Near-threshold resonances play an important role in nucleosynthesis and applied nuclear science. The study of nuclei removed from stability has greatly extended the list of resonances close to decay thresholds. The no core shell model with continuum (NCSMC) recently predicted an s-wave resonance just above the proton -decay threshold of 7Li at an excitation energy of 10.2 MeV. This potential case of a near-threshold resonance is dependent on the quantum mechanics of the p + 6He fragments extended into the continuum. The 6He(d, n) 7Li* reaction was employed in an attempt to populate this resonance and search for its proton decay via the invariant -mass method. No evidence of this resonance was found. However, the data collected in this search led to better constraints on the energy and width of the isobaric analog state (IAS) with (J �, T ) = (3/2-, 3/2) and revealed a new weak resonance just above the IAS in energy, predicted by the NCSMC as a (Jr, T ) = (3/2-, 1/2) state and potentially a part of the antianalog structure.

We present the development of a neutron detector array module made with para-terphenyl, a bright, fast, n/gamma discriminating crystalline organic scintillator. The module is comprised of 2 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm p-terphenyl crystals that have been optically coupled together to create a pseudo-bar module. While only relying on two photo detectors, the module is capable of distinguishing interactions between up to eight crystals. Furthermore, the module retains the p-terphenyl's pulse shape discrimination (PSD) capability. Together this makes the pseudo-bar module a promising position-sensitive neutron detector. Here we present characteristics of the pseudo-bar module - its timing resolution as well as its pulse shape and position discrimination capabilities, and briefly discuss future plans for utilizing an array of pseudo-bar modules in a useful neutron detector system.