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2. Search for a bound di-neutron by comparing 3He(e,e'p)d and 3H(e,e'p)X measurements
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D. Nguyen, C. Neuburger, R. Cruz-Torres, A. Schmidt, D.W. Higinbotham, J. Kahlbow, P. Monaghan, E. Piasetzky, and O. Hen
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Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Nuclear Theory ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
We report on a search for a bound di-neutron by comparing electron-induced proton-knockout $(e,e'p)$ measurements from Helium-3 ($^3$He) and Tritium ($^3$H). The measurements were performed at Jefferson Lab Hall A with a 4.326 GeV electron beam, and kinematics of large momentum transfer $Q^2 \approx 1.9$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$ and $x_B>1$, to minimize contributions from non quasi-elastic (QE) reaction mechanisms. Analyzing the measured $^3$He missing mass ($M_{miss}$) and missing energy ($E_{miss}$) distributions, we can distinguish the two-body break-up reaction, in which the residual proton-neutron system remains bound as a deuteron. In the $^3$H mirror case, under the exact same kinematic conditions, we do not identify a signature for a bound di-neutron with similar binding energy to that of the deuteron. We calculate exclusion limits as a function of the di-neutron binding energy and find that, for binding equivalent to the deuteron, the two-body break-up cross section on $^3$H is less than 0.9% of that on $^3$He in the measured kinematics at the 95% confidence level., 6 pages, 3 figures
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- 2022
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3. Pairing Forces Govern Population of Doubly Magic Ca54 from Direct Reactions
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J. M. Gheller, S. Y. Park, K. Yoneda, Masaki Sasano, P. A. Söderström, D. Sohler, D. Körper, H. Simon, A. Gillibert, K. Miki, Satoshi Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Togano, M. MacCormick, R.-B. Gerst, Duo Yan, Tomohiro Uesaka, Fabia Schindler, V. Wagner, B. D. Linh, M. Holl, A. Corsi, N. Paul, Igor Gašparić, H. N. Liu, P. Koseoglou, E. Sahin, Yosuke Kondo, T. Lokotko, T. Isobe, Victor Vaquero, M. L. Cortés, V. Werner, Takashi Nakamura, W. Rodriguez, Zaihong Yang, A. Delbart, S. Franchoo, F. Château, V. Lapoux, P. Doornenbal, K. I. Hahn, L. Stuhl, I. Murray, C. Caesar, Kazuyuki Ogata, C. Lehr, T. Kobayashi, X. X. Xu, C. Hilaire, Si-Ge Chen, Yutaka Utsuno, V. Panin, A. Giganon, Jenny Lee, N. L. Achouri, L. X. Chung, Y. L. Sun, K. Moschner, Yuya Kubota, D. M. Rossi, H. Baba, F. Flavigny, Masahiro Yasuda, L. Zanetti, Kathrin Wimmer, Dong-Wook Kim, O. Aktas, F. Browne, S. Wang, A. Obertelli, J. Kahlbow, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, T. Motobayashi, Julien Gibelin, K. Boretzky, D. Calvet, David Steppenbeck, H. Törnqvist, Thomas Aumann, Nobuyuki Chiga, T. Koiwai, Kazuki Yoshida, Hideaki Otsu, Hirofumi Yamada, and J. Tscheuschner
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Physics ,education.field_of_study ,Proton ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Nuclear Theory ,Population ,Nuclear shell model ,General Physics and Astronomy ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Pairing ,Excited state ,0103 physical sciences ,Neutron ,Atomic physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics ,Nucleon ,Ground state ,education - Abstract
Direct proton-knockout reactions of ^{55}Sc at ∼220 MeV/nucleon were studied at the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. Populated states of ^{54}Ca were investigated through γ-ray and invariant-mass spectroscopy. Level energies were calculated from the nuclear shell model employing a phenomenological internucleon interaction. Theoretical cross sections to states were calculated from distorted-wave impulse approximation estimates multiplied by the shell model spectroscopic factors, which describe the wave function overlap of the ^{55}Sc ground state with states in ^{54}Ca. Despite the calculations showing a significant amplitude of excited neutron configurations in the ground-state of ^{55}Sc, valence proton removals populated predominantly the ground state of ^{54}Ca. This counterintuitive result is attributed to pairing effects leading to a dominance of the ground-state spectroscopic factor. Owing to the ubiquity of the pairing interaction, this argument should be generally applicable to direct knockout reactions from odd-even to even-even nuclei.
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- 2021
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4. Unperturbed inverse kinematics nucleon knockout measurements with a carbon beam
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S. Morozov, T. Atovullaev, O. Gavrischuk, I. Rufanov, D. M. Rossi, I. Slepnev, V. Tcholakov, V. Zhezher, Yu. Potrebenikov, E.P. Segarra, A. Timoshenko, A. Taranenko, A. Corsi, A. Shutov, D. Blaschke, A. Terletsky, G. Musulmanbekov, A. Kuznetsov, A. Vishnevsky, Herbert A. Simon, V. Vasendina, E. Piasetzky, V. Lenivenko, R. Kattabekov, D. Sakulin, A. Dmitriev, S. Lobastov, P. Dulov, Yu. Ivanova, O. Warmusz, N. Topilin, V. Rogov, M. Duer, P. Senger, V. Spaskov, D. Suvarieva, A. Morozov, Alexander Schmidt, N. Lashmanov, Kh. U. Abraamyan, I. Slepov, K. Gertsenberger, N. Zamiatin, D. Baranov, M. Strikhanov, V. Yurevich, K. Boretzky, V. Babkin, V. Samsonov, G. Agakishiev, N. Karpushkin, D. Bogoslovsky, V. Kekelidze, D. Peresunko, Y.-G. Ma, I. Filippov, A. Ciszewski, A. Ivashkin, D. Egorov, B. Topko, A. Zinchenko, M. Patsyuk, V. Shumikhin, V. Plotnikov, O. Petukhov, S. Bazylev, V. Shutov, Carlos A. Bertulani, M. Buryakov, A. Fediunin, V. Tikhomirov, E. Litvinenko, A. Makankin, I. Korover, D. Blau, S. Khabarov, Yu. Kiryushin, S. Piyadin, A. Stavinskiy, V. Kolesnikov, D. Finogeev, A. Kovalenko, M. Golubeva, M. Kapishin, A. Chebotov, D. Nikitin, A. Dryablov, J. Tanaka, Oleg B. Tarasov, Igor Gašparić, S. Kakurin, Or Hen, J. Kahlbow, F. Guber, Yu. Kopylov, O. Teryaev, V. Wagner, I. Selyuzhenkov, A. Malakhov, O. Streltsova, A. Kolozhvari, V. Burtsev, P. Alekseev, M. Rumyantsev, H. Törnqvist, E. Zherebtsova, S. Sedykh, P. Rukoyatkin, I. Gabdrakhmanov, A. Bolozdynya, A. Kugler, M. Shitenkov, N. Barbashina, N. Zhigareva, A. Izvestnyy, Yu. Kovalev, S. Kuklin, K. Roslon, N. Tarasov, O. Rogachevsky, A. Galavanov, S. Merts, Thomas Aumann, B. Dabrowska, V. Palchik, L. Kovachev, E. Atkin, R. Nagdasev, A. Maksymchyuk, V. Golovatyuk, N. Sukhov, J. Chen, G. Laskaris, E. Zubarev, V. Slepnev, T. Aushev, A. Sorin, B. Löher, S. Sergeev, V. Panin, V. Karjavin, A. Sheremeteva, E. Kulish, V. Sosnovtsev, G. Pokatashkin, G. Johansson, S. Buzin, K. Filippov, E. Streletskaya, M. Peryt, I. Mardor, Yu.P. Petukhov, V. Tarasov, H. Scheit, M. Zuev, P. Batyuk, V. Balandin, A. Shchipunov, I. Yaron, E. Ladygin, Song Zhang, D. Dabrowski, R. Cruz-Torres, A. Beck, T. Starecki, N. Voytishin, I. Tyapkin, A. Kisiel, and S. Afanasiev
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Physics ,Hydrogen ,Isotope ,Scattering ,Nuclear Theory ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,nuclear structure ,experiments with inverse kinematics ,quasi-free scattering ,short-range correlations ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Ion ,Nuclear physics ,chemistry ,0103 physical sciences ,Particle ,Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research ,010306 general physics ,Nucleon ,Wave function ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
Particle knockout scattering experiments1,2 are fundamental for mapping the structure of atomic nuclei2–6, but their interpretation is often complicated by initial- and final-state interactions of the incoming and scattered particles1,2,7–9. Such interactions lead to reduction in the scattered particle flux and distort their kinematics. Here we overcome this limitation by measuring the quasi-free scattering of 48 GeV c–1 12C ions from hydrogen. The distribution of single protons is studied by detecting two protons at large angles in coincidence with an intact 11B nucleus. The 11B detection suppresses the otherwise large distortions of reconstructed single-proton distributions induced by initial- and final-state interactions. By further detecting residual 10B and 10Be nuclei, we also identified short-range correlated nucleon–nucleon pairs9–13 and provide direct experimental evidence for separation of the pair wavefunction from that of the residual many-body nuclear system9,14. All measured reactions are well described by theoretical calculations that include no distortions from the initial- and final-state interactions. Our results showcase the ability to study the short-distance structure of short-lived radioactive nuclei at the forthcoming Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR)15 and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)16 facilities, which is relevant for understanding the structure and properties of nuclei far from stability and the formation of visible matter in the Universe. Initial- and final-state interactions distort the kinematics in particle knockout scattering experiments, complicating their interpretation. These effects are suppressed by detecting 11B nuclei in quasi-free scattering of 12C ions from hydrogen.
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- 2021
5. Quasifree Neutron Knockout from Ca54 Corroborates Arising N=34 Neutron Magic Number
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V. Wagner, V. Somà, F. Flavigny, K. Moschner, S. Y. Park, V. Panin, Kathrin Wimmer, M. MacCormick, S. Takeuchi, M. L. Cortés, S. Franchoo, Hideaki Otsu, D. Calvet, D. M. Rossi, Toshio Kobayashi, K. Yoneda, Tomohiro Uesaka, Masaki Sasano, T. Lokotko, P. Koseoglou, Dóra Sohler, H. Baba, N. Paul, P. A. Söderström, David Steppenbeck, Nobuyuki Chiga, E. Sahin, Petr Navrátil, Thomas Aumann, Takashi Nakamura, F. Browne, S. J. Chen, Donghang Yan, V. Werner, T. Isobe, R.-B. Gerst, P. Doornenbal, T. Koiwai, F. Château, A. Corsi, A. Gillibert, Takaharu Otsuka, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, A. Delbart, F. Raimondi, H. Yamada, Shuopei Wang, Y. L. Sun, Victor Vaquero, T. Motobayashi, L. X. Chung, H. Törnqvist, J. M. Gheller, Yasuhiro Togano, W. Rodriguez, Y. Chazono, A. Giganon, Carlo Barbieri, Kazuyuki Ogata, C. Lehr, Masahiro Yasuda, C. Hilaire, N. L. Achouri, Yosuke Kondo, Julien Gibelin, X. X. Xu, B. D. Linh, J. Kahlbow, Igor Gašparić, H. N. Liu, A. Obertelli, L. Zanetti, Yutaka Utsuno, Jenny Lee, Yuya Kubota, V. Lapoux, K. Yoshida, Dong-Wook Kim, O. Aktas, Zaihong Yang, I. Murray, K. I. Hahn, and L. Stuhl
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Physics ,Hydrogen ,Nuclear Theory ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Impulse (physics) ,01 natural sciences ,Vertex (geometry) ,Isotopes of calcium ,Transverse plane ,chemistry ,Excited state ,0103 physical sciences ,Neutron ,Atomic physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics ,Excitation - Abstract
Exclusive cross sections and momentum distributions have been measured for quasifree one-neutron knockout reactions from a ^{54}Ca beam striking on a liquid hydrogen target at ∼200 MeV/u. A significantly larger cross section to the p_{3/2} state compared to the f_{5/2} state observed in the excitation of ^{53}Ca provides direct evidence for the nature of the N=34 shell closure. This finding corroborates the arising of a new shell closure in neutron-rich calcium isotopes. The distorted-wave impulse approximation reaction formalism with shell model calculations using the effective GXPF1Bs interaction and ab initio calculations concur our experimental findings. Obtained transverse and parallel momentum distributions demonstrate the sensitivity of quasifree one-neutron knockout in inverse kinematics on a thick liquid hydrogen target with the reaction vertex reconstructed to final state spin-parity assignments.
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- 2019
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6. Strong neutron pairing in core+4n nuclei
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S. Beceiro-Novo, R. Thies, Jorge Machado, Andreas Martin Heinz, Tanja Heftrich, L. M. Fraile, A. Estrade, Marina Petri, T. Le Bleis, D. Cortina-Gil, L. Atar, T. Kröll, A. Knyazev, M. A. Najafi, G. L. Wilson, D. Rossi, Kai Zuber, A. Movsesyan, Z. Elekes, Simon Lindberg, I. Syndikus, P. Díaz Fernández, K. Göbel, Catherine Rigollet, Ángel Perea, R. Crespo, F. Farinon, J. Kahlbow, V. Volkov, M. Caamaño, W. N. Catford, A. Ignatov, S. Pietri, Carlos A. Bertulani, V. Panin, C. Langer, A. Kelic-Heil, O. Sorlin, Stefanos Paschalis, J. M. Boillos, Enrique Casarejos, J. Hagdahl, Iris Dillmann, M Vandebrouck, O. Ershova, K. Boretzky, A. Henriques, Roy Crawford Lemmon, J. S. Winfield, J. Benlliure, M. Labiche, Vladimir Avdeichikov, Enrique Nácher, H. Weick, Thomas Nilsson, F. Wamers, Rituparna Kanungo, M. Holl, C. Caesar, P. Velho, Håkan T Johansson, G. Ribeiro, Pavel Golubev, F. M. Marqués, M. Heine, Andreas Zilges, Hans Geissel, J. Enders, D. Galaviz, Daniel Bemmerer, Deniz Savran, Marielle Chartier, María José García Borge, Haik Simon, M. Freer, J. Taylor, Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki, Olof Tengblad, C. Wheldon, C. Nociforo, A. Revel, H. Alvarez-Pol, Joakim Cederkäll, Thomas Aumann, Rene Reifarth, L. Chulkov, J. Marganiec, Mikhail V. Zhukov, D. Yakorev, Björn Jonson, M. Röder, Philip Woods, R. Plag, U. Datta Pramanik, Andreas Wagner, R. Gernhäuser, E. Cravo, Y. Togano, H. Scheit, N. Kurz, M. Heil, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds ( GANIL ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen ( LPCC ), Université de Caen Normandie ( UNICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ) -Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen ( ENSICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien ( IPHC ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Strasbourg ( UNISTRA ), R3B, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), National Science Foundation (US), Department of Energy (US), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Physics ,Valence (chemistry) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Nuclear Theory ,Aucun ,General Physics and Astronomy ,FOS: Physical sciences ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Molecular physics ,Pairing ,0103 physical sciences ,Neutron ,Física nuclear ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,[ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,010306 general physics ,Nucleon ,Nuclear Experiment ,R3B radioactive beams nuclear structure neutron-rich Coulomb dissociation - Abstract
6 pags., 4 figs., The emission of neutron pairs from the neutron-rich N = 12 isotones C-18 and O-20 has been studied by high-energy nucleon knockout from N-19 and O-21 secondary beams, populating unbound states of the two isotones up to 15 MeV above their two-neutron emission thresholds. The analysis of triple fragment-n-n correlations shows that the decay N-19(-1p)18C*-> C-16 + n + n is clearly dominated by direct pair emission. The two- neutron correlation strength, the largest ever observed, suggests the predominance of a C-14 core surrounded by four valence neutrons arranged in strongly correlated pairs. On the other hand, a significant competition of a sequential branch is found in the decay O-21(-1n)O-20*-> O-18 + n + n, attributed to its formation through the knockout of a deeply bound neutron that breaks the O-16 core and reduces the number of pairs., This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF Project No. 05P15RDFN1), and through the GSI-TU Darmstadt cooperation agreement. C. A. Bertulani acknowledges support by U.S. Department of Energy Grant No. DE-FG02-08ER41533 and U.S. National Science Foundation Grant No. 1415656.
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- 2018
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7. Quasifree ( p , 2p ) Reactions on Oxygen Isotopes: Observation of Isospin Independence of the Reduced Single-Particle Strength
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Rene Reifarth, J. Kahlbow, E. Y. Nikolskii, R. Thies, Jorge Machado, M. Heine, A. Estrade, Marina Petri, G. Ribeiro, J. Taylor, Daniel Bemmerer, M. A. Najafi, Haik Simon, M. Freer, Olof Tengblad, Enrique Casarejos, H. Alvarez-Pol, Kai Zuber, F. Farinon, C. Nociforo, D. Rossi, Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki, C. Wheldon, Thomas Aumann, K. Boretzky, L. Chulkov, Andreas Martin Heinz, C. Caesar, Vladimir Avdeichikov, Tanja Heftrich, J. M. Boillos, J. Hagdahl, V. Panin, D. Galaviz Redondo, Ángel Perea, T. Kröll, Joakim Cederkäll, A. Ignatov, Carlos A. Bertulani, N. Kurz, A. Hufnagel, M. Labiche, S. Pietri, V. Volkov, P. Díaz Fernández, Mikhail V. Zhukov, G. L. Wilson, Simon Lindberg, Carlo Barbieri, I. Syndikus, J. Benlliure, F. Wamers, M. Heil, Marine Vandebrouck, Catherine Rigollet, M. Caamaño, Enrique Nácher, H. Weick, S. Beceiro-Novo, C. Langer, O. Ershova, A. Kelic-Heil, P. Velho, A. Henriques, J. S. Winfield, Thomas Nilsson, A. Knyazev, E. Cravo, Håkan T Johansson, R. Crespo, María José García Borge, Pavel Golubev, O. Sorlin, H. Scheit, Marielle Chartier, M. Holl, Deniz Savran, I. Dillmann, Stefanos Paschalis, D. Yakorev, Y. Togano, J. Marganiec-Gałązka, T. Le Bleis, D. Cortina-Gil, Rituparna Kanungo, Hans Geissel, L. Atar, A. Movsesyan, L. M. Fraile, Björn Jonson, Philip Woods, Andreas Wagner, R. Gernhäuser, Andreas Zilges, J. Enders, R. Lemmon, M. Röder, Z. Elekes, K. Göbel, R. Plag, and W. N. Catford
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Physics ,Range (particle radiation) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Eikonal equation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Nuclear Theory ,Ab initio ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Asymmetry ,Oxygen ,Isotopes of oxygen ,Nuclear physics ,chemistry ,Isospin ,0103 physical sciences ,Particle ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics ,media_common - Abstract
Quasifree one-proton knockout reactions have been employed in inverse kinematics for a systematic study of the structure of stable and exotic oxygen isotopes at the R3B/LAND setup with incident beam energies in the range of 300-450 MeV/u. The oxygen isotopic chain offers a large variation of separation energies that allows for a quantitative understanding of single-particle strength with changing isospin asymmetry. Quasifree knockout reactions provide a complementary approach to intermediate-energy one-nucleon removal reactions. Inclusive cross sections for quasifree knockout reactions of the type OA(p,2p)NA-1 have been determined and compared to calculations based on the eikonal reaction theory. The reduction factors for the single-particle strength with respect to the independent-particle model were obtained and compared to state-of-the-art ab initio predictions. The results do not show any significant dependence on proton-neutron asymmetry.
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- 2018
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8. Neutron radioactivity—Lifetime measurements of neutron-unbound states
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V. Panin, Heiko Scheit, C. Caesar, J. Kahlbow, Thomas Aumann, Stefanos Paschalis, and Herbert A. Simon
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Neutron emission ,Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography ,Nuclear Theory ,01 natural sciences ,Neutron temperature ,Neutron spectroscopy ,Nuclear physics ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,0103 physical sciences ,Neutron cross section ,medicine ,Neutron ,Atomic physics ,010306 general physics ,s-process ,Nuclear Experiment ,Instrumentation ,Nucleus - Abstract
A new technique to measure the lifetime τ of a neutron-radioactive nucleus that decays in-flight via neutron emission is presented and demonstrated utilizing MonteCarlo simulations. The method is based on the production of the neutron-unbound nucleus in a target, which at the same time slows down the produced nucleus and the residual nucleus after (multi-) neutron emission. The spectrum of the velocity difference of neutron(s) and the residual nucleus has a characteristic shape, that allows to extract the lifetime. If the decay happens outside the target there will be a peak in the spectrum, while events where the decay is in the target show a broad flat distribution due to the continuous slowing down of the residual nucleus. The method itself and the analysis procedure are discussed in detail for the specific candidate 26 O. A stack of targets with decreasing target thicknesses can expand the measurable lifetime range and improve the sensitivity by increasing the ratio between decays outside and inside the target. The simulations indicate a lower limit of measurable lifetime τ ∼ 0 . 2 ps for the given conditions.
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- 2017
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