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The N=28 shell closure; from N=Z to the neutron drip line

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

The evolution of the N=28 neutron shell closure is studied in the N=28 isotones from neutron drip line's 40^{40}Mg to N=Z doubly magic 56^{56}Ni. It is found that the N=28 closure vanishes at Z=12 in favor of a deformed ground state. For Z=14 and Z=16 closed shell and intruder configurations are almost degenerate, leading to highly mixed ground states and to very low lying excited 0+^+ states. For Z>>20 the intruder states are always above the closed shell ground states. We examine their structure and their possible existence as collective yrare bands of well defined particle-hole character.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0403080,
  title  = {The N=28 shell closure; from N=Z to the neutron drip line},
  author = {Etienne Caurier and Frederic Nowacki and Alfredo Poves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0403080},
  year   = {2009}
}