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Two-neutron sequential decay of O 24

  • M. D. Jones
  • , N. Frank
  • , T. Baumann
  • , J. Brett
  • , J. Bullaro
  • , P. A. Deyoung
  • , J. E. Finck
  • , K. Hammerton
  • , J. Hinnefeld
  • , Z. Kohley
  • , A. N. Kuchera
  • , J. Pereira
  • , A. Rabeh
  • , W. F. Rogers
  • , J. K. Smith
  • , A. Spyrou
  • , S. L. Stephenson
  • , K. Stiefel
  • , M. Tuttle-Timm
  • , R. G.T. Zegers
  • M. Thoennessen

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Abstract

A two-neutron unbound excited state of O24 was populated through a (d,d′) reaction at 83.4 MeV/nucleon. A state at E=715±110(stat)±45(sys)keV with a width of Γ<2 MeV was observed above the two-neutron separation energy placing it at 7.65±0.2MeV with respect to the ground state. Three-body correlations for the decay of O24→O22+2n show clear evidence of a sequential decay through an intermediate state in O23. Neither a di-neutron nor phase-space model for the three-body breakup were able to describe these correlations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number051306
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume92
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 25 2015
Externally publishedYes

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