Physics Letters B (Aug 2023)

Intruder configurations in 29Ne at the transition into the island of inversion: Detailed structure study of 28Ne

  • H. Wang,
  • M. Yasuda,
  • Y. Kondo,
  • T. Nakamura,
  • J.A. Tostevin,
  • K. Ogata,
  • T. Otsuka,
  • A. Poves,
  • N. Shimizu,
  • K. Yoshida,
  • N.L. Achouri,
  • H. Al Falou,
  • L. Atar,
  • T. Aumann,
  • H. Baba,
  • K. Boretzky,
  • C. Caesar,
  • D. Calvet,
  • H. Chae,
  • N. Chiga,
  • A. Corsi,
  • H.L. Crawford,
  • F. Delaunay,
  • A. Delbart,
  • Q. Deshayes,
  • Zs. Dombrádi,
  • C. Douma,
  • Z. Elekes,
  • P. Fallon,
  • I. Gašparić,
  • J.-M. Gheller,
  • J. Gibelin,
  • A. Gillibert,
  • M.N. Harakeh,
  • A. Hirayama,
  • C.R. Hoffman,
  • M. Holl,
  • A. Horvat,
  • Á. Horváth,
  • J.W. Hwang,
  • T. Isobe,
  • J. Kahlbow,
  • N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki,
  • S. Kawase,
  • S. Kim,
  • K. Kisamori,
  • T. Kobayashi,
  • D. Körper,
  • S. Koyama,
  • I. Kuti,
  • V. Lapoux,
  • S. Lindberg,
  • F.M. Marqués,
  • S. Masuoka,
  • J. Mayer,
  • K. Miki,
  • T. Murakami,
  • M.A. Najafi,
  • K. Nakano,
  • N. Nakatsuka,
  • T. Nilsson,
  • A. Obertelli,
  • N.A. Orr,
  • H. Otsu,
  • T. Ozaki,
  • V. Panin,
  • S. Paschalis,
  • A. Revel,
  • D. Rossi,
  • A.T. Saito,
  • T. Saito,
  • M. Sasano,
  • H. Sato,
  • Y. Satou,
  • H. Scheit,
  • F. Schindler,
  • P. Schrock,
  • M. Shikata,
  • Y. Shimizu,
  • H. Simon,
  • D. Sohler,
  • O. Sorlin,
  • L. Stuhl,
  • S. Takeuchi,
  • M. Tanaka,
  • M. Thoennessen,
  • H. Törnqvist,
  • Y. Togano,
  • T. Tomai,
  • J. Tscheuschner,
  • J. Tsubota,
  • T. Uesaka,
  • Z. Yang,
  • K. Yoneda

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 843
p. 138038

Abstract

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Detailed γ-ray spectroscopy of the exotic neon isotope 28Ne has been performed for the first time using the one-neutron removal reaction from 29Ne on a liquid hydrogen target at 240 MeV/nucleon. Based on an analysis of parallel momentum distributions, a level scheme with spin-parity assignments has been constructed for 28Ne and the negative-parity states are identified for the first time. The measured partial cross sections and momentum distributions reveal a significant intruder p-wave strength providing evidence of the breakdown of the N=20 and N=28 shell gaps. Only a weak, possible f-wave strength was observed to bound final states. Large-scale shell-model calculations with different effective interactions do not reproduce the large p-wave and small f-wave strength observed experimentally, indicating an ongoing challenge for a complete theoretical description of the transition into the island of inversion along the Ne isotopic chain.

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