Selectivity of the one-neutron knockout reaction on Cl45 and the collapse of the N=28 shell closure

L.A. Riley, B.A. Hartl, K.E. Hosier, D.C. Stoken, P. Adrich, T.R. Baugher, D. Bazin, B.A. Brown, J.M. Cook, Christian Aaen Diget, A. Gade, D.A. Garland, T. Glasmacher, A. Ratkiewicz, K.P. Siwek, D. Weisshaar, P.D. Cottle, K.W. Kemper, J.A. Tostevin

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Abstract

Neutron hole states in the exotic N=27 isotope Cl44 have been populated using the intermediate-energy single-neutron knockout reaction Be9(Cl45,Cl44)X. The momentum distribution of the residual Cl44 nuclei after direct population of the ground state is consistent with removal of an l=1 neutron. This observation and comparison with a shell-model calculation imply that p3/2 neutrons from above the N=28 major shell closure play important roles in the ground states of both Cl44 and Cl45. The present result is significant because Cl44 is even closer to the valley of stability than S43, where a similar result was recently obtained using a g-factor measurement.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume79
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2009

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