DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in F 29

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [4];  [4];  [9];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [10];  [4];  [2];  [4];  [11] more »;  [12];  [13];  [14];  [15];  [16];  [8];  [17];  [18];  [13];  [19];  [20];  [13];  [21];  [9];  [3];  [8];  [4];  [20];  [20];  [4];  [4];  [22];  [4];  [18];  [23];  [8];  [4] « less
  1. Saint Mary’s Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of Giessen (Germany)
  2. Saint Mary’s Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  3. GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of Giessen (Germany)
  4. RIKEN, Saitama (Japan)
  5. Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan)
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  7. Nihon Univ., Tokyo (Japan)
  8. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
  9. GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
  10. Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)
  11. RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  12. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  13. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  14. Saint Mary’s Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada)
  15. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  16. Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
  17. RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  18. Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
  19. Osaka Univ. (Japan); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou (China)
  20. RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
  21. Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
  22. Niigata Univ. (Japan)
  23. 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

Citation Formats

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}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 36 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Large deformation of the very neutron-rich nucleus 32Mg from intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation
journal, March 1995


Borromean Halo Nuclei
journal, January 2000


Re-examining the transition into the N = 20 island of inversion: Structure of 30 Mg
journal, April 2018


First Exploration of Neutron Shell Structure below Lead and beyond N = 126
journal, February 2020


The Neutron Halo of Extremely Neutron-Rich Nuclei
journal, August 1987


Effective field theory of nuclear forces
journal, January 1999


Reaction cross sections of carbon isotopes incident on a proton
journal, March 2008


Natural orbitals for ab initio no-core shell model calculations
journal, March 2019


Beta decay of Na 2 7 3 2 and their descendants
journal, January 1979


Nuclear size and related topics
journal, October 2001


Pion Theory of Three-Body Forces
journal, March 1957

  • Fujita, Jun-ichi; Miyazawa, Hironari
  • Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 17, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1143/PTP.17.360

Evolution of Nuclear Shells due to the Tensor Force
journal, November 2005


The AME2016 atomic mass evaluation (II). Tables, graphs and references
journal, March 2017


Proton Distribution Radii of C 12 19 Illuminate Features of Neutron Halos
journal, September 2016


Examining possible neutron-halo nuclei heavier than Mg 37
journal, April 2017


Systematic analysis of reaction cross sections of carbon isotopes
journal, April 2007


Interaction cross section study of the two-neutron halo nucleus 22 C
journal, October 2016


Convergence of effective hamiltonian expansion and partial summations of folded diagrams
journal, December 1974


Varying shell gap and deformation in N 20 unstable nuclei studied by the Monte Carlo shell model
journal, October 1999


Towards necessary and sufficient conditions for halo occurrence
journal, May 2000


Direct Mass Measurements of B 19 , C 22 , F 29 , Ne 31 , Na 34 and Other Light Exotic Nuclei
journal, November 2012


Microscopic Calculation of the Inclusive Electron Scattering Structure Function in O 16
journal, February 2000


Many-fermion theory in expS- (or coupled cluster) form
journal, February 1978


Merging of the islands of inversion at N = 20 and N = 28
journal, July 2014


Projectile fragmentation of 112 Sn at E lab = 1 A GeV
journal, May 2002


Efimov Physics Around the Neutron-Rich Ca 60 Isotope
journal, September 2013


Accurate charge-dependent nucleon-nucleon potential at fourth order of chiral perturbation theory
journal, October 2003


Coupled-cluster computations of atomic nuclei
journal, September 2014


Direct measurement of the masses of Li 11 and Na 2 6 3 2 with an on-line mass spectrometer
journal, August 1975


Table of experimental nuclear ground state charge radii: An update
journal, January 2013


New Magic Number, N = 16 , near the Neutron Drip Line
journal, June 2000


Coupled-cluster theory in quantum chemistry
journal, February 2007


Spectroscopy of Ne 32 and the “Island of Inversion”
journal, July 2009


Ab initio calculation of the potential bubble nucleus Si 34
journal, March 2017


Short-range correlations in nuclear wave functions
journal, June 1960


On the "Magic Numbers" in Nuclear Structure
journal, June 1949


Neutron capture rates in the r-process - The role of direct radiative capture
journal, July 1983

  • Mathews, G. J.; Mengoni, A.; Thielemann, F. -K.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 270
  • DOI: 10.1086/161164

Two-neutron halo structure of F 31 and a novel pairing antihalo effect
journal, April 2020


Structure of 29 F in the rotation-aligned coupling scheme of the particle-rotor model
journal, December 2017


Evolution of shell structure in exotic nuclei
journal, March 2020


One-neutron removal from Ne 29 : Defining the lower limits of the island of inversion
journal, January 2016


Chiral effective field theory and nuclear forces
journal, June 2011


Nuclear Configurations in the Spin-Orbit Coupling Model. I. Empirical Evidence
journal, April 1950


Development of Parallel Plate Avalanche Counter (PPAC) for BigRIPS fragment separator
journal, December 2013

  • Kumagai, H.; Ohnishi, T.; Fukuda, N.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 317
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.08.050

Measurements of Interaction Cross Sections and Nuclear Radii in the Light p -Shell Region
journal, December 1985


Neutron and weak-charge distributions of the 48Ca nucleus
journal, November 2015

  • Hagen, G.; Ekström, A.; Forssén, C.
  • Nature Physics, Vol. 12, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1038/nphys3529

DALI2: A NaI(Tl) detector array for measurements of γ rays from fast nuclei
journal, November 2014

  • Takeuchi, S.; Motobayashi, T.; Togano, Y.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 763
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.06.087

Statistical uncertainties of a chiral interaction at next-to-next-to leading order
journal, February 2015

  • Ekström, A.; Carlsson, B. D.; Wendt, K. A.
  • Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 42, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/42/3/034003

Modern theory of nuclear forces
journal, December 2009


Exotic neutron-rich medium-mass nuclei with realistic nuclear forces
journal, February 2017


Measurement of the Two-Halo Neutron Transfer Reaction H 1 ( Li 11 , Li 9 ) H 3 at 3 A MeV
journal, May 2008


Δ isobars and nuclear saturation
journal, February 2018


Intruder configurations in the ground state of 30 Ne
journal, April 2017


Interaction cross sections for Ne isotopes towards the island of inversion and halo structures of 29Ne and 31Ne
journal, February 2012


Ab initio no-core solutions for 6 Li
journal, May 2017

  • Shin, Ik Jae; Kim, Youngman; Maris, Pieter
  • Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 44, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/aa6cb7

Ordering of the 0 d 5 / 2 and 1 s 1 / 2 proton levels in light nuclei
journal, August 2016


Multi-shell effective interactions
journal, February 2014


Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering on Ar 40 from first principles
journal, December 2019


Deformation-Driven p -Wave Halos at the Drip Line: Ne 31
journal, April 2014


Neutron s states in loosely bound nuclei
journal, June 2014


Direct Experimental Evidence for Strong Admixture of Different Parity States in 11 Li
journal, July 1999


D IRECT R EACTIONS WITH E XOTIC N UCLEI
journal, December 2003


Utility of nucleon-target profile function in cross section calculations
journal, April 2000


Probing the weakly-bound neutron orbit of Ne 31 with total reaction and one-neutron removal cross sections
journal, February 2010


Effective Hamiltonian in the extended Krenciglowa–Kuo method
journal, August 2011


Measurement of the Spin and Magnetic Moment of M g 31 : Evidence for a Strongly Deformed Intruder Ground State
journal, January 2005


A coupled cluster approach with triple excitations
journal, December 1984

  • Lee, Yoon S.; Kucharski, Stanislaw A.; Bartlett, Rodney J.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.447591

Shape transitions in exotic Si and S isotopes and tensor-force-driven Jahn-Teller effect
journal, November 2012


An overview of coupled cluster theory and its applications in physics
journal, January 1991


Effective interaction in non-degenerate model space
journal, February 2011


Exploring the Low- Z Shore of the Island of Inversion at N = 19
journal, January 2012


Low- Z shore of the “island of inversion” and the reduced neutron magicity toward O 28
journal, April 2017


BigRIPS separator and ZeroDegree spectrometer at RIKEN RI Beam Factory
journal, January 2012

  • Kubo, Toshiyuki; Kameda, Daisuke; Suzuki, Hiroshi
  • Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/ptep/pts064

Na 29 : Defining the Edge of the Island of Inversion for Z = 11
journal, April 2005