Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-9-2012
Abstract
A good understanding of the level structure of 19Ne around the proton threshold is critical to estimating the destruction of long-lived 18F in novae. Here we report the properties of levels in 19Ne in the excitation energy range of 6.9 ≤ Ex ≤ 8.4 MeV studied via the proton-transfer 18F(d,n)Ne* reaction at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. The populated 19Ne levels decay by breakup into p+18F and α+15O particles. The results presented in this manuscript are those of levels that are simultaneously observed from the breakup into both channels. An s-wave state is observed at 1468 keV above the proton threshold, which is a potential candidate for a predicted broad Jπ = 1/2+ state. The proton and α partial widths are deduced to be Γp = 228 ± 50 keV and Γα = 130 ± 30 keV for this state. © 2012 American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Recommended Citation
Adekola, A., Brune, C., Bardayan, D., Blackmon, J., Chae, K., Cizewski, J., Jones, K., Kozub, R., Massey, T., Nesaraja, C., Pain, S., Shriner, J., Smith, M., & Thomas, J. (2012). 19Ne levels studied with the 18F(d,n)19Ne*(18F+p) reaction. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 85 (3) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.037601