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Angular Correlation Measurements of Highly Continuum-Coupled Particle-Unbound Superradiant Nuclear States

ORAL

Abstract

There is now a community-wide push in nuclear physics away from isotopic stability and toward the nucleon driplines and the continuum beyond. As modern accelerator facilities grant access to nuclei near the driplines, it becomes necessary to study the effect of the continuum on nuclear excitations. Recent angular correlations between decay protons from unbound 13N states and the deuteron ejectiles from the 12C(3He,d) direct proton transfer reaction which populated them have been measured using the SE-SPS (Super-Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph) at FSU, including so-called "superradiant" states strongly coupled to the continuum. These angular correlations will be presented as a powerful and insightful tool to probe complex, continuum-coupled nuclear wavefunctions as the community continues to push the limits of stability.

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Presenters

  • Kenneth G Hanselman

    Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Authors

  • Kenneth G Hanselman

    Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

  • Ingo L Wiedenhoever

    Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

  • Lagy T Baby

    Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

  • Gordon W McCann

    Florida State University, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

  • Kevin T Macon

    Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

  • Erin C Good

    FRIB, FRIB, East Lansing, MI.

  • Catherine M Deibel

    Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

  • Balakrishnan Sudarsan

    Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

  • Jeffrey A Tostevin

    University of Surrey