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Bagchi S, Kanungo R, Tanaka YK, Geissel H, Doornenbal P, Horiuchi W, Hagen G, Suzuki T, Tsunoda N, Ahn DS, Baba H, Behr K, Browne F, Chen S, Cortés ML, Estradé A, Fukuda N, Holl M, Itahashi K, Iwasa N, Jansen GR, Jiang WG, Kaur S, Macchiavelli AO, Matsumoto SY, Momiyama S, Murray I, Nakamura T, Novario SJ, Ong HJ, 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 ^{29}F. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:222504. [PMID: 32567915 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.222504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We report the measurement of reaction cross sections (σ_{R}^{ex}) of ^{27,29}F with a carbon target at RIKEN. The unexpectedly large σ_{R}^{ex} and derived matter radius identify ^{29}F as the heaviest two-neutron Borromean halo to date. The halo is attributed to neutrons occupying the 2p_{3/2} 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 ^{27}F but are challenged for ^{29}F.
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- S Bagchi
- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Nihon University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8550, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut de Physique Nucleaire, IN2P3, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- RCNP, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567 0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2102, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Revel A, Sorlin O, Marqués FM, Kondo Y, Kahlbow J, Nakamura T, Orr NA, Nowacki F, Tostevin JA, Yuan CX, Achouri NL, Al Falou H, Atar L, Aumann T, Baba H, Boretzky K, Caesar C, Calvet D, Chae H, Chiga N, Corsi A, Crawford HL, Delaunay F, Delbart A, Deshayes Q, Dombrádi Z, Douma CA, Elekes Z, Fallon P, Gašparić I, Gheller JM, Gibelin J, Gillibert A, Harakeh MN, He W, Hirayama A, Hoffman CR, Holl M, Horvat A, Horváth Á, Hwang JW, Isobe T, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kawase S, Kim S, Kisamori K, Kobayashi T, Körper D, Koyama S, Kuti I, Lapoux V, Lindberg S, Masuoka S, Mayer J, Miki K, Murakami T, Najafi M, Nakano K, Nakatsuka N, Nilsson T, Obertelli A, de Oliveira Santos F, Otsu H, Ozaki T, Panin V, Paschalis S, Rossi D, Saito AT, Saito T, Sasano M, Sato H, Satou Y, Scheit H, Schindler F, Schrock P, Shikata M, Shimizu Y, Simon H, Sohler D, Stuhl L, Takeuchi S, Tanaka M, Thoennessen M, Törnqvist H, Togano Y, Tomai T, Tscheuschner J, Tsubota J, Uesaka T, Yang Z, Yasuda M, Yoneda K. Extending the Southern Shore of the Island of Inversion to ^{28}F. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:152502. [PMID: 32357034 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.152502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Detailed spectroscopy of the neutron-unbound nucleus ^{28}F has been performed for the first time following proton/neutron removal from ^{29}Ne/^{29}F beams at energies around 230 MeV/nucleon. The invariant-mass spectra were reconstructed for both the ^{27}F^{(*)}+n and ^{26}F^{(*)}+2n coincidences and revealed a series of well-defined resonances. A near-threshold state was observed in both reactions and is identified as the ^{28}F ground state, with S_{n}(^{28}F)=-199(6) keV, while analysis of the 2n decay channel allowed a considerably improved S_{n}(^{27}F)=1620(60) keV to be deduced. Comparison with shell-model predictions and eikonal-model reaction calculations have allowed spin-parity assignments to be proposed for some of the lower-lying levels of ^{28}F. Importantly, in the case of the ground state, the reconstructed ^{27}F+n momentum distribution following neutron removal from ^{29}F indicates that it arises mainly from the 1p_{3/2} neutron intruder configuration. This demonstrates that the island of inversion around N=20 includes ^{28}F, and most probably ^{29}F, and suggests that ^{28}O is not doubly magic.
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- A Revel
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 rue de Loess 67037 Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IBS, 55, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- KVI-CART, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- KVI-CART, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Unversity of Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- KVI-CART, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Unversity of Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Kohley Z, Baumann T, Bazin D, Christian G, DeYoung PA, Finck JE, Frank N, Jones M, Lunderberg E, Luther B, Mosby S, Nagi T, Smith JK, Snyder J, Spyrou A, Thoennessen M. Study of two-neutron radioactivity in the decay of 26O. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:152501. [PMID: 25167255 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.152501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
A new technique was developed to measure the lifetimes of neutron unbound nuclei in the picosecond range. The decay of 26O→24O+n+n was examined as it had been predicted to have an appreciable lifetime due to the unique structure of the neutron-rich oxygen isotopes. The half-life of 26O was extracted as 4.5(-1.5)(+1.1)(stat)±3(syst) ps. This corresponds to 26O having a finite lifetime at an 82% confidence level and, thus, suggests the possibility of two-neutron radioactivity.
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- Z Kohley
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423, USA
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois 61201, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423, USA
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- Department of Physics, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota 56562, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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