Spectroscopy of neutron-unbound fluorine isotopes

ORAL

Abstract

Knockout reactions from a beam of $^{29}$Ne at $\sim $60 MeV/u were used to populate the neutron-unbound ground state of $^{28}$F, as well as unbound excited states in other neutron-rich Fluorine isotopes. These unbound excited states decay through the emission of one or more neutrons, which were detected near zero degrees in the MoNA plastic scintillator array. The remaining charged fragments were deflected by the Sweeper dipole magnet, and their kinematic properties were measured in detectors behind the magnet. The decay energy was then calculated from the measured energies and angles of the neutrons and the fragments. In addition, coincident gamma-rays were measured at the target location using the recently commissioned CAESAR CsI array. The gamma-ray tagging was used to determine whether the neutron decayed to the ground state or an excited state of the daughter nucleus. Preliminary results of the analysis, including neutron decay energy spectra, will be presented.

Authors

  • G. Christian

    NSCL/MSU

  • N. Frank

    Augustana College

  • S. Ash

    Augustana College

  • M. Warren

    Augustana College

  • Alexandra Gade

    NSCL/MSU

  • Artemis Spyrou

    NSCL/MSU, National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab (NSCL), Michigan State University

  • Michael Thoennessen

    NSCL/MSU

  • T. Baumann

    NSCL

  • Geoff Grinyer

    NSCL, NSCL/MSU

  • D. Weisshaar

    NSCL

  • P.A. DeYoung

    Hope College