First determination of the level structure of an -shell hypernucleus, F
Yang, S. B.*; Ekawa, Hiroyuki; Hasegawa, Shoichi ; Hayakawa, Shuhei; Hosomi, Kenji ; Ichikawa, Yudai ; Imai, Kenichi; Sako, Hiroyuki ; Sato, Susumu ; Tanida, Kiyoshi ; Sugimura, Hitoshi; J-PARC E13 Collaboration*; 37 of others*
We report on the first observation of rays emitted from an -shell hypernucleus, F. The energy spacing between the ground state doublet, and states, of F is determined to be keV by measuring the -ray energy of the transition. In addition, three -ray peaks are observed and assigned as , , and transitions. The excitation energies of the and states are determined to be keV and keV, respectively. It is found that the ground state doublet spacing is well described by theoretical models based on existing - and -shell hypernuclear data.