Phys.Rev. C 102, 041303 (2020)

J.Bishop, G.V.Rogachev, S.Ahn, E.Aboud, M.Barbui, A.Bosh, C.Hunt, H.Jayatissa, E.Koshchiy, R.Malecek, S.T.Marley, E.C.Pollacco, C.D.Pruitt, B.T.Roeder, A.Saastamoinen, L.G.Sobotka, S.Upadhyayula

Almost medium-free measurement of the Hoyle state direct-decay component with a TPC

RADIOACTIVITY ¹²N(β⁺), (β⁺α)[from ³He(¹⁰B, ¹²N), E=11 MeV/nucleon at K500 cyclotron at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A and M University, followed by isotopic separation using Momentum Achromatic Recoil Spectrometer]; measured β-delayed charged-particles using Texas active target time-projection chamber (TPC). ¹²C; deduced upper limit for the nonsequential component of the decay of the excited 0+, Hoyle state in an almost medium-free reaction. Comparison with previous experimental results, and with predictions from Faddeev calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.102.041303