Phys.Rev. C 99, 021301 (2019)

J.S.Randhawa, R.Kanungo, M.Holl, J.D.Holt, P.Navratil, S.R.Stroberg, G.Hagen, G.R.Jansen, M.Alcorta, C.Andreoiu, C.Barnes, C.Burbadge, D.Burke, A.A.Chen, A.Chester, G.Christian, S.Cruz, B.Davids, J.Even, G.Hackman, J.Henderson, S.Ishimoto, P.Jassal, S.Kaur, M.Keefe, D.Kisliuk, R.Krucken, J.Liang, J.Lighthall, E.McGee, J.Measures, M.Moukaddam, E.Padilla-Rodal, A.Shotter, I.J.Thompson, J.Turko, M.Williams, O.Workman

Observation of excited states in ²⁰Mg sheds light on nuclear forces and shell evolution

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²H(²⁰Mg, d), (²⁰Mg, d'), E=8.5 MeV/nucleon, [secondary ²⁰Mg beam produced in Si(p, X), E=480 MeV fragmentation reaction using SiC target at ISAC-II facility]; measured scattered deuteron spectra, differential σ(θ) using annular single-sided silicon strip detector array and CsI(Tl) detectors (IRIS reaction spectroscopy facility) at TRIUMF. ²⁰Mg; deduced levels, J, π, proton-unbound resonances. Comparison with ab initio calculations using the valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization-group (VS-IMSRG) approach.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.021301