Physics Letters B (Jul 2016)

An above-barrier narrow resonance in 15F

  • F. de Grancey,
  • A. Mercenne,
  • F. de Oliveira Santos,
  • T. Davinson,
  • O. Sorlin,
  • J.C. Angélique,
  • M. Assié,
  • E. Berthoumieux,
  • R. Borcea,
  • A. Buta,
  • I. Celikovic,
  • V. Chudoba,
  • J.M. Daugas,
  • G. Dumitru,
  • M. Fadil,
  • S. Grévy,
  • J. Kiener,
  • A. Lefebvre-Schuhl,
  • N. Michel,
  • J. Mrazek,
  • F. Negoita,
  • J. Okołowicz,
  • D. Pantelica,
  • M.G. Pellegriti,
  • L. Perrot,
  • M. Płoszajczak,
  • G. Randisi,
  • I. Ray,
  • O. Roig,
  • F. Rotaru,
  • M.G. Saint Laurent,
  • N. Smirnova,
  • M. Stanoiu,
  • I. Stefan,
  • C. Stodel,
  • K. Subotic,
  • V. Tatischeff,
  • J.C. Thomas,
  • P. Ujić,
  • R. Wolski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.04.051
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 758, no. C
pp. 26 – 31

Abstract

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Intense and purified radioactive beam of post-accelerated 14O was used to study the low-lying states in the unbound 15F nucleus. Exploiting resonant elastic scattering in inverse kinematics with a thick target, the second excited state, a resonance at ER=4.757(6)(10) MeV with a width of Γ=36(5)(14) keV was measured for the first time with high precision. The structure of this narrow above-barrier state in a nucleus located two neutrons beyond the proton drip line was investigated using the Gamow Shell Model in the coupled channel representation with a 12C core and three valence protons. It is found that it is an almost pure wave function of two quasi-bound protons in the 2s1/2 shell.

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