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Resonances of 25,26F Atomic Nuclei

The structure of very unstable atomic nuclides are still not completely understood. The unstable atomic nuclides in this study emit a neutron, which requires determining the energy of decay to better understand the structure. The energy of decay may be calculated from the energy and momentum of the remaining charged fragment and neutron. From the calculated decay energy, information about an isotope’s nuclear structure can be found. At the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory experiment, a ²⁷Ne ion beam hit a liquid deuterium target that resulted in many produced atomic nuclides. One of the isotopes produced was unstable ²⁶F, formed by stripping a proton from the ²⁷Ne beam. The unstable ²⁶F decayed into ²⁵F + n. Another nuclide produced was unstable ²⁵F, formed by stripping a proton and neutron from the ²⁷Ne beam. ²⁵F further decayed into ²⁴F + n. The energy of the decays of both ²⁵F and ²⁶F were calculated from data. This presentation will report on the current analysis and compare/contrast these data to prior experimental results and theoretical calculations.