The neturon rich nucleus 13 B was studied via the proton transfer reaction 4 He( 12 Be, 13 Bγ) at 50A MeV. The known 4.83-MeV excited state was strongly populated and its spin and parity were assigned to 1/2 + by comparing the angular differential cross section data with DWBA calculations. This low-lying 1/2 + state is interpreted as a proton intruder state and indicates a deformation of the nucleus.The existence of intruder states in light neutron-rich unstable nuclei is often considered to be evidence for one or morehω configurations in the low-lying states around the psd shell. The ground state of 11 Be is 1/2 + which is lower in energy by 0.3 MeV than the 1/2 − state [1]. In 12 Be, there is a 1 − intruder state at 2.7-MeV excitation energy [2]. The energies of these low-lying, nonnormal parity states indicate 1hω configurations. Furthermore, the presence of low-lying 2 + 1 [3] and 0 + 2 [4,5] states in 12 Be suggests a 2hω configuration.Three theoretical interpretations have been proposed for these one or morehω configurations in the low-lying states of neutron-rich unstable nuclei: (1) the monopole interaction of the tensor force [6], (2) the loosely bound nature of some orbitals [7], and (3) nuclear deformation [5,8,9]. In Ref.[6],the effective interaction was determined so that the model reproduces the energy levels in light, neutron-rich nuclei including intruder states, and the importance of monopole interaction due to the tensor force was pointed out. Reference[7] discusses the fact that in the psd shell, the 2s 1/2 orbital gains its energy relative to the other orbitals due to its loosely bound nature. The non-zero