Single neutron transfer experiments close to the r-process path

K. L. Jones, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
A. S. Adekola, Ohio University
D. W. Bardayan, ORNL Physics Division
J. C. Blackmon, ORNL Physics Division
K. Y. Chae, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
K. Chipes, Ohio University
J. A. Cizewski, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
D. J. Dean, ORNL Physics Division
L. Erikson, Ohio University
R. P. Fltzgerald, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A. L. Gaddis, Furman University
U. Greife, Colorado School of Mines
C. Harlin, University of Surrey
R. Hatarik, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
J. A. Howard, Tennessee Technological University
M. S. Johnson, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
R. L. Kozub, Tennessee Technological University
J. F. Liang, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
R. J. Livesay, Ohio University
Z. Ma, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B. H. Moazen, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
P. D. O'Malley, Tennessee Technological University
C. D. Nesaraja, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
S. D. Pain, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
N. P. Patterson, University of Surrey
S. V. Paulauskas, Tennessee Technological University
D. Shapira, ORNL Physics Division
J. F. Shriner, Tennessee Technological University
D. J. Sissom, Tennessee Technological University
M. S. Smith, ORNL Physics Division
T. P. Swan, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
J. S. Thomas, Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Abstract

The first measurements using the (d, p) transfer reaction to study single-particle states in nuclei on the expected r-process path have been made at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. The shell closure at N = 50 has been crossed using the 82Ge(d,p) and 84Se(d,p) reactions. The properties of the lowest-lying states have been determined. Furthermore, the 132Sn(d, p) reaction has been used for the first time to populate single-particle states in 133Sn.