Spectroscopy of $^{12}$Li

POSTER

Abstract

The spectroscopy of neutron-unbound levels in $^{12}$Li is presented. The $^{12}$Li were formed by a two-proton knockout reaction from a 53.4 MeV/u $^{14}$B beam at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. The decay energy spectrum was measured with the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) and Sweeper superconducting dipole magnet experimental setup. The measured decay energy spectrum exhibits one {\it s}-wave resonance and two {\it d}-wave resonances. The {\it d}-wave resonances are modeled by energy-dependent Breit-Wigner line shapes, and the {\it s}-wave resonance line shape was calculated with a scattering length of -13.7 fm\footnote{Yu. Aksyutina {\it et al.}, Phys.\ Lett.\ B {\bf 666}, 430 (2008).}. The specific energies for the two Breit-Wigner resonances are 250$\pm 20$ keV and 555$\pm 20$ keV. The observed widths were dominated by the experimental resolution.

Authors

  • Eric Lunderberg

    Hope College

  • Christopher Hall

    Hope College

  • Paul DeYoung

    Hope College

  • Artemis Spyrou

    NSCL/MSU, NSCL-MSU

  • Michael Thoennessen

    NSCL-MSU, NSCL/MSU