Phys. Rev. C 77, 014316 (2008) [12 pages]Single-neutron knockout from intermediate energy beams of 30,32Mg: Mapping the transition into the “island of inversion”Received 5 March 2007; revised 15 October 2007; published 29 January 2008 The breakdown of the N=20 magic number in the so-called island of inversion around 32Mg is well established. Recently developed large-scale shell-model calculations suggest a transitional region between normal- and intruder-dominated nuclear ground states, thus modifying the boundary of the island of inversion. In particular, a dramatic change in single-particle structure is predicted between the ground states of 30Mg and 32Mg, with the latter consisting nearly purely of 2p-2h N=20 cross-shell configurations. Single-neutron knockout experiments on 30,32Mg projectiles have been performed. We report on a first direct observation of intruder configurations in the ground states of these very neutron-rich nuclei. Spectroscopic factors to low-lying negative-parity states in the knockout residues are deduced and compare well with shell-model predictions. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.014316
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.77.014316
PACS:
21.10.Jx, 21.60.Cs, 25.70.Hi, 27.30.+t
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