Measuring the de-excitation of neutron-rich light nuclei at low excitation energies is important in nuclear science as it provides an important test of the statistical model in this domain. Competition between various decay channels for such excited nuclei can be determined by identifying the emitted light charged particles (LCPs). In order to measure the LCPs evaporated from 30Si at low excitation produced in the fusion of 18O ions with 12C target nuclei an array of CsI(Tl) detectors with photodiode readout has been developed. Using pulse shape discrimination, evaporated protons and alpha particles are resolved. Emitted LCPs have been measured in coincidence with the resulting evaporation residues allowing one to distinguish between different decay paths. Comparisons with a statistical decay model will be presented.

Light charged particle emission following fusion of <sup>18</sup>O ions with <sup>12</sup>C nuclei at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier

248th National Meeting (2014)

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Light charged particle emission following fusion of 18O ions with 12C nuclei at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier

Light charged particle emission following fusion of ¹⁸O ions with ¹²C nuclei at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier