Published August 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Thick-target inverse-kinematics proton scattering from 46Ar and the N=28 shell below 48Ca

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426 (United States)
  • 2. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States)

Description

Low-lying excited states of 46Ar have been studied via inverse-kinematics proton scattering with a thick target. Coupled-channels calculations have been used to extract the deformation length of the 21+ state. This result, combined with existing Coulomb excitation data, yields a ratio of the neutron-to-proton transition matrix elements of Mn/Mp=1.19(25)N/Z, showing a departure from the proton dominance observed in the N=28 isotones above 48Ca. The status of the N=28 shell below 48Ca is discussed

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 024311-024311.7
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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