaviest two-neutron Borromean halo to date. The halo is attributed to neutrons occupying the 2p3/2 orbital, thereby vanishing the shell closure associated with the neutron number N=20. The results are explained by state-of-the-art shell model calculations. Coupled-cluster computations based on effective field theories of the strong nuclear force describe the matter radius of 27F but are challenged for 29F.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.222504},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 22,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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