High spin states of ²⁹Si populated by two particle trasfer reactions

Recent work studying high spin, high excitation states in ²⁹Si done at FSU Fox Lab with the Super Enge Split-pole Spectrograph has shown sharp states well above the neutron and proton separation energies. Using fusion evaporation with HPGe detectors our group has previously observed high spin states that gamma decay above S(n) and S(p) in other sd shell nuclei. The findings of sharp states in ²⁹Si is not unique, but it still surprising at almost twice the energy of S(n) in ²⁹Si. I will show how using basic spectroscopic arguments and the FSU shell model interaction constraints on the spin and parity for these high lying states can be made.