Single-particle structure of 29Mg on the approach to the N = 20 island of inversion / Patrick T. MacGregor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacGregor, Patrick T.

Series:

Springer theses

Springer Theses

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear structure.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This work focuses on the evolution of single-particle structure in a region of the nuclear chart rich with exotic nuclear structure. The author has led the analysis of the 28Mg(d,p)29Mg reaction, measured with the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer (ISS) at the ISOLDE facility, CERN. This was the first measurement made using this device and the first time that a solenoidal spectrometer has been used at an ISOL radioactive beam facility. Significant attention is paid to optimizing methods of analysing direct nuclear reactions taking place in solenoidal fields and, as part of this, the author has developed his own analysis codes and simulations. The thesis gives an extremely comprehensive and well-written description of this novel system and provides a canonical reference for ISS that will be of great use to researchers and students, as well as presenting some significant scientific results focused on the N=20 "island of inversion", a region of nuclides of great current interest in nuclear physics. .

Contents:

Introduction

The Shell Model

Transfer Reactions and Reaction Theory

Experimental Details for the d(28Mg,p)29Mg Reaction

Analysis of the d(28Mg,p)29Mg Experiment

Discussion of the d(28Mg,p)29Mg Experiment and Conclusions

Appendix: Extracting Angles and Excitation Energy in ISS using Relativistic Kinematics

Appendix: The Rate of Change of Centre-of-Momentum Angle with Laboratory Angle

Appendix: Evolution of Cuts used in ISS for the d(28Mg,p)29Mg Experiment

Appendix: Fitting Angular Distributions

Appendix: Cross Section Data for 29Mg.

Notes:

"Doctoral thesis accepted by The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK."

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 4, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: MacGregor, Patrick T. Single-Particle Structure of 29Mg on the Approach to the N = 20 Island of Inversion

ISBN:

9783031191190

3031191196

OCLC:

1355221535

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