Observation of the exotic nucleus [Formula Presented] via its direct proton decay

  • J. C. Batchelder
  • , C. R. Bingham
  • , K. Rykaczewski
  • , K. S. Toth
  • , T. Davinson
  • , J. A. McKenzie
  • , P. J. Woods
  • , T. N. Ginter
  • , C. J. Gross
  • , J. W. McConnell
  • , E. F. Zganjar
  • , J. H. Hamilton
  • , W. B. Walters
  • , C. Baktash
  • , J. Greene
  • , J. F. Mas
  • , W. T. Milner
  • , S. D. Paul
  • , D. Shapira
  • , X. J. Xu
  • C. H. Yu

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Abstract

Proton emission from [Formula Presented] was observed for the first time via the [Formula Presented] reaction, using the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility Recoil Mass Spectrometer in conjunction with a double-sided Si strip detector at the focal plane. The measured energy of the emitted proton is 1.728(10) MeV and its half-life is 3.5(10) μs, the shortest ever observed for ground-state proton radioactivity. When compared to the calculated WKB half-life for an [Formula Presented] transfer, the spectroscopic factor is 0.51(16), which is consistent with the value of 0.64 calculated via the BCS approximation for a spherical nucleus. Also, the half-life of [Formula Presented] was determined with a greater precision than previously available to be 16.7(7) μsec.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R1042-R1046
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume57
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

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