Spectroscopy of ¹²Be using TexAT-TPC

The detailed spectroscopic data that can be extracted from single nucleon transfer reactions provides a useful experimental probe of nuclear structure. This work aims to complement existing data for the ¹²Be system by measuring the spectroscopic factors to low-lying states in ¹²Be with the ¹³B(d,³He)¹²Be reaction in inverse kinematics. Data for this measurement was taken last fall (F22) using the k500 cyclotron and the Momentum Achromat Recoil Spectrometer (MARS) at Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute. A ¹³B beam was impinged on a deuterated methane target and - using the Texas Active-Target Time Projection Chamber - particle tracks and energies were recorded . By reconstructing reaction vertices and tracks in TexAT, angular cross sections and thus spectroscopic factors can be extracted. Ongoing analysis and preliminary results will be discussed.