Published April 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Two-proton knockout from 32Mg: Intruder amplitudes in 30Ne and implications for the binding of 29,31F

  • 1. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
  • 4. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH (United Kingdom)

Description

γ-ray decays from excited states in 30Ne and inclusive and exclusive cross sections were measured in the 9Be(32Mg,30Ne+γ)X two-proton knockout reaction at incident beam energies of 99.7 and 86.7 MeV/nucleon. The measured cross section is suppressed compared to calculations and is indicative of a reduced overlap of initial and final state wave functions in 32Mg and 30Ne. We interpret this reduction as due to large 4p4h amplitudes present in the 30Ne ground state wave function, but not 32Mg. Such large intruder components are predicted to help stabilize the heavier fluorine isotopes against neutron emission.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 041302-041302.5
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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