Published September 16, 2003 | Version v1
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Spectroscopy of 19Na by 18Ne+p elastic scattering at Louvain-la-Neuve

  • 1. Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron, Universite catholique de Louvain, 2 chemin du cyclotron, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

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The second excited state (Jπ = 1/2+, l = 0) of the proton-rich nucleus 19Na has been observed for the first time using the elastic scattering reaction 18Ne+p in inverse kinematics. An intense (4 x 106 pps) 18Ne radioactive beam was produced at the Radioactive Beam Facility at Louvain-la-Neuve to bombard a polyethylene target. The recoil protons were detected at 20 different angles in the LEDA segmented silicon detector. The resulting elastic scattering cross sections have been analysed using the R-matrix method. We find that the second excited state in 19Na lies at the center-of-mass energy Ec.m. = 1.066 ± 0.003 MeV with respect to the 18Ne+p threshold, and has a proton width Γp = 101 ± 3 keV. The Coulomb shift between the 1/2+ mirror levels in 19O and 19Na is 0.73 MeV, among the largest values currently observed in light exotic nuclei

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
681
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 217-226
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
2. International symposium on proton-emitting nuclei
Acronym
PROCON 2003
Dates
12-15 Feb 2003
Place
Legnaro (Italy)

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(c) 2003 American Institute of Physics