Thesis, Michigan State University (2000)

B.V.Pritychenko

Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Excitation of the Neutron-Rich Radioactive Isotopes ^{26, 28}Ne, ^28-31Na, ^30-34Mg, ^{34, 35}Al, ³³Si and ³⁴P

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁹⁷Au(²⁶Ne, ²⁶Ne'), (²⁸Ne, ²⁸Ne'), (³⁰Mg, ³⁰Mg'), (³²Mg, ³²Mg'), (³⁴Mg, ³⁴Mg'), (³⁶Ar, ³⁶Ar'), E ≈ 50 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³¹Mg, ³¹Mg'), E=62.08 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³³Mg, ³³Mg'), E=61.8 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³³Si, ³³Si'), E=50.5 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³⁴P, ³⁴P'), E=54.5 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³⁴Al, ³⁴Al'), E=59.7 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³⁵Al, ³⁵Al'), E=55.83 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(²⁸Na, ²⁸Na'), E=43.1 MeV/nucleon;¹⁹⁷Au(²⁹Na, ²⁹Na'), E=59.97 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³⁰Na, ³⁰Na'), E=55.6 MeV/nucleon; ¹⁹⁷Au(³¹Na, ³¹Na'), E=58.9 MeV/nucleon; measured Eγ, Iγ, (particle)γ-coin following projectile Coulomb excitation. ^26,28Ne, ^30,32Mg, ³⁶Ar, ¹⁹⁷Au deduced levels energies, excitation B(E2), configurations. ^28,29,30,31Na, ^31,33Mg, ^34,35Al, ³³Si, ³⁴P deduced excitation levels, σ. Secondary beams from ⁴⁸Ca, ⁴⁰Ar fragmentation, comparison with shell model, Nilsson diagrams and nuclear systematics for deformed 'island of inversion' nuclei.