Low-lying intruder state of the unbound nucleus 13Be

An experimental study for the unbound nucleus Be-13 has been performed by means of the invariant mass method via the one-neutron removal reaction H-1(Be-14.Be-12 + n). A resonance has been observed at 0.51(1) MeV in the relative energy (E-rel) spectrum of the Be-12+n system. The transverse momentum distribution of the 12Be+n system as well as the resonance width of 0.45(3) MeV gives evidence for the p-wave nature of the resonance. A d-wave resonance has also been observed at 2.39(5) MeV in the E-rel spectrum. The observation of the low-lying p-wave resonance indicates the disappearance of the N= 8 magicity in the vicinity of the neutron drip line region. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.