First observation of an excited state in the neutron-rich nucleus31Na

B. V. Pritychenko, T. Glasmacher, B. A. Brown, P. D. Cottle, R. W. Ibbotson, K. W. Kemper, L. A. Riley, H. Scheit
2000 Physical Review C  
The first excited state in the neutron-rich Nϭ20 isotope 31 Na was observed at 350͑20͒ keV via intermediate energy heavy-ion scattering, which is dominated by the Coulomb excitation mechanism. This state appears to be a rotational excitation built on a strongly deformed ground state. The yield of the ␥ ray deexciting this state can be reproduced by a shell model calculation which takes ( f 7/2 ,p 3/2 ) intruder configurations into account.
doi:10.1103/physrevc.63.011305 fatcat:mp5mwsrphjf5fcy5ismzrxxt4u