Particle stability of the isotopes<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>26</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ne</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>32</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>in the reaction 44 MeV/nucleon<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ca</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>48</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>+Ta
Abstract
An attempt has been made to synthesize the extremely neutron-rich isotope $^{26}\mathrm{O}$ in the nuclear reaction 44 MeV/nucleon $^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$+n/rTa. Use was made of magnetic separation and identification methods including time-of-flight and \ensuremath{\Delta}E,E measurements. The $^{26}\mathrm{O}$ nucleus appears to be unstable against particle emission since no events attributable to the $^{26}\mathrm{O}$ nucleus were observed at a level one order of magnitude lower than that predicted from the extrapolated yields. The previously unobserved isotope $^{32}\mathrm{Ne}$ was found to be particle stable and the isotope $^{31}\mathrm{Ne}$ particle unstable. Neutron-separation energies calculated with different models are tabulated.
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