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g factor of the ⁴⁴Cl ground state: Probing the reduced Z=16 and N=28 gaps

M. De Rydt et al.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.81.034308

The g factor of the ⁴⁴Cl ground state is measured at the LISE fragment separator at the Grand Acclérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL) using the β nuclear magnetic resonance technique, resulting in g(⁴⁴Cl)=(-)0.2749(2). An analysis of the g factor value and of the theoretical level scheme in the shell-model framework reveals the presence of odd-proton s_1/2 configurations and neutron excitation across the N=28 shell gap in the ground state of ⁴⁴Cl. In addition, the measured g factor strongly supports a 2^– spin assignment for the ⁴⁴Cl ground state.