Speaker
Ms
Lerato Baloyi
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Description
The study of alpha-cluster (two proton two neutron) in light nuclei have been well documented with experimental evidences. Meanwhile, in the recent experiments performed at iThemba LABS using (p,t) reaction on 22Ne with the K600 magnetic spectrometer, a 22.5 MeV state was found, which accounts for 5-alpha cluster situated at 3.3 MeV above the 5-alpha break-up threshold. However, this state could not be accounted for by theoretical shell-model calculations and angular distribution data taken at forward angles including zero degrees. In the present project, (p,3He) reaction on 22Ne will be carried out at multiple angles, to investigate this state in order to ascertain its spin, parity and isospin. In this case, a proton beam with an energy of Elab= 80 MeV from the Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC) facility impinged on a 22Ne gas target at lab angles of Θlab= (00, 70, 170, 270) will be considered. Preliminary results of these experiments will be discussed.
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
MSc
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Dr. Iyabo Usman
iyabo.usman@wits.ac.za
University of the Witwatersrand
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Primary author
Ms
Lerato Baloyi
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Co-authors
Dr
Iyabo Usman
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Dr
Jacobus Swartz
(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)
Prof.
Jonn Carter
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Dr
Retief Neveling
(Department of Nuclear Physics, iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129)
