Cross-shell excitations in 30Al and 30Si at high spin

D. Steppenbeck, A. N. Deacon, S. J. Freeman, R. V F Janssens, M. P. Carpenter, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. O'Donnell, J. Ollier, D. Seweryniak, J. F. Smith, K. M. Spohr, S. L. Tabor, V. Tripathi, P. T. Wady, S. Zhu

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    Abstract

    Yrast and near-yrast states in 30Al and 30Si have been populated to high spin with the 18O+14C fusion-evaporation reaction in inverse kinematics. The level schemes for these two isobars have been extended up to J~9h{stroke} at 9.4 and 15.5 MeV, respectively. Their decay schemes indicate that cross-shell excitations dominate at high spin, where negative-parity structures exist. Positive-parity states are compared to the results of shell-model calculations using the USD, USDA, and USDB effective interactions. The negative-parity levels are compared to predictions of the WBP interaction and the recently-developed WBP-a Hamiltonian, by allowing 1p-1h excitations to fp-shell orbitals. The results suggest that single-neutron excitations to the 0f7/2 orbital play a significant role at high spin. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)149-167
    Number of pages18
    JournalNuclear Physics A
    Volume847
    Issue number3-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Dec 2010

    Keywords

    • 30Al
    • 30Si
    • Comparison with shell-model calculations
    • Deduced
    • Measured
    • Nuclear reactions

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