Structure Studies of $^{\mathrm{13}}$Be
ORAL
Abstract
A variety of structure phenomena such as alpha clustering, neutron halos, and the breakdown of the N=8 shell gap, are observed in the beryllium nuclei marking them attractive for nuclear structure studies. The structure of $^{\mathrm{13}}$Be offers insights into the N=8 shell gap, nature of the Borromean $^{\mathrm{14}}$Be nucleus, the influence of the continuum and the nature of neutron-drip line nuclei. We performed the $^{\mathrm{12}}$Be(d,p)$^{\mathrm{13}}$Be transfer reaction in inverse kinematics at ISAC II at TRIUMF. The $^{\mathrm{12}}$Be beam at 9.5 MeV/u interacted with the novel IRIS solid D$_2$ target, and ejectiles and recoils were detected in an annular silicon detector array and two $\Delta$E -E telescopes. A Q-value plot showing the resonances in the $^{\mathrm{13}}$Be continuum, and preliminary results from fitting the plot with a fixed-line shape and the response function obtained from GEANT4 simulations will be presented here.
*This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Contract No. DE-FG02-96ER40963, DE-AC05-00OR22725, and NSERC, Canada Foundation for Innovation and Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust: RCNP, grant-in-aid program of the Japanese government. TRIUMF is supported by a contribution through the NRC, Canada.
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