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Main Authors: Lubna, R. S., Garnsworthy, A. B., Tripathi, Vandana, Ball, G. C., Natzke, C. R., Rocchini, M., Andreoiu, C., Bhattacharjee, S. S., Dillmann, I., Garcia, F. H., Gillespie, S. A., Hackman, G., Griffin, C. J., Leckenby, G., Miyagi, T., Olaizola, B., Porzio, C., Rajabali, M. M., Saito, Y., Spagnoletti, P., Tabor, S. L., Umashankar, R., Vedia, V., Volya, A., Williams, J., Yates, D.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04195
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  • The cross-shell excited states of $^{34}$Si have been investigated via $β$-decays of the $4^-$ ground state and the $1^+$ isomeric state of $^{34}$Al. Since the valence protons and valence neutrons occupy different major shells in the ground state as well as the intruder $1^+$ isomeric state of $^{34}$Al, intruder levels of $^{34}$Si are populated via allowed $β$ decays. Spin assignments to such intruder levels of $^{34}$Si were established through $γ$-$γ$ angular correlation analysis for the negative parity states with dominant configurations $(νd_{3/2})^{-1} \otimes (νf_{7/2})^{1}$ as well as the positive parity states with dominant configurations $(νsd)^{-2} \otimes (νf_{7/2}p_{3/2})^2$. The configurations of such intruder states play crucial roles in our understanding of the $N=20$ shell gap evolution. A configuration interaction model derived from the FSU Hamiltonian was utilized in order to interpret the intruder states in $^{34}$Si. Shell model interaction derived from a more fundamental theory with the Valence Space In Medium Similarity Renormalization Group (VS-IMSRG) method was also employed to interpret the structure of $^{34}$Si.