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A mass measurement experiment by a time of flight method with the SPEG spectrometer at GANIL has been performed to investigate the N=20 and N=28 shell closures far from stability. The masses of 31 neutron-rich nuclei in the range A=29–47 have been measured. The precision of 19 masses has been significantly improved and 12 masses were measured for the first time. The neutron-rich Cl, S and P isotopes are seen to exhibit a change in shell structure around N=28. Comparison with shell model and relativistic mean field calculations demonstrate that the observed effects arise from deformed prolate ground state configurations associated with shape coexistence. The evidence of an isomeric state in the 43S and its interpretation by a shell model calculation confirm the analysis of the masses and constitutes the first evidence of the predicted shape coexistence around N=28.
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Sarazin, F., Savajols, H., Mittig, W. et al. Shape Coexistence and the N=28 Shell Closure Far from Stability. Hyperfine Interactions 132, 147–152 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011912400725
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