Halo Structure of the Neutron-Dripline Nucleus ^{19}B.
Journal
Physical review letters
ISSN: 1079-7114
Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401141
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 May 2020
29 May 2020
Historique:
revised:
24
04
2020
received:
09
03
2020
accepted:
06
05
2020
entrez:
13
6
2020
pubmed:
13
6
2020
medline:
13
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The heaviest bound isotope of boron ^{19}B has been investigated using exclusive measurements of its Coulomb dissociation, into ^{17}B and two neutrons, in collisions with Pb at 220 MeV/nucleon. Enhanced electric dipole (E1) strength is observed just above the two-neutron decay threshold with an integrated E1 strength of B(E1)=1.64±0.06(stat)±0.12(sys) e^{2} fm^{2} for relative energies below 6 MeV. This feature, known as a soft E1 excitation, provides the first firm evidence that ^{19}B has a prominent two-neutron halo. Three-body calculations that reproduce the energy spectrum indicate that the valence neutrons have a significant s-wave configuration and exhibit a dineutronlike correlation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32530691
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.212503
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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