p-sd Shell gap reduction in neutron-rich systems and cross-shell excitations in 20 O.
/ Authors
M. Wiedeking, S. Tabor, J. Pavan, A. Volya, A. L. Aguilar, I. Calderin, D. Campbell, W. Cluff, E. Diffenderfer, J. Fridmann
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C. Hoffman, K. Kemper, S. Lee, M. Riley, B. Roeder, C. Teal, V. Tripathi, I. Wiedenhöver
/ Abstract
Excited states in 20O were populated in the reaction 10Be(14C,alpha) at Florida State University (FSU). Charged particles were detected with a particle telescope consisting of 4 annularly segmented Si surface barrier detectors and gamma radiation was detected with the FSU gamma detector array. Five new states were observed below 6 MeV from the alpha-gamma and alpha-gamma-gamma coincidence data. Shell model calculations suggest that most of the newly observed states are core-excited 1p-1h excitations across the N=Z=8 shell gap. Comparisons between experimental data and calculations for the neutron-rich O and F isotopes imply a steady reduction of the p-sd shell gap as neutrons are added.
Journal: Physical review letters