Re-examining the transition into the N=20 island of inversion: Structure of Mg-30



Fernandez-Dominguez, B, Pietras, B, Catford, WN, Orr, NA, Petri, M, Chartier, M ORCID: 0000-0003-0578-5567, Paschalis, S, Patterson, N, Thomas, JS, Caamano, M
et al (show 27 more authors) (2018) Re-examining the transition into the N=20 island of inversion: Structure of Mg-30. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 779. pp. 124-129.

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Abstract

Intermediate energy single-neutron removal from 31Mg has been employed to investigate the transition into the island of inversion. Levels up to 5 MeV excitation energy in 30Mg were populated and spin-parity assignments were inferred from the corresponding longitudinal momentum distributions and γ-ray decay scheme. Comparison with eikonal-model calculations also permitted spectroscopic factors to be deduced. Surprisingly, the level in 30Mg was found to have a strength much weaker than expected in the conventional picture of a predominantly intruder configuration having a large overlap with the deformed 31Mg ground state. In addition, negative parity levels were identified for the first time in 30Mg, one of which is located at low excitation energy. The results are discussed in the light of shell-model calculations employing two newly developed approaches with markedly different descriptions of the structure of 30Mg. It is concluded that the cross-shell effects in the region of the island of inversion at are considerably more complex than previously thought and that configurations play a major role in the structure of 30Mg.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2018 15:21
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:12
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.02.002
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.02.002
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3028991