Deep excursion beyond the proton dripline. I. Argon and chlorine isotope chains
Journal article, 2018

The proton-unbound argon and chlorine isotopes have been studied by measuring trajectories of their decay-in-flight products by using a tracking technique with microstrip detectors. The proton (1p) and two-proton (2p) emission processes have been detected in the measured angular correlations "heavy-fragment"+p and "heavy-fragment"+p+p, respectively. The ground states of the previously unknown isotopes Cl30 and Cl28 have been observed for the first time, providing the 1p-separation energies Sp of -0.48(2) and -1.60(8), MeV, respectively. The relevant systematics of 1p- and 2p-separation energies have been studied theoretically in the core+p and core+p+p cluster models. The first-time observed excited states of Ar31 allow one to infer the 2p-separation energy S2p of 6(34) keV for its ground state. The first-time observed state in Ar29 with S2p=-5.50(18) MeV can be identified as either a ground state or an excited state according to different systematics.

Author

I. G. Mukha

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

L Grigorenko

National Research Nuclear University

National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

D. Kostyleva

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Justus Liebig University Giessen

L. Acosta

National Institute for Nuclear Physics

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

E. Casarejos

University of Vigo

A. A. Ciemny

University of Warsaw

W. Dominik

University of Warsaw

J. A. Dueñas

University of Huelva

V. Dunin

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

J. M. Espino

University of Seville

A. Estradé

University of Edinburgh

F. Farinon

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

A. S. Fomichev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

H. Geissel

Justus Liebig University Giessen

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

A. V. Gorshkov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

Z. Janas

University of Warsaw

G. Kaminski

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

University of Warsaw

O. A. Kiselev

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

R. Knobel

Justus Liebig University Giessen

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

S. A. Krupko

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

M. Kuich

University of Warsaw

Warsaw University of Technology

Y. Litvinov

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

G. Marquinez-Durán

University of Huelva

I. Martel

University of Huelva

C. Mazzocchi

University of Warsaw

C. Nociforo

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

A. K. Ordúz

University of Huelva

M. Pfützner

University of Warsaw

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

S. Pietri

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

M. Pomorski

University of Warsaw

A. Prochazka

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

S. Rymzhanova

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

A. M. Sanchez-Benitez

University of Huelva

C. Scheidenberger

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Justus Liebig University Giessen

P.G. Sharov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

H. Simon

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

B. Sitar

Comenius University in Bratislava

R. S. Slepnev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

M. Stanoiu

Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering

P. Strmen

Comenius University in Bratislava

I. Szarka

Comenius University in Bratislava

M. Takechi

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Y. K. Tanaka

University of Tokyo

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

H. Weick

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

M. Winkler

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

J. S. Winfield

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

X. D. Xu

Beihang University

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Justus Liebig University Giessen

Mikhail Zhukov

Chalmers, Physics

Physical Review C

24699985 (ISSN) 24699993 (eISSN)

Vol. 98 6 064308

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

Subatomic Physics

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevC.98.064308

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