In an attempt to clarify the situation regarding the low-lying structure of ${}^{10}\mathrm{Li}$, a spectroscopic measurement of the structure of ${}^{10}\mathrm{Li}$ with the ${}^9\mathrm{Be}{(}^9\mathrm{Be}{,}^8\mathrm{B}{)}^{10}\mathrm{Li}$ reaction at ${E(}^9\mathrm{Be})=40.1\mathrm{}(1)\mathrm{}$ MeV/nucleon was performed using the S800 spectrograph at Michigan State University. The data are fit best with a single p-wave resonance at $-S_n=0.500\mathrm{}\left(60\right)\mathrm{}\hspace{0.5em}\mathrm{MeV}$ with a width of $\Gamma =400\mathrm{}\left(60\right)\mathrm{}\hspace{0.5em}\mathrm{keV}$. No higher lying states were observed and there is no evidence of a state at $\sim 250\hspace{0.5em}\mathrm{keV}$ in the data. An excess strength at threshold was observed, but cannot be definitively attributed to a state.

• Received 28 June 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.60.064322