Structure of excited states in Mg21 studied in one-neutron knockout

Christian Aaen Diget, P. Adrich, D. Bazin, M.D. Bowen, B.A. Brown, C.M. Campbell, J.M. Cook, A. Gade, T. Glasmacher, S. McDaniel, A. Obertelli, K. Siwek, J.R. Terry, D. Weisshaar, K. Hosier, D. McGlinchery, L.A. Riley, J.A. Tostevin

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Abstract

Bound excited states in the neutron-deficient nucleus Mg21 were probed in the one-neutron knockout reaction Be9(Mg22,Mg21+γ)X at 74 MeV/nucleon projectile energy. The low-lying level scheme of Mg21 was investigated for the first time with γ-ray spectroscopy. Contrary to the interpretation of previous particle spectroscopy data, our proposed excitation scheme is in agreement with the mirror nucleus and shell-model calculations in the p-sd shell. Spectroscopic factors for the one-neutron removal from Mg22 to Mg21 are extracted and compared to shell-model calculations using the WBP effective interaction.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume77
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2008

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