Cross-shell excitation in two-proton knockout: Structure of Ca-52

A. Gade, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Bazin, R. Broda, B. A. Brown, C. M. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, J. M. Cook, A. N. Deacon, D. -C. Dinca, B. Fornal, S. J. Freeman, T. Glasmacher, P. G. Hansen, B. P. Kay, P. F. Mantica, W. F. Mueller, J. R. Terry, J. A. Tostevin, S. Zhu

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Abstract

The two-proton knockout reaction Be-9(Ti-54,Ca-52+gamma) has been studied at 72 MeV/nucleon. Besides the strong feeding of the Ca-52 ground state, the only other sizeable cross section proceeds to a 3(-) level at 3.9 MeV. There is no measurable direct yield to the first excited 2(+) state at 2.6 MeV. The results illustrate the potential of such direct reactions for exploring cross-shell proton excitations in neutron-rich nuclei and confirms the doubly-magic nature of Ca-52.

Original languageEnglish
Article number021302
Pages (from-to)-
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume74
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2006

Keywords

  • NEUTRON-RICH NUCLEI
  • MODEL
  • ENERGIES
  • SECTIONS
  • ISOTOPES
  • MATTER

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