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Title: Spectroscopy of 13Be through isobaric analog states in 13B

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [3]; ORCiD logo [9];  [3]; ORCiD logo [6];  [10]; ORCiD logo [11]; ORCiD logo [12]
  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Facility for Rare Isotope Beams; Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute
  2. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.; Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon (South Korea). Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies
  3. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.
  4. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  5. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  6. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.
  7. Ewha Womans University, Seoul (South Korea); Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). CEA, IRFU
  8. Ewha Womans University, Seoul (South Korea)
  9. Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). CEA, IRFU
  10. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.; TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  11. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  12. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.; Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Nuclear Solutions Inst.

Background: Spectroscopy of the exotic, neutron unbound beryllium isotope, 13Be, is still a puzzle despite significant experimental effort. Purpose: To observe T = 5/2 states in 13B, establish spin parities and spectroscopic factors and use isospin symmetry to inform spectroscopy of 13Be. Methods: Excitation functions for resonance elastic scattering of 12Be on protons was measured in the c.m. energy range from 1 MeV to 5 MeV. Results: Two T = 5/2 states in 13B at excitation energies 18.25 MeV and 19.95 MeV were observed. Unambiguous 1/2+ and 5/2+ spin-parity assignments were made and spectroscopic factors established using the R-matrix analysis of the measured 12Be+p excitation functions. Conclusions: We provide the first direct and unambiguous spin-parity assignments and spectroscopic factors measurements for the resonances in A = 13, T = 5/2 isobaric multiplet. This puts us on a solid footing to identify the 2.3 MeV state in 13Be as 5/2+ and infer existence of an s-wave (1/2+) resonance at around 0.5 MeV with relatively small spectroscopic factor.

Research Organization:
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Institute
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-93ER40773; SC0009883; NA0003841
OSTI ID:
2329282
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 108; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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