The study of nuclear fission remains a critical area of research, not only for understanding fundamental nuclear properties but also for its implications in the production of heavy elements in astrophysical environments. In r-process nucleosynthesis, fission plays a crucial role as it ultimately limits the mass of nuclei that can be produced. Currently, very limited data on fission barriers of...
The d(7Be, p)8Be∗ reaction was measured using 5x10ˆ6 p/s, 11 MeV/u, 7Be beam extracted from the HIE-ISOLDE. The ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer (ISS) was used to detect the backward angle emitted protons from high lying states in 8Be. A rich rotational band structure is predicted above 16 MeV in 8Be, by an extension to conjectured particle-hole states of the Cluster Shell Model (CSM) of Della...
