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The Level Structure of Neutron Rich $^{26}$Na

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Abstract

T=2 $^{26}$Na was populated from the $^{14}$C($^{14}$C,d) reaction at 22MeV at Florida State University. Charged particles were detected in a particle detector telescope consisting of three segmented silicon detectors.$\gamma$rays were measured using an array of Compton-suppressed HPGe detectors. The array consisted of three 2-fold segmented ``clover'' detectors and seven single Ge detectors. The data was analyzed from the d-$\gamma$ and d-$\gamma$-$\gamma$ coincidences with Gnuscope a software package for particle-gamma analysis. Several new excited states and new $\gamma$-ray transitions were found. Angular distributions were measured to assign spins and parities to the new levels. The new results were compared with USD shell model calculations and previous measurements. \newline \newline This work was supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Authors

  • S. Lee

  • S.L. Tabor

  • C.R. Hoffman

  • D.B. Campbell

  • J. Pavan

  • K.W. Kemper

  • M.A. Riley

  • M. Wiedeking

  • A. Pipidis

  • M.W. Cooper

  • C. Chandler

    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA