Breakup reaction study of the Brunnian nucleusC10

N. Curtis, N. L. Achouri, N. I. Ashwood, H. G. Bohlen, W. N. Catford, N. M. Clarke, M. Freer, P. J. Haigh, B. Laurent, N. A. Orr, N. P. Patterson, N. Soić (+2 others)
2008 Physical Review C  
The structure and 2α + 2p breakup of 10 C, the only known Brunnian nucleus, has been studied at 33.3 MeV/nucleon. The breakup kinematics were used to reconstruct the 10 C → 9 B +p, 9 B → 8 Be +p, 8 Be → α + α and 10 C → 6 Be +α, 6 Be → 5 Li +p, 5 Li → α + p decay paths. Proton emission was seen to be favored. The decay of excited states at E x = 4.20, 5.31, and 6.74 MeV was observed. The previously unobserved state at 4.20 MeV may correspond to a J π = 0 + α + 2p + α cluster structure.
doi:10.1103/physrevc.77.021301 fatcat:67odkzutufbnbjvafyovg34sza