The study of the 12C states from the reaction 11B(3He, d)12C

The experiment was done to study 11B(3He, d)12C reaction with energy E(3He)=25 MeV. The aim of the experiment is to determine the properties of 12C states at high excitation energies and in particular to verify which of the conflicting spin-parity assignments of the 13.35 MeV state (2− or 4−) should be assigned. Behavior of the experimental angular distribution and also the DWBA calculation correspond to spin parity 4− for 13.35 MeV state. peerReviewed

Spin-parity of the 13.35 MeV state and high-lying states around 20 MeV in excitation energy in $^{12}$C nucleus

Study of the $^{11}$B($^{3}$He,d)$^{12}$C reaction at incident $^{3}$He energy E$_{lab}$ = 25 MeV has been performed at the K-130 cyclotron at the University of Jyv\"askyl\"a, Finland. Differential cross sections have been measured for the 13.35 MeV state and for the states with excitation energy around 20 MeV. The data were analyzed with the DWBA method. A tentative assignment, 4$^{-}$, is given for the state at 13.35 MeV. For the state at 20.98 MeV, the spin-parity 3$^{-}$ and the isospin T = 0 are assigned for the first time. Our model description of the broad state at 21.6 MeV is consistent with the previous assignments of isospin T = 0 and spin-parity of 2$^{+}$ and 3$^{-}$. The excite…

Neutron halos in the excited states of 12B

The differential cross sections of the 11B(d,p) 12B reaction leading to formation of the 1+ ground state and the 0.95-MeV 2+, 1.67-MeV 2−, 2.62-MeV 1−, 2.72-MeV 0+, and 3.39-MeV 3− excited states of 12B are measured at Ed = 21.5 MeV. The analysis of the data is carried out within the coupled-reaction-channels method for the direct neutron transfer and the Hauser-Feshbach formalism of the statistical compound-nucleus model. The spectroscopic factors, asymptotic normalization coefficients, and rms radii of the last neutron in all states studied are deduced. The existence of the neutron halos in the 1.67-MeV 2− and 2.62-MeV 1− states is found, consistent with the earlier published data. New in…

Triplet 12B–12C–12N: Search for States with Halo

Nuclear size isomers

Developing of methods of measuring the radii of nuclei in their highly excited states led to observation of those with dimensions enhanced and, probably, diminished in comparison with the corresponding ground states. Experimental data including very recent ones demonstrating that such “size isomers” belong to two groups: excited states having neutron halos (in 13C, 11Be and 9 Be) and some specific cluster states (in 12C, 13C and 11B), are discussed. peerReviewed

Possible neutron and proton halo structure in the isobaric analog states of A=12 nuclei

The differential cross sections of the 11B(3He,d)12C reaction leading to formation of the 0+ ground state and the 15.11-MeV 1 +, 16.57-MeV 2−, and 17.23-MeV 1− excited states of 12C are measured at Elab=25 MeV. The analysis of the data is carried out within the coupled-reaction-channels method for the direct proton transfer to the bound and unbound states. The rms radii of the last proton in all states studied are determined. A comparison of the rms radii of the 12B, 12C, and 12N nuclei in the isobaric analog states (IASs) with isospin T=1 determined by different methods allows us to arrive at a conclusion that these nuclei in the 1− excited states at Ex=2.62, 17.23, and 1.80 MeV, respectiv…

Possible neutron and proton halo structure in the isobaric analog states of A=12 nuclei

The differential cross sections of the $^{11}\mathrm{B}(^{3}\mathrm{He},d)^{12}\mathrm{C}$ reaction leading to formation of the ${0}^{+}$ ground state and the 15.11-MeV 1 ${}^{+}$, 16.57-MeV ${2}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, and 17.23-MeV ${1}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ excited states of $^{12}\mathrm{C}$ are measured at ${E}_{\text{lab}}=25$ MeV. The analysis of the data is carried out within the coupled-reaction-channels method for the direct proton transfer to the bound and unbound states. The rms radii of the last proton in all states studied are determined. A comparison of the rms radii of the $^{12}\mathrm{B}, ^{12}\mathrm{C}$, and $^{12}\mathrm{N}$ nuclei in the isobaric analog states (IASs) with isosp…

STATES OF 12N WITH ENHANCED RADII

The differential cross sections of the $^{12}$C($^3$He,t)$^{12}$N reaction leading to formation of the 1$^+$ (ground state), 2$^+$(0.96 MeV), 2$^{-}$(1.19 MeV), and 1$^{-}$(1.80 MeV) states of $^{12}$N are measured at $E$($^3$He)=40 MeV. The analysis of the data is carried out within the modified diffraction model (MDM) and distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA). Enhanced $rms$ radii were obtained for the ground, 2$^{-}$(1.19 MeV), and 1$^{-}$(1.80 MeV) states. We revealed that $^{12}$B, $^{12}$N, and $^{12}$C in the IAS with T=1, and spin-parities 2$^{-}$ and 1$^{-}$ have increased radii and exhibit properties of neutron and proton halo states.

Cluster rotational bands in 11B

Differential cross-sections of 11B+α inelastic scattering at E(α) = 65 MeV leading to most of the known 11B states at excitation energies up to 14 MeV were measured [1]. The data analysis was done using Modified diffraction model (MDM) [2] allowing determining radii of excited states. Radii of the states with excitation energies less than ∼ 7 MeV coincide with the radius of the ground state with an accuracy not less than 0.1 - 0.15 fm. This result is consistent with traditional view on shell structure of low-lying states in 11B. Most of the observed high-energy excited states are distributed among four rotational bands. Moments of inertia of band states are close to the moment of inertia of…

Isospin triplet A=14: search for states with enhanced radii

Abstract This article is devoted to study of isobar-analogue states 1− in triplet A=14: 14C-14N-14O. Previously signs of neutron halo in the 1−, 6.09 MeV state of 14C were obtained by two independent groups. In this article we propose to study neighbouring nuclei 14N and 14O using the Modified diffraction model (MDM) method and the method of Asymptotic normalization coefficients (ANC). Methods were applied to experimental differential cross sections of 14C(α,α)14C scattering and reactions 13C(3He,d)14N and 14N(3He,t)14O. MDM and ANC gave practically similar within errors radii for the studied 1− states: the 6.09 MeV state in 14C – 2.7±0.1 fm, the 8.06 MeV state in 14N – 2.7 ± 0.1 fm, the 5.…

Asymptotic normalization coefficients and halo radii of12B in the excited states

We present the results of measurements and analysis of the differential cross sections of the 11 B(d, p )12 B reaction leading to formation of the 1+ ground state and the 0.953-MeV 2+ , 1.674-MeV 2− , 2.621-MeV 1− , 2.723-MeV 0+ , 3.389-MeV 3− excited states of 12 B at Ed = 21.5 MeV. The analysis of the data was carried out within the coupled-reaction-channels method for the direct neutron transfer and the Hauser-Feshbach formalism of the statistical compound-nucleus model. We deduced the spectroscopic factors, asymptotic normalization coefficients, and rms radii of the last neutron in all states studied. The existence of the neutron halos in the 1.674-MeV 2− and 2.621-MeV 1− states was fou…

Neutron halos in the excited states of B12

The differential cross sections of the $^{11}\mathrm{B}(d,p)\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}^{12}\mathrm{B}$ reaction leading to formation of the ${1}^{+}$ ground state and the 0.95-MeV ${2}^{+}$, 1.67-MeV ${2}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, 2.62-MeV ${1}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, 2.72-MeV ${0}^{+}$, and 3.39-MeV ${3}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ excited states of $^{12}\mathrm{B}$ are measured at ${E}_{d}$ = 21.5 MeV. The analysis of the data is carried out within the coupled-reaction-channels method for the direct neutron transfer and the Hauser-Feshbach formalism of the statistical compound-nucleus model. The spectroscopic factors, asymptotic normalization coefficients, and rms radii of the last neutron in all states stu…