Observation of ap -Wave One-Neutron Halo Configuration inMg 37
Author(s) -
B. R. Ko,
T. Nakamura,
Y. Kondo,
J. A. Tostevin,
Y. Utsuno,
N. Aoi,
H. Baba,
Ramón S. Barthelemy,
M. Famiano,
N. Fukuda,
N. Inabe,
M. Ishihara,
R. Kanungo,
Sanghee Kim,
T. Kubo,
G. S. Lee,
H. S. Lee,
M. Matsushita,
T. Motobayashi,
T. Ohnishi,
N. A. Orr,
H. Otsu,
Tomohiro Otsuka,
Tokuei Sako,
H. Sakuraï,
Y. Satou,
T. Sumikama,
H. Takeda,
Satoshi Takeuchi,
R. Tanaka,
Y. Togano,
K. Yoneda
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.112.242501
Subject(s) - halo , neutron , physics , wave function , nuclear physics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , galaxy
Cross sections of 1n-removal reactions from the neutron-rich nucleus Mg37 on C and Pb targets and the parallel momentum distributions of the Mg37 residues from the C target have been measured at 240 MeV/nucleon. A combined analysis of these distinct nuclear- and Coulomb-dominated reaction data shows that the Mg37 ground state has a small 1n separation energy of 0.22+0.12−0.09 MeV and an appreciable p-wave neutron single-particle strength. These results confirm that Mg37 lies near the edge of the "island of inversion" and has a sizable p-wave neutron halo component, the heaviest such system identified to date
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