Neutron transfer near the N=20 Island of Inversion with the ²⁹Mg(d,p)³⁰Mg reaction

We have studied the ²⁹Mg(d,p)³⁰Mg reaction using the SOLARIS spectrometer at FRIB. Understanding the structure of ³⁰Mg informs us about the properties of neutron-rich Mg isotopes approaching the N=20 Island of Inversion. Only a few states in ³⁰Mg have firm spin-parity assignments, and little is known about the negative-parity levels formed by fp-shell particle-hole excitations, which are strongly populated in the (d,p) reaction. We performed the measurement in inverse kinematics with a reaccelerated ²⁹Mg beam produced by the ReA6 facility at FRIB. The ²⁹Mg beam intensity was approximately 50000 particles per second, bombarding a 200 micro-gram/cm² CD₂ target. Protons and recoiling ³⁰Mg nuclei were detected in the SOLARIS solenoidal spectrometer, providing high-resolution measurements for final states in ³⁰Mg. We will present a preliminary analysis of the data, and compare the results to the predictions of shell-model calculations for ³⁰Mg.