Two-neutron transfer as a tool to study pairing correlations in nuclei

Abstract A feasibility study of two-neutron transfer reactions, using 12C and 19F targets, was performed. In this experiment, a 6He beam at 20 MeV incident energy was delivered by the RIBRAS facility. The main goal of this work was to test the RIBRAS system, operated in a single-solenoid mode, to investigate (6He,α) reactions in light nuclei. The excitation function of the 14C nucleus, populated by the 12C(6He,α) reaction, was extracted from the data. Evidence of nn-transfer reactions populating the ground state and the first 0 1 + state in 14C were observed. However, the present spectrum might have contribution from other reaction channels such as the 6He breakup. Future experiments with the RIBRAS dual-solenoid mode will improve the quality of the data by reducing a significant amount of background.