Strong Neutron Pairing in core+4n Nuclei

A. Revel; F. M. Marqués; O. Sorlin; T. Aumann; C. Caesar; M. Holl; V. Panin; M. Vandebrouck; F. Wamers; H. Alvarez-Pol; L. Atar; V. Avdeichikov; S. Beceiro-Novo; D. Bemmerer; J. Benlliure; C. A. Bertulani; J. M. Boillos; K. Boretzky; M. J.G. Borge; M. Caamaño; E. Casarejos; W. N. Catford; J. Cederkäll; M. Chartier; L. Chulkov; D. Cortina-Gil; E. Cravo; R. Crespo; U. Datta Pramanik; P. Díaz Fernández; I. Dillmann; Z. Elekes; J. Enders; O. Ershova; A. Estradé; F. Farinon; L. M. Fraile; M. Freer; D. Galaviz; H. Geissel; R. Gernhäuser; P. Golubev; K. Göbel; J. Hagdahl; T. Heftrich; M. Heil; M. Heine; A. Heinz; A. Henriques; A. Knyazev; R3B Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.152504

Strong Neutron Pairing in core+4n Nuclei

A. Revel, F. M. Marqués, O. Sorlin, T. Aumann, C. Caesar, M. Holl, V. Panin, M. Vandebrouck, F. Wamers, H. Alvarez-Pol, L. Atar, V. Avdeichikov, S. Beceiro-Novo, D. Bemmerer, J. Benlliure, C. A. Bertulani, J. M. Boillos, K. Boretzky, M. J.G. Borge, M. CaamañoE. Casarejos, W. N. Catford, J. Cederkäll, M. Chartier, L. Chulkov, D. Cortina-Gil, E. Cravo, R. Crespo, U. Datta Pramanik, P. Díaz Fernández, I. Dillmann, Z. Elekes, J. Enders, O. Ershova, A. Estradé, F. Farinon, L. M. Fraile, M. Freer, D. Galaviz, H. Geissel, R. Gernhäuser, P. Golubev, K. Göbel, J. Hagdahl, T. Heftrich, M. Heil, M. Heine, A. Heinz, A. Henriques, A. Knyazev, R3B Collaboration

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The emission of neutron pairs from the neutron-rich N=12 isotones C18 and O20 has been studied by high-energy nucleon knockout from N19 and O21 secondary beams, populating unbound states of the two isotones up to 15 MeV above their two-neutron emission thresholds. The analysis of triple fragment-n-n correlations shows that the decay N19(-1p)C18∗→C16+n+n is clearly dominated by direct pair emission. The two-neutron correlation strength, the largest ever observed, suggests the predominance of a C14 core surrounded by four valence neutrons arranged in strongly correlated pairs. On the other hand, a significant competition of a sequential branch is found in the decay O21(-1n)O20∗→O18+n+n, attributed to its formation through the knockout of a deeply bound neutron that breaks the O16 core and reduces the number of pairs.

Original language	English
Article number	152504
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	120
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.152504
Publication status	Published - 2018 Apr 12

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Revel, A., Marqués, F. M., Sorlin, O., Aumann, T., Caesar, C., Holl, M., Panin, V., Vandebrouck, M., Wamers, F., Alvarez-Pol, H., Atar, L., Avdeichikov, V., Beceiro-Novo, S., Bemmerer, D., Benlliure, J., Bertulani, C. A., Boillos, J. M., Boretzky, K., Borge, M. J. G., ... R3B Collaboration (2018). Strong Neutron Pairing in core+4n Nuclei. Physical Review Letters, 120(15), Article 152504. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.152504

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AU - Elekes, Z.

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AU - Hagdahl, J.

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AU - Heil, M.

AU - Heine, M.

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