Using intermediate energy knockout, pickup, and charge exchange reactions with invariant mass spectroscopy for investigating nuclear structure beyond the proton drip line
The continuum structure of light p-rich elements has been extensively studied in recent years by invariant-mass spectroscopy. The feeble Coulomb barrier for light proton-rich nuclei makes proton decay an essential tool in this region not unlike alpha decay is in the trans-Pb region and neutron-defic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Physics |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2024.1511402/full |
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| Summary: | The continuum structure of light p-rich elements has been extensively studied in recent years by invariant-mass spectroscopy. The feeble Coulomb barrier for light proton-rich nuclei makes proton decay an essential tool in this region not unlike alpha decay is in the trans-Pb region and neutron-deficient rare earths. Unlike binary alpha decay, the part of the Chart of the Nuclides this mini review will focus on can undergo decay into many-particle final states and invariant-mass spectroscopy is the frame-invariant and multi-particle replacement for simple binary alpha-particle spectroscopy. Here we highlight how pairing is reflected in the zig-zaggy pattern of the drip line, the decay of nuclides beyond the drip lines, and what the masses of nuclides exterior to the p-drip line have taught us about shell structure. In this context, the subtlety of removing the Wigner, or n-p congruence, energy when interpreting nucleon separation-energy systematics is discussed. We also present examples of where isospin symmetry is maintained in the continuum and where it is not. |
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| ISSN: | 2296-424X |