Study of the Be14 continuum: Identification and structure of its second 2+ state
Journal article, 2013
The coupling between bound quantum states and those in the continuum is of high theoretical interest. Experimental studies of bound drip-line nuclei provide ideal testing grounds for such investigations since they, due to the feeble binding energy of their valence particles, are easy to excite into the continuum. In this Letter, continuum states in the heaviest particle-stable Be isotope, Be14, are studied by employing the method of inelastic proton scattering in inverse kinematics. New continuum states are found at excitation energies E*=3.54(16) MeV and E*=5.25(19) MeV. The structure of the earlier known 21+ state at 1.54(13) MeV was confirmed with a predominantly (0d5/2)2 configuration while there is very clear evidence that the 22+ state has a predominant (1s1/2, 0d 5/2) structure with a preferential three-body decay mechanism. The region at about 7 MeV excitation shows distinct features of sequential neutron decay via intermediate states in Be13. This demonstrates that the increasing availability of energetic beams of exotic nuclei opens up new vistas for experiments leading towards a new understanding of the interplay between bound and continuum states. © 2013 American Physical Society.
Author
Y. Aksyutina
T. Aumann
K. Boretzky
M. J. G. Borge
C. Caesar
A. Chatillon
L.V. Chulkov
D. Cortina-Gil
U. Datta Pramanik
H. Emling
H. O. U. Fynbo
H. Geissel
Andreas Martin Heinz
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
G. Ickert
Håkan T Johansson
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
Björn Jonson
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
R. Kulessa
C.E. Langer
T. LeBleis
K. Mahata
G. Münzenberg
Thomas Nilsson
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
G. Nyman
R. Palit
S. Paschalis
W. Prokopowicz
R. Reifarth
D. Rossi
A.W. Richter
K. Riisager
G. Schrieder
H. Simon
K. Sümmerer
O. Tengblad
Ronja Thies
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
H. Weick
Mikhail Zhukov
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
Physical Review Letters
0031-9007 (ISSN) 1079-7114 (eISSN)
Vol. 111 24 article nr. 242501- 242501Subject Categories
Subatomic Physics
Roots
Basic sciences
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.242501