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Investigation of the reaction mechanism in the spectroscopy of neutron unbound isotopes by the MoNA Collaboration Jared Bloch, 1st year |
Abstract
The MoNA Collaboration has been conducting experiments over the past two decades at the then National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and is poised to expand its scientific program with the upcoming Facility for Rare Isotopes (FRIB), both located in East Lansing, MI.
The Collaboration primarily focuses on the study of unbound isotopes along the neutron dripline using the invariant mass technique. A recent analysis of past data on the production of 25,26O from 27F and 29Ne beams incident on beryllium targets indicates a possible new and rich program to investigate the production mechanism of these neutron rich isotopes. We are currently extending this work to other unbound nuclei. The first phase of this research was to perform a comprehensive review of the aforementioned past experiments to identify relevant isotopes of interest and to develop a stand-alone C++ code to calculate the corresponding decay energies. The second phase of our project will consist of predicting the various fragments produced during these experiments using the LISE++ tool. The third and final phase will involve analysis of experimental data. This presentation will provide an overview of the current status of this work.