Search for a low-energy resonance in He-7 with the Li-7(d, He-2) reaction

  • N. Ryezayeva
  • , C. Baeumer
  • , A. M. van den Berg
  • , L. V. Chulkov
  • , D. Frekers
  • , D. De Frenne
  • , E. -W. Grewe
  • , P. Haefner
  • , E. Jacobs
  • , H. Johanson
  • , Y. Kalmykov
  • , A. Negret
  • , P. von Neumann-Cosel*
  • , L. Popescu
  • , A. Richter
  • , G. Schrieder
  • , A. Shevchenko
  • , H. Simon
  • , H. J. Wortche
  • , C. Bäumer
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    A search for the J(pi) = 1/2(-) spin-orbit partner of the J(pi) = 3/2(-) ground state in He-7 has been performed with the Li-7(d, He-2) charge-exchange reaction. The experimental results are incompatible with recent claims of such a state at very low excitation energy [M. Meister, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 102501]. A decomposition of the spectrum is performed taking into account known resonances and quasifree charge-exchange reactions on Li-7 as well as on triton and He-4 clusters in the Li-7 ground state. A possible resonance at an excitation energy E-x approximate to 1.45 MeV with a width Gamma approximate to 2.0 MeV is suggested when the quasifree charge-exchange process on Li-7 is constrained by a measurement of the Li-6(d, He-2) reaction. Gamow-Teller strengths for transitions to the lowest states in He-7 deduced from the differential cross sections are in remarkable agreement with results from ab initio quantum Monte Carlo calculations. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)623-628
    Number of pages6
    JournalPhysics Letters B
    Volume639
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 24-Aug-2006

    Keywords

    • CHARGE-EXCHANGE REACTIONS
    • LIGHT-NUCLEI
    • INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES
    • CROSS-SECTIONS
    • SHELL-MODEL
    • SPECTROMETER
    • EXCITATIONS
    • ISOTOPE
    • AGOR

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