Title
One- and two-neutron removal cross sections of O 24
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-13-2018
Abstract
© 2018 American Physical Society. Cross sections of one- and two-neutron removal reactions of O24, leading to the O23(12+) ground state and to bound final states of O22, have been measured at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. The experiment was conducted using the S800 spectrograph and a O24 beam energy of 92.3 MeV/u. The measured O23 ground state and O22 inclusive cross section values, of 74(11) and 146(33) mb, respectively, are in good agreement with calculations using eikonal reaction dynamics and shell-model nuclear structure overlaps. The widths at half maximum of the associated parallel momentum distributions of these cross sections, deduced from Gaussian fits, are 115(13) MeV/c for O23 and 309(36) MeV/c for O22 in the projectile rest frame. The data and calculations strongly support the shell-model description of O24 as a spherical, doubly-magic structure.
Recommended Citation
Divaratne, D. A.; Brune, C. R.; Attanayake, H. N.; Baumann, T.; Bazin, D.; Gade, A.; Grimes, S. M.; King, P. M.; Thoennessen, M.; and Tostevin, J. A., "One- and two-neutron removal cross sections of O 24" (2018). Physics & Astronomy Open Access Publications. 85.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/physics-astronomy-oapub/85