Thick-target inverse-kinematics proton scattering from **46Ar and the N=28 shell below **48Ca

Aug, 2005
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  • Phys.Rev.C 72 (2005) 024311

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Abstract: (APS)
Low-lying excited states of Ar46 have been studied via inverse-kinematics proton scattering with a thick target. Coupled-channels calculations have been used to extract the deformation length of the 21+ state. This result, combined with existing Coulomb excitation data, yields a ratio of the neutron-to-proton transition matrix elements of Mn/Mp=1.19(25)N/Z, showing a departure from the proton dominance observed in the N=28 isotones above Ca48. The status of the N=28 shell below Ca48 is discussed.
  • 25.40.Ep
  • 21.10.Re