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Phys. Rev. C 78, 011303(R) (2008) [5 pages]

d5/2 proton hole strength in neutron-rich 43P: Shell structure and nuclear shapes near N=28

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L. A. Riley1, P. Adrich2, T. R. Baugher1, D. Bazin2, B. A. Brown2,3, J. M. Cook2,3, P. D. Cottle4, C. Aa. Diget2, A. Gade2,3, D. A. Garland2,3, T. Glasmacher2,3, K. E. Hosier1, K. W. Kemper4, T. Otsuka3,5, W. D. M. Rae6, A. Ratkiewicz2,3, K. P. Siwek2,3, J. A. Tostevin7, Y. Utsuno8, and D. Weisshaar2
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
2National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
4Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
5Department of Physics and Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan and RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
6Garsington, Oxfordshire, OX44, United Kingdom
7Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
8Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan

Received 4 June 2008; published 30 July 2008

We report on the use of the one-proton knockout reaction from 44S to determine the location of d5/2 proton strength in neutron-rich 43P. The results are used to test two shell-model frameworks with different pictures of the evolution of single-proton energies along the N=28 isotones near the neutron dripline. We observe a concentration of d5/2 proton hole strength near 1 MeV in excitation energy. This result favors the recent shell-model interaction of Utsuno et al. [Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 150, 187 (2007)] and provides additional evidence for an oblate shape for 42Si.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.78.011303
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.78.011303
PACS:
24.50.+g, 21.10.Jx, 25.60.Gc, 27.40.+z