Ground State Energy and Width of the 7-He from 8-Li Proton Knockout

The ground state energy and width of {sup 7}He has been measured with the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) and superconducting dipole Sweeper magnet experimental setup at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. {sup 7}He was produced by proton knockout from a secondary {sup 8}Li beam. The measured decay energy spectrum is compared to simulations based on Breit-Wigner line shape with an energy-dependent width for the resonant state. The energy of the ground state is found to be 400(10) keV with a full-width at half-maximum of 125({sub -15}{sup +40}) keV.