The β-decay studies of neutron-rich 18,21N isotopes have been performed using β-n, β-γ, and β-n-γ coincidence methods. The 18,21N ions were produced by the fragmentation of the 22Ne and 26Mg beams, respectively, on a thick beryllium target. The time of flight of the emitted neutrons following the β-decay of 18,21N was measured by a neutron detector system with wide energy detection range and low-energy detection threshold. In addition, several clover germanium detectors were used to detect the β-delayed γ-rays. The half-lives of the β-decays of 18N and 21N were determined to be (619±2) ms and (82.9±7.5) ms, respec tively. Several new β-delayed neutron groups were observed with a total branching ratio of (6.98±1.46)% and (90.5±4.2)% for 18N and 21N, respectively. The level schemes of 18O and 21O were deduced. The experimental Gamow-Teller β-decay strengths of 18N and 21N to these levels were compared with the shell model calculations.
HUA Hui, LI ZhiHuan, YE YanLin, JIANG DongXing, LOU JianLing, LI XiangQing & XU FuRong School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Knockout reaction experiment was carried out by using the 6He beams at 61.2 MeV/u impinging on a CH2 target. The α core fragments at forward angles were detected in coincidence with the recoiled protons at larger angles. From this exclusive meas urement the valence nucleon knockout mechanism and the core knockout mechanism can be distinguished by the relation be tween the polar angles of the core fragments and the recoiled protons, respectively. It is demonstrated that the core knockout mechanism may result in some strong contamination to the real invariant mass spectrum.
Lü LinHui1, YE YanLin1, JIANG DongXing1, HUA Hui1, ZHENG Tao1, LI ZhiHuan1, GE YuCheng1, LI XiangQing1, LOU JianLing1, CAO ZhongXin1, SONG YuShou1, XIAO Jun1, LI QiTe1, QIAO Rui1, YOU HaiBo1, CHEN RuiJiu1, XU HuShan2, WANG JianSong2, GUO ZhongYan2, ZHANG XueYing2, LI Chen2, HU ZhengGuo2, CHEN RuoFu2, WANG Meng2, XU ZhiGuo2, YUE Ke2, TANG Bin2, ZANG YongDong2, ZHANG XueHeng2, YAO XiangWu2, CHEN JinDa2 & BAI Zhen2 1 School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
The latest progress made in the field of radioactive ion beam physics is outlined and the key problems still under investigation are indicated. The focal points are the limit of nuclear existence, shell evolution and new magic numbers, halo and cluster structures, new excitation modes, and strong coupling between reaction channels. This field is still at a starting phase and much more new outcomes are foreseen.
An experiment for knockout reaction induced by 8He beam at 82.5 MeV/nucleon on CH2 and C targets was carried out. The 6He and 4He core fragments at forward angles and the recoiled protons at large angles were detected coincidently. From this exclusive measurement the valence nucleon knockout mechanism and the core knockout mechanism are separated, which can be applied to the exclusive spectroscopic study on the structure of exotic nuclei.
Efficient calibration methods have been applied to a complex neutron detector array by using the cosmic-ray muons. Through a differential operation on the time difference spectrum, the two edges of this spectrum can be precisely determined, corresponding to the geometrical two ends of the bar, and therefore the relationship between the position and time difference spectrum can be deduced for each bar. The alignment between different bars is realized by choosing cosmic-rays which are perpendicular to the bars. The position resolutions are extracted through a track fitting procedure which uses all tracks detected coincidently by the whole system, together with a simulation analysis. A method is also developed to calibrate the deposited energy by using cosmicrays at different incident angles.
