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Malinowska M, Czerniecka M, Jastrzebska I, Ratkiewicz A, Tylicki A, Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek N. In Vitro and In Silico Studies on Cytotoxic Properties of Oxythiamine and 2'-Methylthiamine. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4359. [PMID: 38673944 PMCID: PMC11050282 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25084359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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It is important to search for cytostatic compounds in order to fight cancer. One of them could be 2'-methylthiamine, which is a thiamine antimetabolite with an additional methyl group at the C-2 carbon of thiazole. So far, the cytostatic potential of 2'-methylthiamine has not been studied. We have come forward with a simplified method of synthesis using commercially available substrates and presented a comparison of its effects, as boosted by oxythiamine, on normal skin fibroblasts and HeLa cancer cells, having adopted in vitro culture techniques. Oxythiamine has been found to inhibit the growth and metabolism of cancer cells significantly better than 2'-methylthiamine (GI50 36 and 107 µM, respectively), while 2'-methylthiamine is more selective for cancer cells than oxythiamine (SI = 180 and 153, respectively). Docking analyses have revealed that 2'-methylthiamine (ΔG -8.2 kcal/mol) demonstrates a better affinity with thiamine pyrophosphokinase than thiamine (ΔG -7.5 kcal/mol ) and oxythiamine (ΔG -7.0 kcal/mol), which includes 2'-methylthiamine as a potential cytostatic. Our results suggest that the limited effect of 2'-methylthiamine on HeLa arises from the related arduous transport as compared to oxythiamine. Given that 2'-methylthiamine may possibly inhibit thiamine pyrophosphokinase, it could once again be considered a potential cytostatic. Thus, research should be carried out in order to find the best way to improve the transport of 2'-methylthiamine into cells, which may trigger its cytostatic properties.
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- Marta Malinowska
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.M.); (I.J.)
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland;
- Laboratory of Tissue Culture, Department of Biology, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.M.); (I.J.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.M.); (I.J.)
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland;
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Jastrzebska I, Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek N, Grześ PA, Ratkiewicz A, Grabowska E, Czerniecka M, Czyżewska U, Tylicki A. New Steroidal Selenides as Proapoptotic Factors. Molecules 2023; 28:7528. [PMID: 38005248 PMCID: PMC10673341 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28227528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Cytostatic and pro-apoptotic effects of selenium steroid derivatives against HeLa cells were determined. The highest cytostatic activity was shown by derivative 4 (GI50 25.0 µM, almost complete growth inhibition after three days of culture, and over 97% of apoptotic and dead cells at 200 µM). The results of our study (cell number measurements, apoptosis profile, relative expression of apoptosis-related APAF1, BID, and mevalonate pathway-involved HMGCR, SQLE, CYP51A1, and PDHB genes, and computational chemistry data) support the hypothesis that tested selenosteroids induce the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis by affecting the cell membrane as cholesterol antimetabolites. An additional mechanism of action is possible through a direct action of derivative 4 to inhibit PDHB expression in a way similar to steroid hormones.
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- Izabella Jastrzebska
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Bialystok, K. Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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Drozdowska D, Maliszewski D, Wróbel A, Ratkiewicz A, Sienkiewicz M. New Benzamides as Multi-Targeted Compounds: A Study on Synthesis, AChE and BACE1 Inhibitory Activity and Molecular Docking. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14901. [PMID: 37834347 PMCID: PMC10573752 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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The synthesis of eleven new and previously undescribed benzamides was designed. These compounds were specifically projected as potential inhibitors of the enzymes acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and β-secretase (BACE1). N,N'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(3-methoxybenzamide) was most active against AChE, with an inhibitory concentration of AChE IC50 = 0.056 µM, while the IC50 for donepezil was 0.046 µM. This compound was also the most active against the BACE1 enzyme. The IC50 value was 9.01 µM compared to that for quercetin, with IC50 = 4.89 µM. Quantitative results identified this derivative to be the most promising. Molecular modeling was performed to elucidate the potential mechanism of action of this compound. Dynamic simulations showed that new ligands only had a limited stabilizing effect on AChE, but all clearly reduced the flexibility of the enzyme. It can, therefore, be concluded that a possible mechanism of inhibition increases the stiffness and decreases the flexibility of the enzyme, which obviously impedes its proper function. An analysis of the H-bonding patterns suggests a different mechanism (from other ligands) when interacting the most active derivative with the enzyme.
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- Danuta Drozdowska
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza Street 2A, 15-222 Białystok, Poland; (D.M.); (A.W.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza Street 2A, 15-222 Białystok, Poland; (D.M.); (A.W.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza Street 2A, 15-222 Białystok, Poland; (D.M.); (A.W.)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K Street, 15-245 Białystok, Poland; (A.R.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K Street, 15-245 Białystok, Poland; (A.R.); (M.S.)
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Maliszewski D, Demirel R, Wróbel A, Baradyn M, Ratkiewicz A, Drozdowska D. s-Triazine Derivatives Functionalized with Alkylating 2-Chloroethylamine Fragments as Promising Antimicrobial Agents: Inhibition of Bacterial DNA Gyrases, Molecular Docking Studies, and Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:1248. [PMID: 37765056 PMCID: PMC10650753 DOI: 10.3390/ph16091248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The spectrum of biological properties of s-triazine derivatives is broad and includes anti-microbial, anti-cancer, and anti-neurodegenerative activities, among others. The s-triazine molecule, due to the possibility of substituting three substituents, offers many opportunities to obtain hybrid compounds with a wide variety of activities. A group of 1,3,5 triazine derivatives containing a dipeptide, 2-ethylpiperazine, and a methoxy group as substituents was screened for their antimicrobial activity. An in vitro study was conducted on pathogenic bacteria (E. coli, S. aureus, B. subtilis, and M. luteus), yeasts (C. albicans), and filamentous fungi (A. fumigatus, A. flavus, F. solani, and P. citrinum) via microdilution in broth, and the results were compared with antibacterial (Streptomycin) and antifungal (Ketoconazole and Nystatin) antibiotics. Several s-triazine analogues have minimal inhibitory concentrations lower than the standard. To confirm the inhibitory potential of the most active compounds against gyrases E. coli and S. aureus, a bacterial gyrases inhibition assay, and molecular docking studies were performed. The most active s-triazine derivatives contained the -NH-Trp(Boc)-AlaOMe, -NH-Asp(OtBu)-AlaOMe, and -NH-PheOMe moieties in their structures.
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- Dawid Maliszewski
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.M.); (A.W.)
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- Department of Biology, Eskisehir Technical University, Eskişehir 26555, Turkey;
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.M.); (A.W.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.B.); (A.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.B.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.M.); (A.W.)
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Bleuel D, Anderson S, Bernstein L, Brown J, Caggiano J, Goldblum B, Gordon J, Hall J, Harrig K, Johnson M, Laplace T, Marsh R, Montague M, Ratkiewicz A, Rusnak B, Velsko C. The 40Ar(d,p)41Ar cross section between 3–7 MeV. Appl Radiat Isot 2022; 190:110509. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kotowska U, Karpińska J, Kiejza D, Ratkiewicz A, Piekutin J, Makarova K, Olchowik-Grabarek E. Oxidation of contaminants of emerging concern by combination of peracetic acid with iron ions and various types of light radiation – optimization, kinetics, removal efficiency and mechanism investigation. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Baradyn M, Ratkiewicz A. On-The-Fly Kinetics of the Hydrogen Abstraction by Hydroperoxyl Radical: An Application of the Reaction Class Transition State Theory. Front Chem 2022; 9:806873. [PMID: 35174142 PMCID: PMC8841336 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.806873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A Reaction Class Transition State Theory (RC-TST) is applied to calculate thermal rate constants for hydrogen abstraction by OOH radical from alkanes in the temperature range of 300–2500 K. The rate constants for the reference reaction C2H6 + ∙OOH → ∙C2H5 + H2O2, is obtained with the Canonical Variational Transition State Theory (CVT) augmented with the Small Curvature Tunneling (SCT) correction. The necessary parameters were obtained from M06-2X/aug-cc-pVTZ data for a training set of 24 reactions. Depending on the approximation employed, only the reaction energy or no additional parameters are needed to predict the RC-TST rates for other class representatives. Although each of the reactions can in principle be investigated at higher levels of theory, the approach provides a nearly equally reliable rate constant at a fraction of the cost needed for larger and higher level calculations. The systematic error is smaller than 50% in comparison with high level computations. Satisfactory agreement with literature data, augmented by the lack of necessity of tedious and time consuming transition state calculations, facilitated the seamless application of the proposed methodology to the Automated Reaction Mechanism Generators (ARMGs) programs.
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Wróbel A, Baradyn M, Ratkiewicz A, Drozdowska D. Synthesis, Biological Activity, and Molecular Dynamics Study of Novel Series of a Trimethoprim Analogs as Multi-Targeted Compounds: Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR) Inhibitors and DNA-Binding Agents. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3685. [PMID: 33916202 PMCID: PMC8037161 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Eighteen previously undescribed trimethoprim (TMP) analogs containing amide bonds (1-18) were synthesized and compared with TMP, methotrexate (MTX), and netropsin (NT). These compounds were designed as potential minor groove binding agents (MGBAs) and inhibitors of human dihydrofolate reductase (hDHFR). The all-new derivatives were obtained via solid phase synthesis using 4-nitrophenyl Wang resin. Data from the ethidium displacement test confirmed their DNA-binding capacity. Compounds 13-14 (49.89% and 43.85%) and 17-18 (41.68% and 42.99%) showed a higher binding affinity to pBR322 plasmid than NT. The possibility of binding in a minor groove as well as determination of association constants were performed using calf thymus DNA, T4 coliphage DNA, poly (dA-dT)2, and poly (dG-dC)2. With the exception of compounds 9 (IC50 = 56.05 µM) and 11 (IC50 = 55.32 µM), all of the compounds showed better inhibitory properties against hDHFR than standard, which confirms that the addition of the amide bond into the TMP structures increases affinity towards hDHFR. Derivatives 2, 6, 13, 14, and 16 were found to be the most potent hDHFR inhibitors. This molecular modelling study shows that they interact strongly with a catalytically important residue Glu-30.
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- Agnieszka Wróbel
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.B.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (M.B.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland;
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Baj A, Cedrowski J, Olchowik-Grabarek E, Ratkiewicz A, Witkowski S. Synthesis, DFT Calculations, and In Vitro Antioxidant Study on Novel Carba-Analogs of Vitamin E. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:antiox8120589. [PMID: 31779214 PMCID: PMC6943657 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8120589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Vitamin E is the most active natural lipophilic antioxidant with a broad spectrum of biological activity. α-Tocopherol (α-T), the main representative of the vitamin E family, is a strong inhibitor of lipid peroxidation as a chain-breaking antioxidant. Antioxidant and antiradical properties of vitamin E result from the presence of a phenolic hydroxyl group at the C-6 position. Due to stereoelectronic effects in the dihydropyranyl ring, the dissociation enthalpy for phenolic O–H bond (BDEOH) is reduced. The high chain-breaking reactivity of α-T is mainly attributed to orbital overlapping of the 2p-type lone pair on the oxygen atom (O1) in para position to the phenolic group, and the aromatic π-electron system. The influence of the O1 atom on the antioxidant activity of vitamin E was estimated quantitatively. The all-rac-1-carba-α-tocopherol was synthesized for the first time. Along with model compounds, 1-carba-analog of Trolox and its methyl ester were screened for their in vitro antioxidant activity by inhibition of styrene oxidation, and for the radical-reducing properties by means of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical (DPPH) scavenging assay. To study the antioxidant activity, density functional theory (DFT) was also applied. Reaction enthalpies related to HAT (hydrogen atom transfer), SET–PT (sequential electron transfer—proton transfer), and SPLET (sequential proton loss—electron transfer) mechanisms were calculated.
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- Aneta Baj
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (A.B.); (A.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (A.B.); (A.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland; (A.B.); (A.R.)
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Wałejko P, Dobrzycki Ł, Ratkiewicz A, Socha P, Witkowski S, Cyrański MK. An X-ray and Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) structural study of α-tocopheryl and 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-yl succinates. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hall MR, Bardayan DW, Baugher T, Lepailleur A, Pain SD, Ratkiewicz A, Ahn S, Allen JM, Anderson JT, Ayangeakaa AD, Blackmon JC, Burcher S, Carpenter MP, Cha SM, Chae KY, Chipps KA, Cizewski JA, Febbraro M, Hall O, Hu J, Jiang CL, Jones KL, Lee EJ, O'Malley PD, Ota S, Rasco BC, Santiago-Gonzalez D, Seweryniak D, Sims H, Smith K, Tan WP, Thompson P, Thornsberry C, Varner RL, Walter D, Wilson GL, Zhu S. Key ^{19}Ne States Identified Affecting γ-Ray Emission from ^{18}F in Novae. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:052701. [PMID: 30822026 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.052701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Detection of nuclear-decay γ rays provides a sensitive thermometer of nova nucleosynthesis. The most intense γ-ray flux is thought to be annihilation radiation from the β^{+} decay of ^{18}F, which is destroyed prior to decay by the ^{18}F(p,α)^{15}O reaction. Estimates of ^{18}F production had been uncertain, however, because key near-threshold levels in the compound nucleus, ^{19}Ne, had yet to be identified. We report the first measurement of the ^{19}F(^{3}He,tγ)^{19}Ne reaction, in which the placement of two long-sought 3/2^{+} levels is suggested via triton-γ-γ coincidences. The precise determination of their resonance energies reduces the upper limit of the rate by a factor of 1.5-17 at nova temperatures and reduces the average uncertainty on the nova detection probability by a factor of 2.1.
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- M R Hall
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, 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, 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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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, 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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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, 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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- 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 Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Ratkiewicz A, Cizewski JA, Escher JE, Potel G, Burke JT, Casperson RJ, McCleskey M, Austin RAE, Burcher S, Hughes RO, Manning B, Pain SD, Peters WA, Rice S, Ross TJ, Scielzo ND, Shand C, Smith K. Towards Neutron Capture on Exotic Nuclei: Demonstrating (d,pγ) as a Surrogate Reaction for (n,γ). Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:052502. [PMID: 30822004 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.052502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The neutron-capture reaction plays a critical role in the synthesis of the elements in stars and is important for societal applications including nuclear power generation and stockpile-stewardship science. However, it is difficult-if not impossible-to directly measure neutron capture cross sections for the exotic, short-lived nuclei that participate in these processes. In this Letter we demonstrate a new technique which can be used to indirectly determine neutron-capture cross sections for exotic systems. This technique makes use of the (d,p) transfer reaction, which has long been used as a tool to study the structure of nuclei. Recent advances in reaction theory, together with data collected using this reaction, enable the determination of neutron-capture cross sections for short-lived nuclei. A benchmark study of the ^{95}Mo(d,p) reaction is presented, which illustrates the approach and provides guidance for future applications of the method with short-lived isotopes produced at rare isotope accelerators.
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- A Ratkiewicz
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS BH3 3C3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, 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 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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Baradyn M, Ratkiewicz A. Kinetics of the Hydrogen Abstraction PAH + •OH → PAH Radical + H 2O Reaction Class: An Application of the Reaction Class Transition State Theory (RC-TST) and Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR). J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:750-763. [PMID: 30596495 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b10988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A reaction class transition state theory (RC-TST) augmented with structure-activity relationship (SAR) methodology is applied to predict high-pressure limit thermal rate constants for hydrogen abstraction by •OH radical from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) reaction class in the temperature range of 300-3000 K. The rate constants for the reference reaction of C6H6 + •OH → C6H5 + H2O is calculated by the canonical variational transition state theory (CVT) with small curvature tunneling (SCT). Only the reaction energy is needed to predict RC-TST rates for other processes within the family, the parameters needed were obtained from M06-2X/cc-pVTZ data for a training set of 34 reactions. The systematic error of the resulting RC-TST rates is smaller than 50% in comparison with explicit rate calculations, which facilitates application of the proposed methodology to the automated reaction mechanism generators (ARMGs) schemes.
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- Maciej Baradyn
- Institute of Chemistry , University of Bialystok , ul. Ciolkowskiego 1K 15-245 Bialystok , Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry , University of Bialystok , ul. Ciolkowskiego 1K 15-245 Bialystok , Poland
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Mai TVT, Ratkiewicz A, Le A, Duong MV, Truong TN, Huynh LK. On-the-fly kinetics of hydrogen abstraction from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by methyl/ethyl radicals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:23578-23592. [PMID: 30188552 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03718c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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This work provides a rigorous procedure, within the framework of the Reaction Class Transition State Theory (RC-TST) and the Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR), for predicting reliable thermal rate constants on-the-fly for hydrogen abstraction reactions by methyl/ethyl radicals from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a temperature range of 300-3000 K. All necessary RC-TST parameters were derived from ab initio calculations for a representative set of 36 reactions on which different error analyses and comparisons with available literature data were carried out. In addition to the good agreement between the RC-TST rate constants and the literature data, the detailed error analyses show that RC-TST/SAR, utilizing either the Linear Energy Relationship (LER) where only the reaction energy is needed or Barrier Height Grouping (BHG) where no additional data is needed, can predict the thermal rate constants for any reaction in the title reaction class with an average systematic error of less than 50% when compared to the explicit rate calculations. Therefore, the constructed RC-TST procedure can be confidently used to obtain reliable rate constants on the fly in an attempt to effectively construct detailed kinetic mechanisms for PAH-related fuels.
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- Tam V-T Mai
- Institute for Computational Science and Technology, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam
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Ratkiewicz A, Hopkins LB, Bleuel DL, Cassata WS, Cerjan C, Dauffy L, London R, Meeker D, Velsko CA, Yeamans CB. Activation of enriched environmental xenon by 14-MeV neutrons. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-018-5911-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wojtkielewicz A, Uścinowicz P, Siergiejczyk L, Kiełczewska U, Ratkiewicz A, Morzycki JW. A study on the reaction of 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate with 2-aminobenzimidazole. Steroids 2017; 117:71-76. [PMID: 27644145 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The condensation of 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate with 2-aminobenzimidazole was studied. The polycyclic aromatic product was formed as a single regioisomer in a cascade reaction comprising addition, cyclization, autoxidation, and aromatization, in addition to the rearranged D-homo product. The reaction mechanism based on DFT calculations is proposed.
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- Agnieszka Wojtkielewicz
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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Ratkiewicz A, Berzak Hopkins L, Bleuel DL, Bernstein LA, van Bibber K, Cassata WS, Goldblum BL, Siem S, Velsko CA, Wiedeking M, Yeamans CB. A recoverable gas-cell diagnostic for the National Ignition Facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:11D825. [PMID: 27910358 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The high-fluence neutron spectrum produced by the National Ignition Facility (NIF) provides an opportunity to measure the activation of materials by fast-spectrum neutrons. A new large-volume gas-cell diagnostic has been designed and qualified to measure the activation of gaseous substances at the NIF. This in-chamber diagnostic is recoverable, reusable and has been successfully fielded. Data from the qualification of the diagnostic have been used to benchmark an Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code simulation describing the downscattered neutron spectrum seen by the gas cell. We present early results from the use of this diagnostic to measure the activation of natXe and discuss future work to study the strength of interactions between plasma and nuclei.
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- A Ratkiewicz
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 95440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 95440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 95440, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 95440, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 95440, USA
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- iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 95440, USA
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Madurga M, Paulauskas SV, Grzywacz R, Miller D, Bardayan DW, Batchelder JC, Brewer NT, Cizewski JA, Fijałkowska A, Gross CJ, Howard ME, Ilyushkin SV, Manning B, Matoš M, Mendez AJ, Miernik K, Padgett SW, Peters WA, Rasco BC, Ratkiewicz A, Rykaczewski KP, Stracener DW, Wang EH, Wolińska-Cichocka M, Zganjar EF. Evidence for Gamow-Teller Decay of ^{78}Ni Core from Beta-Delayed Neutron Emission Studies. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:092502. [PMID: 27610848 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.092502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The β-delayed neutron emission of ^{83,84}Ga isotopes was studied using the neutron time-of-flight technique. The measured neutron energy spectra showed emission from states at excitation energies high above the neutron separation energy and previously not observed in the β decay of midmass nuclei. The large decay strength deduced from the observed intense neutron emission is a signature of Gamow-Teller transformation. This observation was interpreted as evidence for allowed β decay to ^{78}Ni core-excited states in ^{83,84}Ge favored by shell effects. We developed shell model calculations in the proton fpg_{9/2} and neutron extended fpg_{9/2}+d_{5/2} valence space using realistic interactions that were used to understand measured β-decay lifetimes. We conclude that enhanced, concentrated β-decay strength for neutron-unbound states may be common for very neutron-rich nuclei. This leads to intense β-delayed high-energy neutron and strong multineutron emission probabilities that in turn affect astrophysical nucleosynthesis models.
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- M Madurga
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- ISOLDE, EP Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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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 37830, 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 37830, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94702, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 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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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warszawa PL 00-681, Poland
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 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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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, 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, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee 37044, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warszawa PL 00-681, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, 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 37830, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw PL 02-093, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Milne SA, Bentley MA, Simpson EC, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Bruce AM, Davies PJ, Diget CA, Gade A, Henry TW, Iwasaki H, Lemasson A, Lenzi SM, McDaniel S, Napoli DR, Nichols AJ, Ratkiewicz A, Scruton L, Stroberg SR, Tostevin JA, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Isospin Symmetry at High Spin Studied via Nucleon Knockout from Isomeric States. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:082502. [PMID: 27588851 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.082502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One-neutron knockout reactions have been performed on a beam of radioactive ^{53}Co in a high-spin isomeric state. The analysis is shown to yield a highly selective population of high-spin states in an exotic nucleus with a significant cross section, and hence represents a technique that is applicable to the planned new generation of fragmentation-based radioactive beam facilities. Additionally, the relative cross sections among the excited states can be predicted to a high level of accuracy when reliable shell-model input is available. The work has resulted in a new level scheme, up to the 11^{+} band-termination state, of the proton-rich nucleus ^{52}Co (Z=27, N=25). This has in turn enabled a study of mirror energy differences in the A=52 odd-odd mirror nuclei, interpreted in terms of isospin-nonconserving (INC) forces in nuclei. The analysis demonstrates the importance of using a full set of J-dependent INC terms to explain the experimental observations.
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- S A Milne
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- GANIL, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP55027, F-14076, Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica del'Universita and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Performance of the Reaction Class Transition State Theory (RC-TST) for prediction of rates constants of elementary reactions is examined using data from its previous applications to a number of different reaction classes. The RC-TST theory is taking advantage of the common structure denominator of all reactions in a given family combined with structure activity relationships to provide a rigorous theoretical framework to obtain rate expression of any reaction within a reaction class in a simple and cost-effective manner. This opens the possibility for integrating this methodology with an automated mechanism generator for "on-the-fly" generation of accurate kinetic models of complex reacting systems.
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- Artur Ratkiewicz
- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok , Ciolkowskiego 1K 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology at Ho Chi Minh City , Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,International University, VNU-HCMC , Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Sidorowicz K, Lazny R, Nodzewska A, Wolosewicz K, Ratkiewicz A, Urbanczyk-Lipkowska Z, Kalicki P. Isomerisation and configurational assignment of 2-alkyltropane and 2-alkylgranatane derived hydrazones. Tetrahedron 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sidorowicz K, Ratkiewicz A, Nodzewska A, Lazny R. Determination of the N-invertomer stereochemistry in N-substituted nortropanones and norgranatanones using computational and NMR methods. CR CHIM 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2014.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ratkiewicz A, Cizewski J, Pain S, Adekola A, Burke J, Casperson R, Fotiades N, McCleskey M, Burcher S, Shand C, Austin R, Baugher T, Carpenter M, Devlin M, Escher J, Hardy S, Hatarik R, Howard M, Hughes R, Jones K, Kozub R, Lister C, Manning B, O’Donnell J, Peters W, Ross T, Scielzo N, Seweryniak D, Zhu S. Validating (d,pγ) as a Surrogate for Neutron Capture. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159302012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Le XT, Mai TVT, Ratkiewicz A, Huynh LK. Mechanism and Kinetics of Low-Temperature Oxidation of a Biodiesel Surrogate: Methyl Propanoate Radicals with Oxygen Molecule. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:3689-703. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5128282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Xuan T. Le
- Institute for Computational Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute
of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, ul Hurtowa 1, 15-399 Białystok, Poland
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- International University, Vietnam National University - HCMC, Linh Trung, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Marchi T, de Angelis G, Valiente-Dobón JJ, Bader VM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman J, Bonaccorso A, Clark R, Coraggio L, Crawford HL, Doncel M, Farnea E, Gade A, Gadea A, Gargano A, Glasmacher T, Gottardo A, Gramegna F, Itaco N, John PR, Kumar R, Lenzi SM, Lunardi S, McDaniel S, Michelagnoli C, Mengoni D, Modamio V, Napoli DR, Quintana B, Ratkiewicz A, Recchia F, Sahin E, Stroberg R, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Quadrupole transition strength in the (74)Ni nucleus and core polarization effects in the neutron-rich Ni isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:182501. [PMID: 25396363 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.182501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The reduced transition probability B(E2;0(+)→2(+)) has been measured for the neutron-rich nucleus (74)Ni in an intermediate energy Coulomb excitation experiment performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. The obtained B(E2;0(+)→2(+))=642(-226)(+216) e(2) fm(4) value defines a trend which is unexpectedly small if referred to (70)Ni and to a previous indirect determination of the transition strength in (74)Ni. This indicates a reduced polarization of the Z=28 core by the valence neutrons. Calculations in the pfgd model space reproduce well the experimental result indicating that the B(E2) strength predominantly corresponds to neutron excitations. The ratio of the neutron and proton multipole matrix elements supports such an interpretation.
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- T Marchi
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Laboratorio De Radiaciones Ionizantes, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, 46980 València, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Deenbandhu Chhoturam University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonepat, Haryana 131039, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Laboratorio De Radiaciones Ionizantes, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, 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. Phys Rev Lett 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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Mai TVT, Duong MV, Le XT, Huynh LK, Ratkiewicz A. Direct ab initio dynamics calculations of thermal rate constants for the CH4 + O2 = CH3 + HO2 reaction. Struct Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-014-0426-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Marchi T, de Angelis G, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman J, Bonaccorso A, Clark R, Coraggio L, Covello A, Crawford H, Doncel M, Farnea E, Gade A, Gadea A, Gargano A, Glasmacher T, Gottardo A, Gramegna F, Itaco N, Kumar R, Lenzi SM, McDaniel S, Michelagnoli C, Napoli D, Quintana B, Ratkiewicz A, Recchia F, Sahin E, Stroberg R, Valiente-Dobón J, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Evolution of collectivity in the78Ni region: Coulomb excitation of74Ni at intermediate energies. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146602066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lazny R, Wolosewicz K, Ratkiewicz A, Pioro D, Stocki M. Synthesis and isomer distribution of 2-alkyltropinones and 2-alkylgranatanones. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Marchi T, de Angelis G, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman J, Bonaccorso A, Clark R, Coraggio L, Covello A, Crawford H, Doncel M, Farnea E, Gade A, Gadea A, Gargano A, Glasmacher T, Gottardo A, Gramegna F, Itaco N, Kumar R, Lenzi SM, McDaniel S, Michelagnoli C, Napoli D, Quintana B, Ratkiewicz A, Recchia F, Sahin E, Stroberg R, Valiente-Dobón J, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Probing core polarization around78Ni: intermediate energy Coulomb excitation of74Ni. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20136301021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Kinetics of the isomerisation and unimolecular degradation of n-octyl radicals have been studied with the reaction class transition state theory (RC-TST) method. To explore the kinetics of the 1,7-H migration reactions family, the accurate high-pressure limits of the rate constants for the reference reaction of this class (1-heptyl → 1-heptyl) have been calculated. Finally, both the achievements reported in this paper and previous developments are employed to obtain theoretical branching ratios of intramolecular H-transfers and unimolecular degradations of all possible n-octyl radicals; the results are in satisfactory agreement when compared to experiment. The application of the rates obtained to the simulation of a simple reactor is also reported.
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- Artur Ratkiewicz
- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland
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Davies PJ, Bentley MA, Henry TW, Simpson EC, Gade A, Lenzi SM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Bruce AM, Diget CA, Iwasaki H, Lemasson A, McDaniel S, Napoli DR, Ratkiewicz A, Scruton L, Shore A, Stroberg R, Tostevin JA, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Mirror energy differences at large isospin studied through direct two-nucleon knockout. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:072501. [PMID: 23992059 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.072501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The first spectroscopy of excited states in 52Ni (T(z)=-2) and 51Co (T(z)=-3/2) has been obtained using the highly selective two-neutron knockout reaction. Mirror energy differences between isobaric analogue states in these nuclei and their mirror partners are interpreted in terms of isospin nonconserving effects. A comparison between large-scale shell-model calculations and data provides the most compelling evidence to date that both electromagnetic and an additional isospin nonconserving interactions for J=2 couplings, of unknown origin, are required to obtain good agreement.
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- P J Davies
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom.
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Crawford HL, Clark RM, Fallon P, Macchiavelli AO, Baugher T, Bazin D, Beausang CW, Berryman JS, Bleuel DL, Campbell CM, Cromaz M, de Angelis G, Gade A, Hughes RO, Lee IY, Lenzi SM, Nowacki F, Paschalis S, Petri M, Poves A, Ratkiewicz A, Ross TJ, Sahin E, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Quadrupole collectivity in neutron-rich Fe and Cr isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:242701. [PMID: 25165918 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.242701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation measurements are performed on the N ≥ 40 neutron-rich nuclei (66,68)Fe and (64)Cr. The reduced transition matrix elements providing a direct measure of the quadrupole collectivity B(E2;2(1)(+) → 0(1)(+)) are determined for the first time in (68)Fe(42) and (64)Cr(40) and confirm a previous recoil distance method lifetime measurement in (66)Fe(40). The results are compared to state-of-the-art large-scale shell-model calculations within the full fpgd neutron orbital model space using the Lenzi-Nowacki-Poves-Sieja effective interaction and confirm the results of the calculations that show these nuclei are well deformed.
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- H L Crawford
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, I-35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Strasbourg, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Departamento de Física Teórica e IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, I-35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Wimmer K, Bazin D, Gade A, Tostevin JA, Baugher T, Chajecki Z, Coupland D, Famiano MA, Ghosh TK, Grinyer GF, Hodges R, Howard ME, Kilburn M, Lynch WG, Manning B, Meierbachtol K, Quarterman P, Ratkiewicz A, Sanetullaev A, Simpson EC, Stroberg SR, Tsang MB, Weisshaar D, Winkelbauer J, Winkler R, Youngs M. Correlations in intermediate energy two-proton removal reactions. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:202505. [PMID: 23215478 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.202505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report final-state-exclusive measurements of the light charged fragments in coincidence with (26)Ne residual nuclei following the direct two-proton removal from a neutron-rich (28)Mg secondary beam. A Dalitz-plot analysis and comparisons with simulations show that a majority of the triple-coincidence events with two protons display phase-space correlations consistent with the (two-body) kinematics of a spatially correlated pair-removal mechanism. The fraction of such correlated events, 56(12)%, is consistent with the fraction of the calculated cross section, 64%, arising from spin S=0 two-proton configurations in the entrance-channel (shell-model) (28)Mg ground state wave function. This result promises access to an additional and more specific probe of the spin and spatial correlations of valence nucleon pairs in exotic nuclei produced as fast secondary beams.
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- K Wimmer
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Lazny R, Ratkiewicz A, Nodzewska A, Wysocka J. A DFT study of the origins of the stereoselectivity in the aldol reaction of bicyclic amino ketones in the presence of water. Tetrahedron Lett 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.08.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lazny R, Ratkiewicz A, Nodzewska A, Wynimko A, Siergiejczyk L. Determination of the N-methyl stereochemistry in tropane and granatane derivatives in solution: a computational and NMR spectroscopic study. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Artur Ratkiewicz
- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399
Bialystok, Poland
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- Henry
Eyring Center for Theoretical
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E. Rm. 2020, Salt Lake
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Winkler R, Gade A, Baugher T, Bazin D, Brown BA, Glasmacher T, Grinyer GF, Meharchand R, McDaniel S, Ratkiewicz A, Weisshaar D. Quadrupole collectivity beyond N = 28: intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation of (47,48)Ar. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:182501. [PMID: 22681067 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.182501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on the first experimental study of quadrupole collectivity in the very neutron-rich nuclei (47,48)Ar using intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation. These nuclei are located along the path from doubly magic Ca to collective S and Si isotopes, a critical region of shell evolution and structural change. The deduced B(E2) transition strengths are confronted with large-scale shell-model calculations in the sdpf shell using the state-of-the-art SDPF-Uand EPQQM effective interactions. The comparison between experiment and theory indicates that a shell-model description of Ar isotopes around N=28 remains a challenge.
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- R Winkler
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Meharchand R, Zegers RGT, Brown BA, Austin SM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Deaven J, Gade A, Grinyer GF, Guess CJ, Howard ME, Iwasaki H, McDaniel S, Meierbachtol K, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Prinke AM, Ratkiewicz A, Signoracci A, Stroberg S, Valdez L, Voss P, Walsh KA, Weisshaar D, Winkler R. Probing configuration mixing in 12Be with Gamow-Teller transition strengths. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:122501. [PMID: 22540576 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.122501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present a novel technique for studying the quenching of shell gaps in exotic isotopes. The method is based on extracting Gamow-Teller (ΔL=0, ΔS=1) transition strengths [B(GT)] to low-lying states from charge-exchange reactions at intermediate beam energies. These Gamow-Teller strengths are very sensitive to configuration mixing between cross-shell orbitals, and this technique thus provides an important complement to other tools currently used to study cross-shell mixing. This work focuses on the N=8 shell gap. We populated the ground and 2.24 MeV 0+ states in 12Be using the 12B(1+) (7Li, 7Be) reaction at 80 MeV/u in inverse kinematics. Using the ground-state B(GT) value from β-decay measurements (0.184±0.007) as a calibration, the B(GT) for the transition to the second 0+ state was determined to be 0.214±0.051. Comparing the extracted Gamow-Teller strengths with shell-model calculations, it was determined that the wave functions of the first and second 0+ states in 12Be are composed of 25±5% and 60±5% (0s)4(0p)8 configurations, respectively.
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- R Meharchand
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA.
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- Artur Ratkiewicz
- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland
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- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland
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Petri M, Fallon P, Macchiavelli AO, Paschalis S, Starosta K, Baugher T, Bazin D, Cartegni L, Clark RM, Crawford HL, Cromaz M, Dewald A, Gade A, Grinyer GF, Gros S, Hackstein M, Jeppesen HB, Lee IY, McDaniel S, Miller D, Rajabali MM, Ratkiewicz A, Rother W, Voss P, Walsh KA, Weisshaar D, Wiedeking M, Brown BA. Lifetime measurement of the 2(1)+ state in 20C. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:102501. [PMID: 21981497 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.102501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Establishing how and when large N/Z values require modified or new theoretical tools is a major quest in nuclear physics. Here we report the first measurement of the lifetime of the 2(1)+ state in the near-dripline nucleus 20C. The deduced value of τ(2(1)+)=9.8±2.8(stat)(-1.1)(+0.5)(syst) ps gives a reduced transition probability of B(E2; 2(1)+→0(g.s.)+)=7.5(-1.7)(+3.0)(stat)(-0.4)(+1.0)(syst) e2 fm4 in good agreement with a shell model calculation using isospin-dependent effective charges.
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- M Petri
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Rother W, Dewald A, Iwasaki H, Lenzi SM, Starosta K, Bazin D, Baugher T, Brown BA, Crawford HL, Fransen C, Gade A, Ginter TN, Glasmacher T, Grinyer GF, Hackstein M, Ilie G, Jolie J, McDaniel S, Miller D, Petkov P, Pissulla T, Ratkiewicz A, Ur CA, Voss P, Walsh KA, Weisshaar D, Zell KO. Enhanced quadrupole collectivity at N = 40: the case of neutron-rich Fe isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:022502. [PMID: 21405225 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.022502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The transition rates for the 2(1)+ states in (62,64,66)Fe were studied using the recoil distance Doppler-shift technique applied to projectile Coulomb excitation reactions. The deduced E2 strengths illustrate the enhanced collectivity of the neutron-rich Fe isotopes up to N = 40. The results are interpreted using the generalized concept of valence proton symmetry which describes the evolution of nuclear structure around N = 40 as governed by the number of valence protons with respect to Z ≈ 30. The trend of collectivity suggested by the experimental data is described by state-of-the-art shell-model calculations with a new effective interaction developed for the fpgd valence space.
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- W Rother
- Institut für Kernphysik der Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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Ratkiewicz A, Bieniewska J, Truong TN. Kinetics of the hydrogen abstraction R−OH + H → R•
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reaction class: An application of the reaction class transition state theory. INT J CHEM KINET 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Artur Ratkiewicz
- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1, 15-399 Bialystok, Poland
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Muszyńska M, Ratkiewicz A, Huynh LK, Truong TN. Kinetics of the Hydrogen Abstraction C2H3• + Alkane → C2H4 + Alkyl Radical Reaction Class. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:8327-36. [PMID: 19569659 DOI: 10.1021/jp903762x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Marta Muszyńska
- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland, and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland, and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland, and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Chemistry Institute, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok, Poland, and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Gade A, Adrich P, Bazin D, Brown BA, Cook JM, Diget CA, Glasmacher T, McDaniel S, Ratkiewicz A, Siwek K, Weisshaar D. In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy of very neutron-rich nuclei: excited states in 46S and 48Ar. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 102:182502. [PMID: 19518865 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.182502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report on the first in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy study of the very neutron-rich nucleus 46S. The N=30 isotones 46S and 48Ar were produced in a novel way in two steps that both necessarily involve nucleon exchange and neutron pickup reactions 9Be(48Ca,48K)X followed by 9Be(48K,48Ar+gamma)X at 85.7 MeV/u midtarget energy and 9Be(48Ca,46Cl)X followed by 9Be(46Cl,46S+gamma)X at 87.0 MeV/u midtarget energy, respectively. The results are compared to large-scale shell-model calculations in the sd-pf shell using the SDPF-NR effective interaction and Z-dependent modifications.
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- A Gade
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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