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The 31-MeV proton beams have been delivered from the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Excited states in 23Mg were populated through the 24Mg(p,d)23Mg nucleon transfer reactions. By analyzing recoiling deuteron spectra, the excited states of 23Mg could be identified. By requiring coincidences between the reaction deuterons and the decay protons, proton decays of the excited 23Mg were studied. This research covers the energy levels of 23Mg ranging from 8.044 to 9.642 MeV decaying to several 22Na levels up to the 7th excited state, which is a wide range compared to the previous research. Branching ratios of all the transitions were obtained. The technique employed in this study is found to be a useful analysis in addition to a transfer reaction study.
