Evidence for a 3.8 MeV state in   Be   9

Robin Smith; C. Wheldon; M. Freer; N. Curtis; Tzanka Kokalova Wheldon; S. Almaraz-Calderon; A. Aprahamian; N. I. Ashwood; M. Barr; B. Bucher; P. Copp; M. Couder; X. Fang; G. Goldring; F. Jung; S. R. Lesher; W. Lu; J. D. Malcolm; A. Roberts; W. P. Tan; V. A. Ziman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.94.014320

Evidence for a 3.8 MeV state in Be 9

Robin Smith
, C. Wheldon
, M. Freer
, N. Curtis
, Tzanka Kokalova Wheldon
, S. Almaraz-Calderon
, A. Aprahamian
, N. I. Ashwood
, M. Barr
, B. Bucher
, P. Copp
, M. Couder
, X. Fang
, G. Goldring
, F. Jung
, S. R. Lesher
, W. Lu
, J. D. Malcolm
, A. Roberts
, W. P. Tan

V. A. Ziman

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Abstract

The breakup reaction 9Be(4He ,3α)n was measured using an array of four double-sided silicon strip detectors at beam energies of 22 and 26 MeV. Excited states in 9Be up to 8 MeV were populated and reconstructed through measurements of the charged reaction products. Evidence is given for a state in 9Be at 3.82+0.08 -0.09 MeV with = 1240+270 -90 keV. This is consistent with two recent measurements of a state with similar properties in the mirror nucleus 9B. An analysis of the reduced widths (8Beg.s. channel) of this state along with the proposed mirror state has led to a firm limit of J 7/2 and a tentative assignment of J π = 1/2− or 3/2−.

Original language	English
Article number	014320
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Review C
Volume	94
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.014320
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2016

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Birmingham Nuclear Physics Group Consolidated Grant
Jones, P. (Principal Investigator), Evans, P. (Co-Investigator), Freer, M. (Co-Investigator) & Wheldon, C. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/08/14 → 30/09/18
Project: Research Councils
Birmingham Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant
Freer, M. (Principal Investigator), Evans, P. (Co-Investigator), Jones, P. (Co-Investigator), Wheldon, C. (Co-Investigator) & Lazzeroni, C. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/08/11 → 31/07/14
Project: Research Councils
Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions (NuSTAR) at FAIR
Freer, M. (Principal Investigator) & Tungate, G. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/07/09 → 31/03/15
Project: Research Councils
Birmingham Nuclear Physics Group Rolling Grant
Tungate, G. (Principal Investigator), Lazzeroni, C. (Co-Investigator), Evans, P. (Co-Investigator), Jones, P. (Co-Investigator) & Freer, M. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/08/08 → 31/07/13
Project: Research Councils
Advanced Fellowship - Dr Carl Wheldon
Wheldon, C. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
29/10/07 → 28/10/12
Project: Research

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Smith, R., Wheldon, C., Freer, M., Curtis, N., Kokalova Wheldon, T., Almaraz-Calderon, S., Aprahamian, A., Ashwood, N. I., Barr, M., Bucher, B., Copp, P., Couder, M., Fang, X., Goldring, G., Jung, F., Lesher, S. R., Lu, W., Malcolm, J. D., Roberts, A., ... Ziman, V. A. (2016). Evidence for a 3.8 MeV state in Be 9. Physical Review C, 94(1), 1-9. Article 014320. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.014320

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