Breakup reaction studies of 10Be and 10,11B using a 10Be beam

S. Ahmed, M. Freer, J. C. Angélique, N. I. Ashwood, V. Bouchat, W. N. Catford, N. M. Clarke, N. Curtis, F. Hanappe, J. C. Lecouey, F. M. Marqués, T. Materna, A. Ninane, G. Normand, N. A. Orr, S. Pain, N. Soić, C. Timis, A. Unshakova, V. A. Ziman

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Abstract

The structure of 10Be has been investigated by inelastic scattering to states above the breakup threshold using the reaction 12C(10Be,10Be* → 6He+4/He)12C at Ebeam=302 MeV. Excited states in 10Be were observed at 9.6±0.1 and 10.2±0.1 MeV. No evidence was observed for the population of the 4 + member of the ground-state band of 10Be indicating the shell-model-like structure of the ground state. In addition, the decay of 8Be, 10B, and 11B, populated in the two-neutron, proton pickup, breakup and 1p pickup reactions, was reconstructed through the detection of coincident 4He+4He, 4He+6Li, and 4He+7Li particles. Cross sections for the formation of the 8Be, 9Be, 10B, and 11B were also deduced. Contrary to expectations, the two-neutron removal results in the production of 8Be predominantly (80%) in the first excited (2+) state. This suggests that dynamical excitations play an important role in the neutron removal process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number024303
Pages (from-to)243031-243039
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume69
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2004
Externally publishedYes

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