Mass measurements of the exotic nuclides 11Li and 11,12Be performed with the Mistral spectrometer Original Research Article

The mass of the halo nuclide 11Li has been measured with unprecedented precision with the Mistral mass spectrometer at Cernʹs Isolde facility. Its resulting two-neutron separation energy, S2n=378±5 keV, is 25% higher than the previously accepted value and about an order of magnitude more precise than any of the previous measurements. We also report measurement of the masses of 11Be and 12Be. The detailed analysis of these results and their evaluation are presented, along with a discussion concerning mass models.