Study of $^{12}$Be using the $^{11}$Be($^{9}$Be,$^{8}$Be) transfer reaction at TRIUMF ISAC-II

Recent results at TRIUMF and NSCL have called into question the structure of $^{12}$Be, therefore another look at this nucleus is desirable. The structure is important information for theoretical models, since it constrains the mechanism that produces parity inversion in $^{11}$Be. The $^{12}$Be structure was probed in July 2014 using the (PCB)$^2$ array (Printed Circuit Board Based Charged Particle) inside TIGRESS (TRIUMF - ISAC Gamma Ray Escape Suppressed Spectrometer) at TRIUMF using the $^{11}$Be($^9$Be,$^8$Be)$^{12}$Be reaction at 55 MeV in inverse kinematics. A second set of data at 30 MeV was collected. This reaction has numerous advantages over the traditional (d,p) method, foremost of which is the $^8$Be $\rightarrow$ 2 $\alpha$ breakup since it allows for very clean identification and tagging. Additionally, TIGRESS will allow precise $\gamma$-tagging for the excited states. The initial data and analysis will be presented in this talk. This work is partially supported by the US Department of Energy through Grant/Contract No. DE-FG03- 93ER40789 (Colorado School of Mines).