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Kondo Y, Achouri NL, Falou HA, Atar L, Aumann T, Baba H, Boretzky K, Caesar C, Calvet D, Chae H, Chiga N, Corsi A, Delaunay F, Delbart A, Deshayes Q, Dombrádi Z, Douma CA, Ekström A, Elekes Z, Forssén C, Gašparić I, Gheller JM, Gibelin J, Gillibert A, Hagen G, Harakeh MN, Hirayama A, Hoffman CR, Holl M, Horvat A, Horváth Á, Hwang JW, Isobe T, Jiang WG, Kahlbow J, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kawase S, Kim S, Kisamori K, Kobayashi T, Körper D, Koyama S, Kuti I, Lapoux V, Lindberg S, Marqués FM, Masuoka S, Mayer J, Miki K, Murakami T, Najafi M, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nakatsuka N, Nilsson T, Obertelli A, Ogata K, de Oliveira Santos F, Orr NA, Otsu H, Otsuka T, Ozaki T, Panin V, Papenbrock T, Paschalis S, Revel A, Rossi D, Saito AT, Saito TY, Sasano M, Sato H, Satou Y, Scheit H, Schindler F, Schrock P, Shikata M, Shimizu N, Shimizu Y, Simon H, Sohler D, Sorlin O, Stuhl L, Sun ZH, Takeuchi S, Tanaka M, Thoennessen M, Törnqvist H, Togano Y, Tomai T, Tscheuschner J, Tsubota J, Tsunoda N, Uesaka T, Utsuno Y, Vernon I, Wang H, Yang Z, Yasuda M, Yoneda K, Yoshida S. First observation of 28O. Nature 2023; 620:965-970. [PMID: 37648757 PMCID: PMC10630140 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06352-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Subjecting a physical system to extreme conditions is one of the means often used to obtain a better understanding and deeper insight into its organization and structure. In the case of the atomic nucleus, one such approach is to investigate isotopes that have very different neutron-to-proton (N/Z) ratios than in stable nuclei. Light, neutron-rich isotopes exhibit the most asymmetric N/Z ratios and those lying beyond the limits of binding, which undergo spontaneous neutron emission and exist only as very short-lived resonances (about 10-21 s), provide the most stringent tests of modern nuclear-structure theories. Here we report on the first observation of 28O and 27O through their decay into 24O and four and three neutrons, respectively. The 28O nucleus is of particular interest as, with the Z = 8 and N = 20 magic numbers1,2, it is expected in the standard shell-model picture of nuclear structure to be one of a relatively small number of so-called 'doubly magic' nuclei. Both 27O and 28O were found to exist as narrow, low-lying resonances and their decay energies are compared here to the results of sophisticated theoretical modelling, including a large-scale shell-model calculation and a newly developed statistical approach. In both cases, the underlying nuclear interactions were derived from effective field theories of quantum chromodynamics. Finally, it is shown that the cross-section for the production of 28O from a 29F beam is consistent with it not exhibiting a closed N = 20 shell structure.
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- Y Kondo
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan.
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Lebanese-French University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Deddeh, Lebanon
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Atomki, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Liberal and General Education Center, Institute for Promotion of Higher Academic Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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Xu ZY, Madurga M, Grzywacz R, King TT, Algora A, Andreyev AN, Benito J, Berry T, Borge MJG, Costache C, De Witte H, Fijalkowska A, Fraile LM, Fynbo HOU, Gottardo A, Halverson C, Harkness-Brennan LJ, Heideman J, Huyse M, Illana A, Janiak Ł, Judson DS, Korgul A, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Lazarus I, Lică R, Lozeva R, Marginean N, Marginean R, Mazzocchi C, Mihai C, Mihai RE, Morales AI, Page RD, Pakarinen J, Piersa-Siłkowska M, Podolyák Z, Sarriguren P, Singh M, Sotty C, Stepaniuk M, Tengblad O, Turturica A, Van Duppen P, Vedia V, Viñals S, Warr N, Yokoyama R, Yuan CX. ^{133}In: A Rosetta Stone for Decays of r-Process Nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:022501. [PMID: 37505957 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.022501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
Abstract
The β decays from both the ground state and a long-lived isomer of ^{133}In were studied at the ISOLDE Decay Station (IDS). With a hybrid detection system sensitive to β, γ, and neutron spectroscopy, the comparative partial half-lives (logft) have been measured for all their dominant β-decay channels for the first time, including a low-energy Gamow-Teller transition and several first-forbidden (FF) transitions. Uniquely for such a heavy neutron-rich nucleus, their β decays selectively populate only a few isolated neutron unbound states in ^{133}Sn. Precise energy and branching-ratio measurements of those resonances allow us to benchmark β-decay theories at an unprecedented level in this region of the nuclear chart. The results show good agreement with the newly developed large-scale shell model (LSSM) calculations. The experimental findings establish an archetype for the β decay of neutron-rich nuclei southeast of ^{132}Sn and will serve as a guide for future theoretical development aiming to describe accurately the key β decays in the rapid-neutron capture (r-) process.
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- Z Y Xu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), P. O. Box 51, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Grupo de Física Nuclear and IPARCOS, Facultad de CC. Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131, Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 113 bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Grupo de Física Nuclear and IPARCOS, Facultad de CC. Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- IPN, IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, 05-400 Otwock, świerk, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- CENBG, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- STFC Daresbury, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
- ISOLDE, EP Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
- ISOLDE, EP Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 113 bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 113 bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Grupo de Física Nuclear and IPARCOS, Facultad de CC. Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 113 bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, Guangdong, China
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Vernon AR, Garcia Ruiz RF, Miyagi T, Binnersley CL, Billowes J, Bissell ML, Bonnard J, Cocolios TE, Dobaczewski J, Farooq-Smith GJ, Flanagan KT, Georgiev G, Gins W, de Groote RP, Heinke R, Holt JD, Hustings J, Koszorús Á, Leimbach D, Lynch KM, Neyens G, Stroberg SR, Wilkins SG, Yang XF, Yordanov DT. Nuclear moments of indium isotopes reveal abrupt change at magic number 82. Nature 2022; 607:260-265. [PMID: 35831598 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04818-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
In spite of the high-density and strongly correlated nature of the atomic nucleus, experimental and theoretical evidence suggests that around particular 'magic' numbers of nucleons, nuclear properties are governed by a single unpaired nucleon1,2. A microscopic understanding of the extent of this behaviour and its evolution in neutron-rich nuclei remains an open question in nuclear physics3-5. The indium isotopes are considered a textbook example of this phenomenon6, in which the constancy of their electromagnetic properties indicated that a single unpaired proton hole can provide the identity of a complex many-nucleon system6,7. Here we present precision laser spectroscopy measurements performed to investigate the validity of this simple single-particle picture. Observation of an abrupt change in the dipole moment at N = 82 indicates that, whereas the single-particle picture indeed dominates at neutron magic number N = 82 (refs. 2,8), it does not for previously studied isotopes. To investigate the microscopic origin of these observations, our work provides a combined effort with developments in two complementary nuclear many-body methods: ab initio valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group and density functional theory (DFT). We find that the inclusion of time-symmetry-breaking mean fields is essential for a correct description of nuclear magnetic properties, which were previously poorly constrained. These experimental and theoretical findings are key to understanding how seemingly simple single-particle phenomena naturally emerge from complex interactions among protons and neutrons.
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- A R Vernon
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. .,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. .,Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. .,Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.,Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,Engineering Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.,IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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Sensitivity of Neutron-Rich Nuclear Isomer Behavior to Uncertainties in Direct Transitions. Symmetry (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/sym13101831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nuclear isomers are populated in the rapid neutron capture process (r process) of nucleosynthesis. The r process may cover a wide range of temperatures, potentially starting from several tens of GK (several MeV) and then cooling as material is ejected from the event. As the r-process environment cools, isomers can freeze out of thermal equilibrium or be directly populated as astrophysically metastable isomers (astromers). Astromers can undergo reactions and decays at rates very different from the ground state, so they may need to be treated independently in nucleosythesis simulations. Two key behaviors of astromers—ground state ↔ isomer transition rates and thermalization temperatures—are determined by direct transition rates between pairs of nuclear states. We perform a sensitivity study to constrain the effects of unknown transitions on astromer behavior. Detailed balance ensures that ground → isomer and isomer → ground transitions are symmetric, so unknown transitions are equally impactful in both directions. We also introduce a categorization of astromers that describes their potential effects in hot environments. We provide a table of neutron-rich isomers that includes the astromer type, thermalization temperature, and key unmeasured transition rates.
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Gray TJ, Allmond JM, Stuchbery AE, Yu CH, Baktash C, Gargano A, Galindo-Uribarri A, Radford DC, Batchelder JC, Beene JR, Bingham CR, Coraggio L, Covello A, Danchev M, Gross CJ, Hausladen PA, Itaco N, Krolas W, Liang JF, Padilla-Rodal E, Pavan J, Stracener DW, Varner RL. Early Signal of Emerging Nuclear Collectivity in Neutron-Rich ^{129}Sb. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:032502. [PMID: 32031845 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.032502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Radioactive ^{129}Sb, which can be treated as a proton plus semimagic ^{128}Sn core within the particle-core coupling scheme, was studied by Coulomb excitation. Reduced electric quadrupole transition probabilities, B(E2), for the 2^{+}⊗πg_{7/2} multiplet members and candidate πd_{5/2} state were measured. The results indicate that the total electric quadrupole strength of ^{129}Sb is a factor of 1.39(11) larger than the ^{128}Sn core, which is in stark contrast to the expectations of the empirically successful particle-core coupling scheme. Shell-model calculations performed with two different sets of nucleon-nucleon interactions suggest that this enhanced collectivity is due to constructive quadrupole coherence in the wave functions stemming from the proton-neutron residual interactions, where adding one nucleon to a core near a double-shell closure can have a pronounced effect. The enhanced electric quadrupole strength is an early signal of the emerging nuclear collectivity that becomes dominant away from the shell closure.
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- T J Gray
- Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "Ettore Pancini", Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Viale Abramo Lincoln 5, I-81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), PL-31342 Kraków, Poland
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, AP 70-543, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Vaquero V, Jungclaus A, Aumann T, Tscheuschner J, Litvinova EV, Tostevin JA, Baba H, Ahn DS, Avigo R, Boretzky K, Bracco A, Caesar C, Camera F, Chen S, Derya V, Doornenbal P, Endres J, Fukuda N, Garg U, Giaz A, Harakeh MN, Heil M, Horvat A, Ieki K, Imai N, Inabe N, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kobayashi N, Kondo Y, Koyama S, Kubo T, Martel I, Matsushita M, Million B, Motobayashi T, Nakamura T, Nakatsuka N, Nishimura M, Nishimura S, Ota S, Otsu H, Ozaki T, Petri M, Reifarth R, Rodríguez-Sánchez JL, Rossi D, Saito AT, Sakurai H, Savran D, Scheit H, Schindler F, Schrock P, Semmler D, Shiga Y, Shikata M, Shimizu Y, Simon H, Steppenbeck D, Suzuki H, Sumikama T, Symochko D, Syndikus I, Takeda H, Takeuchi S, Taniuchi R, Togano Y, Tsubota J, Wang H, Wieland O, Yoneda K, Zenihiro J, Zilges A. Fragmentation of Single-Particle Strength around the Doubly Magic Nucleus ^{132}Sn and the Position of the 0f_{5/2} Proton-Hole State in ^{131}In. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:022501. [PMID: 32004026 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.022501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Spectroscopic factors of neutron-hole and proton-hole states in ^{131}Sn and ^{131}In, respectively, were measured using one-nucleon removal reactions from doubly magic ^{132}Sn at relativistic energies. For ^{131}In, a 2910(50)-keV γ ray was observed for the first time and tentatively assigned to a decay from a 5/2^{-} state at 3275(50) keV to the known 1/2^{-} level at 365 keV. The spectroscopic factors determined for this new excited state and three other single-hole states provide first evidence for a strong fragmentation of single-hole strength in ^{131}Sn and ^{131}In. The experimental results are compared to theoretical calculations based on the relativistic particle-vibration coupling model and to experimental information for single-hole states in the stable doubly magic nucleus ^{208}Pb.
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- V Vaquero
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- KVI-CART, Zernikelaan 25, NL-9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Departamento de Fsica Aplicada, Universidad de Huelva, E-21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe University Frankfurt, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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This contribution reports on a shell-model study of nuclei in the 132Sn region employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential renormalized through the use of the Vlow−k approach. We shall focus on some selected results for nuclei with a few valence particles and/or holes with respect to 132Sn, namely Sn isotopes with N > 82 and 130Te, which have, in part, been discussed in previous papers. Results are compared with experiments, and predictions that may provide guidance to future experiments are also discussed. It is the aim of this contribution to underline the importance of studying 132Sn neighbours to acquire a deep understanding of nuclear structure, that may be very useful also in other physics fields, and to show that the realistic shell model is a very effective tool to conduct these studies.
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Chen ZQ, Li ZH, Hua H, Watanabe H, Yuan CX, Zhang SQ, Lorusso G, Nishimura S, Baba H, Browne F, Benzoni G, Chae KY, Crespi FCL, Doornenbal P, Fukuda N, Gey G, Gernhäuser R, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jiang DX, Jungclaus A, Jung HS, Jin Y, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kondev FG, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Li XQ, Lou JL, Lane GJ, Li CG, Luo DW, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Niu CY, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Sumikama T, Söderström PA, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Simpson GS, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Taprogge J, Takeda H, Vajta Z, Wang HK, Wu J, Wendt A, Wang CG, Wu HY, Wang X, Wu CG, Xu C, Xu ZY, Yagi A, Ye YL, Yoshinaga K. Proton Shell Evolution below ^{132}Sn: First Measurement of Low-Lying β-Emitting Isomers in ^{123,125}Ag. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:212502. [PMID: 31283301 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.212502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The β-delayed γ-ray spectroscopy of neutron-rich ^{123,125}Ag isotopes is investigated at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory of RIKEN, and the long-predicted 1/2^{-} β-emitting isomers in ^{123,125}Ag are identified for the first time. With the new experimental results, the systematic trend of energy spacing between the lowest 9/2^{+} and 1/2^{-} levels is extended in Ag isotopes up to N=78, providing a clear signal for the reduction of the Z=40 subshell gap in Ag towards N=82. Shell-model calculations with the state-of-the-art V_{MU} plus M3Y spin-orbit interaction give a satisfactory description of the low-lying states in ^{123,125}Ag. The tensor force is found to play a crucial role in the evolution of the size of the Z=40 subshell gap. The observed inversion of the single-particle levels around ^{123}Ag can be well interpreted in terms of the monopole shift of the π1g_{9/2} orbitals mainly caused by the increasing occupation of ν1h_{11/2} orbitals.
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- Z Q Chen
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- IRCNPC, School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- National Physical Laboratory, NPL, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- LPSC, Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
- Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, R.S.P.E., Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, A.C. 22085, E 46071, Valencia, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- LPSC, Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary
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- College of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, Zhoukou Normal University, Henan 466000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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Gorges C, Rodríguez LV, Balabanski DL, Bissell ML, Blaum K, Cheal B, Garcia Ruiz RF, Georgiev G, Gins W, Heylen H, Kanellakopoulos A, Kaufmann S, Kowalska M, Lagaki V, Lechner S, Maaß B, Malbrunot-Ettenauer S, Nazarewicz W, Neugart R, Neyens G, Nörtershäuser W, Reinhard PG, Sailer S, Sánchez R, Schmidt S, Wehner L, Wraith C, Xie L, Xu ZY, Yang XF, Yordanov DT. Laser Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Tin Isotopes: A Discontinuity in Charge Radii across the N=82 Shell Closure. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:192502. [PMID: 31144969 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.192502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The change in mean-square nuclear charge radii δ⟨r^{2}⟩ along the even-A tin isotopic chain ^{108-134}Sn has been investigated by means of collinear laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE/CERN using the atomic transitions 5p^{2} ^{1}S_{0}→5p6 s^{1}P_{1} and 5p^{2} ^{3}P_{0}→5p6s ^{3}P_{1}. With the determination of the charge radius of ^{134}Sn and corrected values for some of the neutron-rich isotopes, the evolution of the charge radii across the N=82 shell closure is established. A clear kink at the doubly magic ^{132}Sn is revealed, similar to what has been observed at N=82 in other isotopic chains with larger proton numbers, and at the N=126 shell closure in doubly magic ^{208}Pb. While most standard nuclear density functional calculations struggle with a consistent explanation of these discontinuities, we demonstrate that a recently developed Fayans energy density functional provides a coherent description of the kinks at both doubly magic nuclei, ^{132}Sn and ^{208}Pb, without sacrificing the overall performance. A multiple correlation analysis leads to the conclusion that both kinks are related to pairing and surface effects.
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- C Gorges
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay, France
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- ELI-NP, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay, France
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Technische Universität Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, Austria
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and FRIB Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institut für Kernchemie, Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Technische Universität München, D-80333 Munich, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernchemie, Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay, France
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Rosiak D, Seidlitz M, Reiter P, Naïdja H, Tsunoda Y, Togashi T, Nowacki F, Otsuka T, Colò G, Arnswald K, Berry T, Blazhev A, Borge MJG, Cederkäll J, Cox DM, De Witte H, Gaffney LP, Henrich C, Hirsch R, Huyse M, Illana A, Johnston K, Kaya L, Kröll T, Benito MLL, Ojala J, Pakarinen J, Queiser M, Rainovski G, Rodriguez JA, Siebeck B, Siesling E, Snäll J, Van Duppen P, Vogt A, von Schmid M, Warr N, Wenander F, Zell KO. Enhanced Quadrupole and Octupole Strength in Doubly Magic ^{132}Sn. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:252501. [PMID: 30608829 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.252501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The first 2^{+} and 3^{-} states of the doubly magic nucleus ^{132}Sn are populated via safe Coulomb excitation employing the recently commissioned HIE-ISOLDE accelerator at CERN in conjunction with the highly efficient MINIBALL array. The ^{132}Sn ions are accelerated to an energy of 5.49 MeV/nucleon and impinged on a ^{206}Pb target. Deexciting γ rays from the low-lying excited states of the target and the projectile are recorded in coincidence with scattered particles. The reduced transition strengths are determined for the transitions 0_{g.s.}^{+}→2_{1}^{+}, 0_{g.s.}^{+}→3_{1}^{-}, and 2_{1}^{+}→3_{1}^{-} in ^{132}Sn. The results on these states provide crucial information on cross-shell configurations which are determined within large-scale shell-model and Monte Carlo shell-model calculations as well as from random-phase approximation and relativistic random-phase approximation. The locally enhanced B(E2;0_{g.s.}^{+}→2_{1}^{+}) strength is consistent with the microscopic description of the structure of the respective states within all theoretical approaches. The presented results of experiment and theory can be considered to be the first direct verification of the sphericity and double magicity of ^{132}Sn.
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- D Rosiak
- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 rue du Loess, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR 7178, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
- Université Constantine 1, LPMS, route Ain El Bey, DZ-25000 Constantine, Algeria
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 rue du Loess, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR 7178, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitò degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Atomic Physics, University of Sofia, 5 James Bourchier Boulevard, BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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Morris TD, Simonis J, Stroberg SR, Stumpf C, Hagen G, Holt JD, Jansen GR, Papenbrock T, Roth R, Schwenk A. Structure of the Lightest Tin Isotopes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:152503. [PMID: 29756897 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.152503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We link the structure of nuclei around ^{100}Sn, the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with equal neutron and proton numbers (N=Z=50), to nucleon-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon (NNN) forces constrained by data of few-nucleon systems. Our results indicate that ^{100}Sn is doubly magic, and we predict its quadrupole collectivity. We present precise computations of ^{101}Sn based on three-particle-two-hole excitations of ^{100}Sn, and we find that one interaction accurately reproduces the small splitting between the lowest J^{π}=7/2^{+} and 5/2^{+} states.
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- T D Morris
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Physics Department, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Vaquero V, Jungclaus A, Doornenbal P, Wimmer K, Gargano A, Tostevin JA, Chen S, Nácher E, Sahin E, Shiga Y, Steppenbeck D, Taniuchi R, Xu ZY, Ando T, Baba H, Garrote FLB, Franchoo S, Hadynska-Klek K, Kusoglu A, Liu J, Lokotko T, Momiyama S, Motobayashi T, Nagamine S, Nakatsuka N, Niikura M, Orlandi R, Saito T, Sakurai H, Söderström PA, Tveten GM, Vajta Z, Yalcinkaya M. Gamma Decay of Unbound Neutron-Hole States in ^{133}Sn. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:202502. [PMID: 28581778 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.202502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Excited states in the nucleus ^{133}Sn, with one neutron outside the double magic ^{132}Sn core, were populated following one-neutron knockout from a ^{134}Sn beam on a carbon target at relativistic energies at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN. Besides the γ rays emitted in the decay of the known neutron single-particle states in ^{133}Sn additional γ strength in the energy range 3.5-5.5 MeV was observed for the first time. Since the neutron-separation energy of ^{133}Sn is low, S_{n}=2.402(4) MeV, this observation provides direct evidence for the radiative decay of neutron-unbound states in this nucleus. The ability of electromagnetic decay to compete successfully with neutron emission at energies as high as 3 MeV above threshold is attributed to a mismatch between the wave functions of the initial and final states in the latter case. These findings suggest that in the region southeast of ^{132}Sn nuclear structure effects may play a significant role in the neutron versus γ competition in the decay of unbound states. As a consequence, the common neglect of such effects in the evaluation of the neutron-emission probabilities in calculations of global β-decay properties for astrophysical simulations may have to be reconsidered.
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- V Vaquero
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Bejing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire Orsay, IN2P3-CNRS, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
- ELI-NP, Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
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Allmond JM, Stuchbery AE, Baktash C, Gargano A, Galindo-Uribarri A, Radford DC, Bingham CR, Brown BA, Coraggio L, Covello A, Danchev M, Gross CJ, Hausladen PA, Itaco N, Lagergren K, Padilla-Rodal E, Pavan J, Riley MA, Stone NJ, Stracener DW, Varner RL, Yu CH. Electromagnetic Moments of Radioactive ^{136}Te and the Emergence of Collectivity 2p⊕2n Outside of Double-Magic ^{132}Sn. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:092503. [PMID: 28306272 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.092503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Radioactive ^{136}Te has two valence protons and two valence neutrons outside of the ^{132}Sn double shell closure, providing a simple laboratory for exploring the emergence of collectivity and nucleon-nucleon interactions. Coulomb excitation of ^{136}Te on a titanium target was utilized to determine an extensive set of electromagnetic moments for the three lowest-lying states, including B(E2;0_{1}^{+}→2_{1}^{+}), Q(2_{1}^{+}), and g(2_{1}^{+}). The results indicate that the first-excited state, 2_{1}^{+}, composed of the simple 2p⊕2n system, is prolate deformed, and its wave function is dominated by excited valence neutron configurations, but not to the extent previously suggested. It is demonstrated that extreme sensitivity of g(2_{1}^{+}) to the proton and neutron contributions to the wave function provides unique insight into the nature of emerging collectivity, and g(2_{1}^{+}) was used to differentiate among several state-of-the-art theoretical calculations. Our results are best described by the most recent shell model calculations.
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- J M Allmond
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "Ettore Pancini", Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Viale Abramo Lincoln 5, I-81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, AP 70-543, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Hagen G, Jansen GR, Papenbrock T. Structure of ^{78}Ni from First-Principles Computations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:172501. [PMID: 27824459 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.172501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Doubly magic nuclei have a simple structure and are the cornerstones for entire regions of the nuclear chart. Theoretical insights into the supposedly doubly magic ^{78}Ni and its neighbors are challenging because of the extreme neutron-to-proton ratio and the proximity of the continuum. We predict the J^{π}=2_{1}^{+} state in ^{78}Ni from a correlation with the J^{π}=2_{1}^{+} state in ^{48}Ca using chiral nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon interactions. Our results confirm that ^{78}Ni is doubly magic, and the predicted low-lying states of ^{79,80}Ni open the way for shell-model studies of many more rare isotopes.
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- G Hagen
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Mitchell AJ, Copp P, Savard G, Lister CJ, Lane GJ, Carpenter MP, Clark JA, Zhu S, Ayangeakaa AD, Bottoni S, Brown TB, Chowdhury P, Chillery TW, David HM, Hartley DJ, Heckmaier E, Janssens RVF, Kolos K, Kondev FG, Lauritsen T, McCutchan EA, Norman EB, Padgett S, Scielzo ND, Seweryniak D, Smith ML, Wilson GL. Recent advances inβ-decay spectroscopy at CARIBU. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612304006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Hagen G, Papenbrock T, Hjorth-Jensen M, Dean DJ. Coupled-cluster computations of atomic nuclei. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2014; 77:096302. [PMID: 25222372 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/77/9/096302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the past decade, coupled-cluster theory has seen a renaissance in nuclear physics, with computations of neutron-rich and medium-mass nuclei. The method is efficient for nuclei with product-state references, and it describes many aspects of weakly bound and unbound nuclei. This report reviews the technical and conceptual developments of this method in nuclear physics, and the results of coupled-cluster calculations for nucleonic matter, and for exotic isotopes of helium, oxygen, calcium, and some of their neighbors.
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- G Hagen
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Allmond JM, Stuchbery AE, Beene JR, Galindo-Uribarri A, Liang JF, Padilla-Rodal E, Radford DC, Varner RL, Ayres A, Batchelder JC, Bey A, Bingham CR, Howard ME, Jones KL, Manning B, Mueller PE, Nesaraja CD, Pain SD, Peters WA, Ratkiewicz A, Schmitt KT, Shapira D, Smith MS, Stone NJ, Stracener DW, Yu CH. Double-magic nature of 132Sn and 208Pb through lifetime and cross-section measurements. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:172701. [PMID: 24836240 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.172701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Single-neutron states in (133)Sn and (209)Pb, which are analogous to single-electron states outside of closed atomic shells in alkali metals, were populated by the ((9)Be, (8)Be) one-neutron transfer reaction in inverse kinematics using particle-γ coincidence spectroscopy. In addition, the s(1/2) single-neutron hole-state candidate in (131)Sn was populated by ((9)Be, (10)Be). Doubly closed-shell (132)Sn (radioactive) and (208)Pb (stable) beams were used at sub-Coulomb barrier energies of 3 MeV per nucleon. Level energies, γ-ray transitions, absolute cross sections, spectroscopic factors, asymptotic normalization coefficients, and excited-state lifetimes are reported and compared with shell-model expectations. The results include a new transition and precise level energy for the 3p(1/2) candidate in (133)Sn, new absolute cross sections for the 1h(9/2) candidate in (133)Sn and 3s(1/2) candidate in (131)Sn, and new lifetimes for excited states in (133)Sn and (209)Pb. This is the first report on excited-state lifetimes of (133)Sn, which allow for a unique test of the nuclear shell model and (132)Sn double-shell closure.
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- J M Allmond
- JINPA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, AP 70-543, 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA and Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Taprogge J, Jungclaus A, Grawe H, Nishimura S, Doornenbal P, Lorusso G, Simpson GS, Söderström PA, Sumikama T, Xu ZY, Baba H, Browne F, Fukuda N, Gernhäuser R, Gey G, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jung HS, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Li Z, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Vajta Z, Watanabe H, Wu J, Yagi A, Yoshinaga K, Benzoni G, Bönig S, Chae KY, Coraggio L, Covello A, Daugas JM, Drouet F, Gadea A, Gargano A, Ilieva S, Kondev FG, Kröll T, Lane GJ, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Mücher D, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Wendt A. 1p3/2 proton-hole state in 132Sn and the shell structure along N = 82. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:132501. [PMID: 24745408 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.132501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A low-lying state in 131In82, the one-proton hole nucleus with respect to double magic 132Sn, was observed by its γ decay to the Iπ=1/2- β-emitting isomer. We identify the new state at an excitation energy of Ex=1353 keV, which was populated both in the β decay of 131Cd83 and after β-delayed neutron emission from 132Cd84, as the previously unknown πp3/2 single-hole state with respect to the 132Sn core. Exploiting this crucial new experimental information, shell-model calculations were performed to study the structure of experimentally inaccessible N=82 isotones below 132Sn. The results evidence a surprising absence of proton subshell closures along the chain of N=82 isotones. The consequences of this finding for the evolution of the N=82 shell gap along the r-process path are discussed.
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- J Taprogge
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain and Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain and RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4JG, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France and Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea and Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and State key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Physics and State key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon cedex, France
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Instituto de Fsica Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Instituto de Fsica Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern- en StralingsFysica, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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Rauscher T, Dauphas N, Dillmann I, Fröhlich C, Fülöp Z, Gyürky G. Constraining the astrophysical origin of the p-nuclei through nuclear physics and meteoritic data. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2013; 76:066201. [PMID: 23660558 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/76/6/066201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A small number of naturally occurring, proton-rich nuclides (the p-nuclei) cannot be made in the s- and r-processes. Their origin is not well understood. Massive stars can produce p-nuclei through photodisintegration of pre-existing intermediate and heavy nuclei. This so-called γ-process requires high stellar plasma temperatures and occurs mainly in explosive O/Ne burning during a core-collapse supernova. Although the γ-process in massive stars has been successful in producing a large range of p-nuclei, significant deficiencies remain. An increasing number of processes and sites has been studied in recent years in search of viable alternatives replacing or supplementing the massive star models. A large number of unstable nuclei, however, with only theoretically predicted reaction rates are included in the reaction network and thus the nuclear input may also bear considerable uncertainties. The current status of astrophysical models, nuclear input and observational constraints is reviewed. After an overview of currently discussed models, the focus is on the possibility to better constrain those models through different means. Meteoritic data not only provide the actual isotopic abundances of the p-nuclei but can also put constraints on the possible contribution of proton-rich nucleosynthesis. The main part of the review focuses on the nuclear uncertainties involved in the determination of the astrophysical reaction rates required for the extended reaction networks used in nucleosynthesis studies. Experimental approaches are discussed together with their necessary connection to theory, which is especially pronounced for reactions with intermediate and heavy nuclei in explosive nuclear burning, even close to stability.
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- T Rauscher
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Kozub RL, Arbanas G, Adekola AS, Bardayan DW, Blackmon JC, Chae KY, Chipps KA, Cizewski JA, Erikson L, Hatarik R, Hix WR, Jones KL, Krolas W, Liang JF, Ma Z, Matei C, Moazen BH, Nesaraja CD, Pain SD, Shapira D, Shriner JF, Smith MS, Swan TP. Neutron single particle structure in 131Sn and direct neutron capture cross sections. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:172501. [PMID: 23215181 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.172501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Recent calculations suggest that the rate of neutron capture by (130)Sn has a significant impact on late-time nucleosynthesis in the r process. Direct capture into low-lying bound states is expected to be significant in neutron capture near the N=82 closed shell, so r-process reaction rates may be strongly impacted by the properties of neutron single particle states in this region. In order to investigate these properties, the (d,p) reaction has been studied in inverse kinematics using a 630 MeV beam of (130)Sn (4.8 MeV/u) and a (CD(2))(n) target. An array of Si strip detectors, including the Silicon Detector Array and an early implementation of the Oak Ridge Rutgers University Barrel Array, was used to detect reaction products. Results for the (130)Sn(d, p)(131)Sn reaction are found to be very similar to those from the previously reported (132)Sn(d, p)(133)Sn reaction. Direct-semidirect (n,γ) cross section calculations, based for the first time on experimental data, are presented. The uncertainties in these cross sections are thus reduced by orders of magnitude from previous estimates.
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- R L Kozub
- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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Hakala J, Dobaczewski J, Gorelov D, Eronen T, Jokinen A, Kankainen A, Kolhinen VS, Kortelainen M, Moore ID, Penttilä H, Rinta-Antila S, Rissanen J, Saastamoinen A, Sonnenschein V, Äystö J. Precision mass measurements beyond 132Sn: anomalous behavior of odd-even staggering of binding energies. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:032501. [PMID: 22861839 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.032501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Atomic masses of the neutron-rich isotopes (121-128)Cd, (129,131)In, (130-135)Sn, (131-136)Sb, and (132-140)Te have been measured with high precision (10 ppb) using the Penning-trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP. Among these, the masses of four r-process nuclei (135)Sn, (136)Sb, and (139,140)Te were measured for the first time. An empirical neutron pairing gap expressed as the odd-even staggering of isotopic masses shows a strong quenching across N = 82 for Sn, with a Z dependence that is unexplainable by the current theoretical models.
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- J Hakala
- Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35 (YFL), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Zhao PW, Li LL, Li ZP, Niu ZM, Ring P, Yao JM, Zhou SG, Meng J. Covariant density functional theory and applications in nuclear physics and r-process. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2012. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20123802001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Potel G, Barranco F, Marini F, Idini A, Vigezzi E, Broglia RA. Calculation of the transition from pairing vibrational to pairing rotational regimes between magic nuclei ¹⁰⁰Sn and ¹³²Sn via two-nucleon transfer reactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:092501. [PMID: 21929232 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.092501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Absolute values of two-particle transfer cross sections along the Sn-isotopic chain are calculated. They agree with measurements within errors and without free parameters. Within this scenario, the predictions concerning the absolute value of the two-particle transfer cross sections associated with the excitation of the pairing vibrational spectrum expected around the recently discovered closed shell nucleus(50)(132)Sn(82) and the very exotic nucleus (50)(100)Sn(50) can be considered quantitative, opening new perspectives in the study of pairing in nuclei.
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- G Potel
- Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear y Departamento de Fisica Aplicada III, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Jensen Ø, Hagen G, Hjorth-Jensen M, Brown BA, Gade A. Quenching of spectroscopic factors for proton removal in oxygen isotopes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:032501. [PMID: 21838352 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.032501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present microscopic coupled-cluster calculations of the spectroscopic factors for proton removal from the closed-shell oxygen isotopes (14,16,22,24,28)O with a chiral nucleon-nucleon interaction at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order. We include coupling-to-continuum degrees of freedom by using a Hartree-Fock basis built from a Woods-Saxon single-particle basis. This basis treats bound and continuum states on an equal footing. We find a significant quenching of spectroscopic factors in the neutron-rich oxygen isotopes, pointing to enhanced many-body correlations induced by strong coupling to the scattering continuum above the neutron emission thresholds.
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- Ø Jensen
- Department of Physics and Center of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Darby IG, Grzywacz RK, Batchelder JC, Bingham CR, Cartegni L, Gross CJ, Hjorth-Jensen M, Joss DT, Liddick SN, Nazarewicz W, Padgett S, Page RD, Papenbrock T, Rajabali MM, Rotureau J, Rykaczewski KP. Orbital dependent nucleonic pairing in the lightest known isotopes of tin. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:162502. [PMID: 21230967 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.162502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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By studying the (109)Xe→(105)Te→(101)Sn superallowed α-decay chain, we observe low-lying states in (101)Sn, the one-neutron system outside doubly magic (100)Sn. We find that the spins of the ground state (J=7/2) and first excited state (J=5/2) in (101)Sn are reversed with respect to the traditional level ordering postulated for (103)Sn and the heavier tin isotopes. Through simple arguments and state-of-the-art shell-model calculations we explain this unexpected switch in terms of a transition from the single-particle regime to the collective mode in which orbital-dependent pairing correlations dominate.
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- I G Darby
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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