Published April 4, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

New mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei near N=20

  • 1. Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), 14 - Caen (France)
  • 2. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Physique Nucleaire
  • 3. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (USSR). Lab. of Nuclear Reactions
  • 4. Sao Paulo Univ., SP (Brazil). Dept. de Fisica Nuclear
  • 5. Catania Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Catania (Italy)
  • 7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91 - Orsay (France). Lab. Rene Bernas
  • 8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91 - Orsay (France). Inst. de Physique Nucleaire

Description

The masses of 39 neutron-rich nuclei in the mass range 17-37 have been measured using a direct time-of-flight technique following the fragmentation of a 48Ca beam at 55 MeV/nucleon. The masses of 29,30Ne, 34,35Mg and 36,37Al are reported for the first time. The very neutron-rich nuclei, 31-33Na, are found to be 2-4 MeV less bound than previously believed. A comparison is made with recently available large scale shell model calculations encompassing the deformed A ≅ 32 nuclei. Conclusions are drawn regarding the extent of the region of deformation, which is found to include 30Ne. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
258
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
29-34
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA