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author Monteagudo, B.
Marqués, F. M.
Gibelin, J.
Orr, N. A.
Corsi, A.
Kubota, Y.
Casal, J.
Gómez-Camacho, J.
Authelet, G.
Baba, H.
Caesar, C.
Calvet, D.
Delbart, A.
Dozono, M.
Feng, J.
Flavigny, F.
Gheller, J. -M.
Giganon, A.
Gillibert, A.
Hasegawa, K.
Isobe, T.
Kanaya, Y.
Kawakami, S.
Kim, D.
Kiyokawa, Y.
Kobayashi, M.
Kobayashi, N.
Kobayashi, T.
Kondo, Y.
Korkulu, Z.
Koyama, S.
Lapoux, V.
Maeda, Y.
Motobayashi, T.
Miyazaki, T.
Nakamura, T.
Nakatsuka, N.
Nishio, Y.
Obertelli, A.
Ohkura, A.
Ota, S.
Otsu, H.
Ozaki, T.
Panin, V.
Paschalis, S.
Pollacco, E. C.
Reichert, S.
Rousse, J. -Y.
Saito, A. T.
Sakaguchi, S.
Sako, M.
Santamaria, C.
Sasano, M.
Sato, H.
Shikata, M.
Shimizu, Y.
Shindo, Y.
Stuhl, L.
Sumikama, T.
Sun, Y. L.
Tabata, M.
Togano, Y.
Tsubota, J.
Uesaka, T.
Yang, Z. H.
Yasuda, J.
Yoneda, K.
Zenihiro, J.
author_facet Monteagudo, B.
Marqués, F. M.
Gibelin, J.
Orr, N. A.
Corsi, A.
Kubota, Y.
Casal, J.
Gómez-Camacho, J.
Authelet, G.
Baba, H.
Caesar, C.
Calvet, D.
Delbart, A.
Dozono, M.
Feng, J.
Flavigny, F.
Gheller, J. -M.
Giganon, A.
Gillibert, A.
Hasegawa, K.
Isobe, T.
Kanaya, Y.
Kawakami, S.
Kim, D.
Kiyokawa, Y.
Kobayashi, M.
Kobayashi, N.
Kobayashi, T.
Kondo, Y.
Korkulu, Z.
Koyama, S.
Lapoux, V.
Maeda, Y.
Motobayashi, T.
Miyazaki, T.
Nakamura, T.
Nakatsuka, N.
Nishio, Y.
Obertelli, A.
Ohkura, A.
Ota, S.
Otsu, H.
Ozaki, T.
Panin, V.
Paschalis, S.
Pollacco, E. C.
Reichert, S.
Rousse, J. -Y.
Saito, A. T.
Sakaguchi, S.
Sako, M.
Santamaria, C.
Sasano, M.
Sato, H.
Shikata, M.
Shimizu, Y.
Shindo, Y.
Stuhl, L.
Sumikama, T.
Sun, Y. L.
Tabata, M.
Togano, Y.
Tsubota, J.
Uesaka, T.
Yang, Z. H.
Yasuda, J.
Yoneda, K.
Zenihiro, J.
contents The structure and decay of the most neutron-rich beryllium isotope, $^{16}$Be, has been investigated following proton knockout from a high-energy $^{17}$B beam. Two relatively narrow resonances were observed for the first time, with energies of $0.84(3)$ and $2.15(5)$ MeV above the two-neutron decay threshold and widths of $0.32(8)$ and $0.95(15)$ MeV respectively. These were assigned to be the ground ($J^π=0^+$) and first excited ($2^+$) state, with $E_x=1.31(6)$ MeV. The mass excess of $^{16}$Be was thus deduced to be $56.93(13)$ MeV, some $0.5$ MeV more bound than the only previous measurement. Both states were observed to decay by direct two-neutron emission. Calculations incorporating the evolution of the wavefunction during the decay as a genuine three-body process reproduced the principal characteristics of the neutron-neutron energy spectra for both levels, indicating that the ground state exhibits a strong spatially compact dineutron component, while the 2$^+$ level presents a far more diffuse neutron-neutron distribution.
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spellingShingle Mass, spectroscopy and two-neutron decay of $^{16}$Be
Monteagudo, B.
Marqués, F. M.
Gibelin, J.
Orr, N. A.
Corsi, A.
Kubota, Y.
Casal, J.
Gómez-Camacho, J.
Authelet, G.
Baba, H.
Caesar, C.
Calvet, D.
Delbart, A.
Dozono, M.
Feng, J.
Flavigny, F.
Gheller, J. -M.
Giganon, A.
Gillibert, A.
Hasegawa, K.
Isobe, T.
Kanaya, Y.
Kawakami, S.
Kim, D.
Kiyokawa, Y.
Kobayashi, M.
Kobayashi, N.
Kobayashi, T.
Kondo, Y.
Korkulu, Z.
Koyama, S.
Lapoux, V.
Maeda, Y.
Motobayashi, T.
Miyazaki, T.
Nakamura, T.
Nakatsuka, N.
Nishio, Y.
Obertelli, A.
Ohkura, A.
Ota, S.
Otsu, H.
Ozaki, T.
Panin, V.
Paschalis, S.
Pollacco, E. C.
Reichert, S.
Rousse, J. -Y.
Saito, A. T.
Sakaguchi, S.
Sako, M.
Santamaria, C.
Sasano, M.
Sato, H.
Shikata, M.
Shimizu, Y.
Shindo, Y.
Stuhl, L.
Sumikama, T.
Sun, Y. L.
Tabata, M.
Togano, Y.
Tsubota, J.
Uesaka, T.
Yang, Z. H.
Yasuda, J.
Yoneda, K.
Zenihiro, J.
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
The structure and decay of the most neutron-rich beryllium isotope, $^{16}$Be, has been investigated following proton knockout from a high-energy $^{17}$B beam. Two relatively narrow resonances were observed for the first time, with energies of $0.84(3)$ and $2.15(5)$ MeV above the two-neutron decay threshold and widths of $0.32(8)$ and $0.95(15)$ MeV respectively. These were assigned to be the ground ($J^π=0^+$) and first excited ($2^+$) state, with $E_x=1.31(6)$ MeV. The mass excess of $^{16}$Be was thus deduced to be $56.93(13)$ MeV, some $0.5$ MeV more bound than the only previous measurement. Both states were observed to decay by direct two-neutron emission. Calculations incorporating the evolution of the wavefunction during the decay as a genuine three-body process reproduced the principal characteristics of the neutron-neutron energy spectra for both levels, indicating that the ground state exhibits a strong spatially compact dineutron component, while the 2$^+$ level presents a far more diffuse neutron-neutron distribution.
title Mass, spectroscopy and two-neutron decay of $^{16}$Be
topic Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16817