Energy Levels of 18Ne

TL;DR

This paper compiles and evaluates experimental nuclear data for 18Ne, providing a comprehensive set of nuclear properties including energies, spins, and decay modes, updating previous evaluations for better accuracy.

Contribution

It presents a new, comprehensive evaluation of 18Ne nuclear structure data, superseding earlier assessments and consolidating experimental results from multiple reactions and decay studies.

Findings

Updated level energies and properties for 18Ne

Consolidated experimental data from various sources

Supersedes previous evaluations by Tilley and Ajzenberg-Selove

Abstract

In this document, experimental nuclear structure data are evaluated for 18Ne for ENSDF. 18Ne was first identified by (1954Go17), see (2012Th01). The details of each reaction and decay experiment populating 18Ne levels are compiled and evaluated. The combined results provide a set of adopted values that include level energies, spins and parities, level half-lives, {\gamma}-ray energies, decay types and branching ratios, and other nuclear properties. This work supersedes the earlier work by Ron Tilley (1995Ti07) published in Nuclear Physics A 595 (1995) 1. The earlier evaluations were published by Fay Ajzenberg-Selove in (1959Aj76, 1972Aj02, 1978Aj03, 1983Aj01, and 1987Aj02).