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Campbell SE, Bollen G, Brown BA, Dockery A, Ireland CM, Minamisono K, Puentes D, Rickey BJ, Ringle R, Yandow IT, Fossez K, Ortiz-Cortes A, Schwarz S, Sumithrarachchi CS, Villari ACC. Precision Mass Measurement of the Proton Dripline Halo Candidate ^{22}Al. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:152501. [PMID: 38683002 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.152501] [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: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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We report the first mass measurement of the proton-halo candidate ^{22}Al performed with the low energy beam ion trap facility's 9.4 T Penning trap mass spectrometer at facility for rare isotope beams. This measurement completes the mass information for the lightest remaining proton-dripline nucleus achievable with Penning traps. ^{22}Al has been the subject of recent interest regarding a possible halo structure from the observation of an exceptionally large isospin asymmetry [J. Lee et al., Large isospin asymmetry in Si22/O22 Mirror Gamow-Teller transitions reveals the halo structure of ^{22}Al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 192503 (2020).PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.125.192503]. The measured mass excess value of ME=18 092.5(3) keV, corresponding to an exceptionally small proton separation energy of S_{p}=100.4(8) keV, is compatible with the suggested halo structure. Our result agrees well with predictions from sd-shell USD Hamiltonians. While USD Hamiltonians predict deformation in the ^{22}Al ground state with minimal 1s_{1/2} occupation in the proton shell, a particle-plus-rotor model in the continuum suggests that a proton halo could form at large quadrupole deformation. These results emphasize the need for a charge radius measurement to conclusively determine the halo nature.
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- S E Campbell
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA and Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Lalanne L, Sorlin O, Poves A, Assié M, Hammache F, Koyama S, Suzuki D, Flavigny F, Girard-Alcindor V, Lemasson A, Matta A, Roger T, Beaumel D, Blumenfeld Y, Brown BA, Santos FDO, Delaunay F, de Séréville N, Franchoo S, Gibelin J, Guillot J, Kamalou O, Kitamura N, Lapoux V, Mauss B, Morfouace P, Pancin J, Saito TY, Stodel C, Thomas JC. N=16 Magicity Revealed at the Proton Drip Line through the Study of ^{35}Ca. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:092501. [PMID: 37721823 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.092501] [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: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
Abstract
The last proton bound calcium isotope ^{35}Ca has been studied for the first time, using the ^{37}Ca(p,t)^{35}Ca two neutron transfer reaction. The radioactive ^{37}Ca nuclei, produced by the LISE spectrometer at GANIL, interacted with the protons of the liquid hydrogen target CRYPTA, to produce tritons t that were detected in the MUST2 detector array, in coincidence with the heavy residues Ca or Ar. The atomic mass of ^{35}Ca and the energy of its first 3/2^{+} state are reported. A large N=16 gap of 4.61(11) MeV is deduced from the mass measurement, which together with other measured properties, makes ^{36}Ca a doubly magic nucleus. The N=16 shell gaps in ^{36}Ca and ^{24}O are of similar amplitude, at both edges of the valley of stability. This feature is discussed in terms of nuclear forces involved, within state-of-the-art shell model calculations. Even though the global agreement with data is quite convincing, the calculations underestimate the size of the N=16 gap in ^{36}Ca by 840 keV.
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- L Lalanne
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Departamento de Física Teórica and IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-2804 Madrid, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
- Department of Physics, The Unviversity of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Service de Physique Nucléaire, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, The Unviversity of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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Rebeiro BM, Triambak S, Garrett PE, Ball GC, Brown BA, Menéndez J, Romeo B, Adsley P, Lenardo BG, Lindsay R, Bildstein V, Burbadge C, Coleman R, Diaz Varela A, Dubey R, Faestermann T, Hertenberger R, Kamil M, Leach KG, Natzke C, Nzobadila Ondze JC, Radich A, Rand E, Wirth HF. ^{138}Ba(d,α) Study of States in ^{136}Cs: Implications for New Physics Searches with Xenon Detectors. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:052501. [PMID: 37595245 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.052501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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We used the ^{138}Ba(d,α) reaction to carry out an in-depth study of states in ^{136}Cs, up to around 2.5 MeV. In this Letter, we place emphasis on hitherto unobserved states below the first 1^{+} level, which are important in the context of solar neutrino and fermionic dark matter (FDM) detection in large-scale xenon-based experiments. We identify for the first time candidate metastable states in ^{136}Cs, which would allow a real-time detection of solar neutrino and FDM events in xenon detectors, with high background suppression. Our results are also compared with shell-model calculations performed with three Hamiltonians that were previously used to evaluate the nuclear matrix element (NME) for ^{136}Xe neutrinoless double beta decay. We find that one of these Hamiltonians, which also systematically underestimates the NME compared with the others, dramatically fails to describe the observed low-energy ^{136}Cs spectrum, while the other two show reasonably good agreement.
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- B M Rebeiro
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics and Institute of Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, 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, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Giraud S, Zamora JC, Zegers RGT, Bazin D, Ayyad Y, Bacca S, Beceiro-Novo S, Brown BA, Carls A, Chen J, Cortesi M, DeNudt M, Hagen G, Hultquist C, Maher C, Mittig W, Ndayisabye F, Noji S, Novario SJ, Pereira J, Rahman Z, Schmitt J, Serikow M, Sun LJ, Surbrook J, Watwood N, Wheeler T. β^{+} Gamow-Teller Strengths from Unstable ^{14}O via the (d,^{2}He) Reaction in Inverse Kinematics. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:232301. [PMID: 37354417 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.232301] [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: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
Abstract
For the first time, the (d,^{2}He) reaction was successfully used in inverse kinematics to extract the Gamow-Teller transition strength in the β^{+} direction from an unstable nucleus. The new technique was made possible by the use of an active-target time-projection chamber and a magnetic spectrometer, and opens a path to addressing a range of scientific challenges, including in astrophysics and neutrino physics. In this Letter, the nucleus studied was ^{14}O, and the Gamow-Teller transition strength to ^{14}N was extracted up to an excitation energy of 22 MeV. The data were compared to shell-model and state-of-the-art coupled-cluster calculations. Shell-model calculations reproduce the measured Gamow-Teller strength distribution up to about 15 MeV reasonably well, after the application of a phenomenological quenching factor. In a significant step forward to better understand this quenching, the coupled-cluster calculation reproduces the full strength distribution well without such quenching, owing to the large model space, the inclusion of strong correlations, and the coupling of the weak interaction to two nucleons through two-body currents.
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- S Giraud
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- CITENI, Campus Industrial de Ferrol, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de Esteiro, 15403 Ferrol, Spain
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, 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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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Pohl T, Sun YL, Obertelli A, Lee J, Gómez-Ramos M, Ogata K, Yoshida K, Cai BS, Yuan CX, Brown BA, Baba H, Beaumel D, Corsi A, Gao J, Gibelin J, Gillibert A, Hahn KI, Isobe T, Kim D, Kondo Y, Kobayashi T, Kubota Y, Li P, Liang P, Liu HN, Liu J, Lokotko T, Marqués FM, Matsuda Y, Motobayashi T, Nakamura T, Orr NA, Otsu H, Panin V, Park SY, Sakaguchi S, Sasano M, Sato H, Sakurai H, Shimizu Y, Stefanescu AI, Stuhl L, Suzuki D, Togano Y, Tudor D, Uesaka T, Wang H, Xu X, Yang ZH, Yoneda K, Zenihiro J. Multiple Mechanisms in Proton-Induced Nucleon Removal at ∼100 MeV/Nucleon. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:172501. [PMID: 37172241 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.172501] [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: 01/08/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
We report on the first proton-induced single proton- and neutron-removal reactions from the neutron-deficient ^{14}O nucleus with large Fermi-surface asymmetry S_{n}-S_{p}=18.6 MeV at ∼100 MeV/nucleon, a widely used energy regime for rare-isotope studies. The measured inclusive cross sections and parallel momentum distributions of the ^{13}N and ^{13}O residues are compared to the state-of-the-art reaction models, with nuclear structure inputs from many-body shell-model calculations. Our results provide the first quantitative contributions of multiple reaction mechanisms including the quasifree knockout, inelastic scattering, and nucleon transfer processes. It is shown that the inelastic scattering and nucleon transfer, usually neglected at such energy regime, contribute about 50% and 30% to the loosely bound proton and deeply bound neutron removal, respectively. These multiple reaction mechanisms should be considered in analyses of inclusive one-nucleon removal cross sections measured at intermediate energies for quantitative investigation of single-particle strengths and correlations in atomic nuclei.
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- T Pohl
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Facultad de Física, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1065, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082 Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082 Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, South Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Key Laboratory of Beam Technology and Material Modification of Ministry of Education, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen, France
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- Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, 077125 Bucureşti-Măgurele, Romania
- Doctoral School of Physics, University of Bucharest, 077125 Bucureşti-Măgurele, Romania
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, South Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 172-8501, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, 077125 Bucureşti-Măgurele, Romania
- Doctoral School of Physics, University of Bucharest, 077125 Bucureşti-Măgurele, Romania
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Palazzo T, Mitchell AJ, Lane GJ, Stuchbery AE, Brown BA, Reed MW, Akber A, Coombes BJ, Dowie JTH, Eriksen TK, Gerathy MSM, Kibédi T, Tornyi T, de Vries MO. Direct Measurement of Hexacontatetrapole, E6 γ Decay from ^{53m}Fe. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:122503. [PMID: 37027850 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.122503] [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: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
The only proposed observation of a discrete, hexacontatetrapole (E6) transition in nature occurs from the T_{1/2}=2.54(2)-min decay of ^{53m}Fe. However, there are conflicting claims concerning its γ-decay branching ratio, and a rigorous interrogation of γ-ray sum contributions is lacking. Experiments performed at the Australian Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility were used to study the decay of ^{53m}Fe. For the first time, sum-coincidence contributions to the weak E6 and M5 decay branches have been firmly quantified using complementary experimental and computational methods. Agreement across the different approaches confirms the existence of the real E6 transition; the M5 branching ratio and transition rate have also been revised. Shell model calculations performed in the full fp model space suggest that the effective proton charge for high-multipole, E4 and E6, transitions is quenched to approximately two-thirds of the collective E2 value. Correlations between nucleons may offer an explanation of this unexpected phenomenon, which is in stark contrast to the collective nature of lower-multipole, electric transitions observed in atomic nuclei.
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- T Palazzo
- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Gade A, Brown BA, Weisshaar D, Bazin D, Brown KW, Charity RJ, Farris P, Hill AM, Li J, Longfellow B, Rhodes D, Reviol W, Tostevin JA. Dissipative Reactions with Intermediate-Energy Beams: A Novel Approach to Populate Complex-Structure States in Rare Isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:242501. [PMID: 36563248 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.242501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A novel pathway for the formation of multiparticle-multihole excited states in rare isotopes is reported from highly energy- and momentum-dissipative inelastic-scattering events measured in reactions of an intermediate-energy beam of ^{38}Ca on a Be target. The negative-parity, complex-structure final states in ^{38}Ca are observed following the in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of events in the ^{9}Be(^{38}Ca,^{38}Ca+γ)X reaction in which the scattered projectile loses longitudinal momentum of order Δp_{||}=700 MeV/c. The characteristics of the observed final states are discussed and found to be consistent with the formation of excited states involving the rearrangement of multiple nucleons in a single, highly energetic projectile-target collision. Unlike the far-less-dissipative, surface-grazing reactions usually exploited for the in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of rare isotopes, these more energetic collisions appear to offer a practical pathway to nuclear-structure studies of more complex multiparticle configurations in rare isotopes-final states conventionally thought to be out of reach with high-luminosity fast-beam-induced reactions.
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- A Gade
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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Lalanne L, Sorlin O, Poves A, Assié M, Hammache F, Koyama S, Suzuki D, Flavigny F, Girard-Alcindor V, Lemasson A, Matta A, Roger T, Beaumel D, Blumenfeld Y, Brown BA, Santos FDO, Delaunay F, de Séréville N, Franchoo S, Gibelin J, Guillot J, Kamalou O, Kitamura N, Lapoux V, Mauss B, Morfouace P, Niikura M, Pancin J, Saito TY, Stodel C, Thomas JC. Structure of ^{36}Ca under the Coulomb Magnifying Glass. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:122501. [PMID: 36179171 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.122501] [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: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Detailed spectroscopy of the neutron-deficient nucleus ^{36}Ca was obtained up to 9 MeV using the ^{37}Ca(p,d)^{36}Ca and the ^{38}Ca(p,t)^{36}Ca transfer reactions. The radioactive nuclei, produced by the LISE spectrometer at GANIL, interacted with the protons of the liquid hydrogen target CRYPTA, to produce light ejectiles (the deuteron d or triton t) that were detected in the MUST2 detector array, in coincidence with the heavy residues identified by a zero-degree detection system. Our main findings are (i) a similar shift in energy for the 1_{1}^{+} and 2_{1}^{+} states by about -250 keV, as compared with the mirror nucleus ^{36}S; (ii) the discovery of an intruder 0_{2}^{+} state at 2.83(13) MeV, which appears below the first 2^{+} state, in contradiction with the situation in ^{36}S; and (iii) a tentative 0_{3}^{+} state at 4.83(17) MeV, proposed to exhibit a bubble structure with two neutron vacancies in the 2s_{1/2} orbit. The inversion between the 0_{2}^{+} and 2_{1}^{+} states is due to the large mirror energy difference (MED) of -516(130) keV for the former. This feature is reproduced by shell model calculations, using the sd-pf valence space, predicting an almost pure intruder nature for the 0_{2}^{+} state, with two protons (neutrons) being excited across the Z=20 magic closure in ^{36}Ca (^{36}S). This mirror system has the largest MEDs ever observed, if one excludes the few cases induced by the effect of the continuum.
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- L Lalanne
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Departamento de Física Teórica and IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-2804 Madrid, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan
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- CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Service de Physique Nucléaire, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
- CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd. Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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Budner T, Friedman M, Wrede C, Brown BA, José J, Pérez-Loureiro D, Sun LJ, Surbrook J, Ayyad Y, Bardayan DW, Chae K, Chen AA, Chipps KA, Cortesi M, Glassman B, Hall MR, Janasik M, Liang J, O'Malley P, Pollacco E, Psaltis A, Stomps J, Wheeler T. Constraining the ^{30}P(p, γ)^{31}S Reaction Rate in ONe Novae via the Weak, Low-Energy, β-Delayed Proton Decay of ^{31}Cl. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:182701. [PMID: 35594108 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.182701] [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: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The ^{30}P(p,γ)^{31}S reaction plays an important role in understanding the nucleosynthesis of A≥30 nuclides in oxygen-neon novae. The Gaseous Detector with Germanium Tagging was used to measure ^{31}Cl β-delayed proton decay through the key J^{π}=3/2^{+}, 260-keV resonance. The intensity I_{βp}^{260}=8.3_{-0.9}^{+1.2}×10^{-6} represents the weakest β-delayed, charged-particle emission ever measured below 400 keV, resulting in a proton branching ratio of Γ_{p}/Γ=2.5_{-0.3}^{+0.4}×10^{-4}. By combining this measurement with shell-model calculations for Γ_{γ} and past work on other resonances, the total ^{30}P(p,γ)^{31}S rate has been determined with reduced uncertainty. The new rate has been used in hydrodynamic simulations to model the composition of nova ejecta, leading to a concrete prediction of ^{30}Si:^{28}Si excesses in presolar nova grains and the calibration of nuclear thermometers.
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- T Budner
- 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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 91904
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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 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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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, E-08019 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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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 Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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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 and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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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 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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Giovinazzo J, Roger T, Blank B, Rudolph D, Brown BA, Alvarez-Pol H, Arokia Raj A, Ascher P, Caamaño-Fresco M, Caceres L, Cox DM, Fernández-Domínguez B, Lois-Fuentes J, Gerbaux M, Grévy S, Grinyer GF, Kamalou O, Mauss B, Mentana A, Pancin J, Pibernat J, Piot J, Sorlin O, Stodel C, Thomas JC, Versteegen M. 4D-imaging of drip-line radioactivity by detecting proton emission from 54mNi pictured with ACTAR TPC. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4805. [PMID: 34376669 PMCID: PMC8355099 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24920-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Proton radioactivity was discovered exactly 50 years ago. First, this nuclear decay mode sets the limit of existence on the nuclear landscape on the neutron-deficient side. Second, it comprises fundamental aspects of both quantum tunnelling as well as the coupling of (quasi)bound quantum states with the continuum in mesoscopic systems such as the atomic nucleus. Theoretical approaches can start either from bound-state nuclear shell-model theory or from resonance scattering. Thus, proton-radioactivity guides merging these types of theoretical approaches, which is of broader relevance for any few-body quantum system. Here, we report experimental measurements of proton-emission branches from an isomeric state in 54mNi, which were visualized in four dimensions in a newly developed detector. We show that these decays, which carry an unusually high angular momentum, ℓ = 5 and ℓ = 7, respectively, can be approximated theoretically with a potential model for the proton barrier penetration and a shell-model calculation for the overlap of the initial and final wave functions. Proton radioactivity is useful for studying nuclear structure. Here the authors report two proton emission branches from the 10+ state isomer of 54mNi by using a time projection chamber.
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- J Giovinazzo
- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France.
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- IGFAE and Dpt. de Física de Partículas, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France
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- IGFAE and Dpt. de Física de Partículas, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- IGFAE and Dpt. de Física de Partículas, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- IGFAE and Dpt. de Física de Partículas, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, Caen, Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université de Bordeaux, Gradignan, Cedex, France
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Gao B, Giraud S, Li KA, Sieverding A, Zegers RGT, Tang X, Ash J, Ayyad-Limonge Y, Bazin D, Biswas S, Brown BA, Chen J, DeNudt M, Farris P, Gabler JM, Gade A, Ginter T, Grinder M, Heger A, Hultquist C, Hill AM, Iwasaki H, Kwan E, Li J, Longfellow B, Maher C, Ndayisabye F, Noji S, Pereira J, Qi C, Rebenstock J, Revel A, Rhodes D, Sanchez A, Schmitt J, Sumithrarachchi C, Sun BH, Weisshaar D. New ^{59}Fe Stellar Decay Rate with Implications for the ^{60}Fe Radioactivity in Massive Stars. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:152701. [PMID: 33929230 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.152701] [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: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The discrepancy between observations from γ-ray astronomy of the ^{60}Fe/^{26}Al γ-ray flux ratio and recent calculations is an unresolved puzzle in nuclear astrophysics. The stellar β-decay rate of ^{59}Fe is one of the major nuclear uncertainties impeding us from a precise prediction. The important Gamow-Teller strengths from the low-lying states in ^{59}Fe to the ^{59}Co ground state are measured for the first time using the exclusive measurement of the ^{59}Co(t,^{3}He+γ)^{59}Fe charge-exchange reaction. The new stellar decay rate of ^{59}Fe is a factor of 3.5±1.1 larger than the currently adopted rate at T=1.2 GK. Stellar evolution calculations show that the ^{60}Fe production yield of an 18 solar mass star is decreased significantly by 40% when using the new rate. Our result eliminates one of the major nuclear uncertainties in the predicted yield of ^{60}Fe and alleviates the existing discrepancy of the ^{60}Fe/^{26}Al ratio.
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- B Gao
- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, People's Republic of China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, People's Republic of China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, People's Republic of China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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 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
- 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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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
- 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
- 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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Leistenschneider E, Dunling E, Bollen G, Brown BA, Dilling J, Hamaker A, Holt JD, Jacobs A, Kwiatkowski AA, Miyagi T, Porter WS, Puentes D, Redshaw M, Reiter MP, Ringle R, Sandler R, Sumithrarachchi CS, Valverde AA, Yandow IT. Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Scandium Isotopes Refine the Evolution of N=32 and N=34 Shell Closures. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:042501. [PMID: 33576685 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.042501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report high-precision mass measurements of ^{50-55}Sc isotopes performed at the LEBIT facility at NSCL and at the TITAN facility at TRIUMF. Our results provide a substantial reduction of their uncertainties and indicate significant deviations, up to 0.7 MeV, from the previously recommended mass values for ^{53-55}Sc. The results of this work provide an important update to the description of emerging closed-shell phenomena at neutron numbers N=32 and N=34 above proton-magic Z=20. In particular, they finally enable a complete and precise characterization of the trends in ground state binding energies along the N=32 isotone, confirming that the empirical neutron shell gap energies peak at the doubly magic ^{52}Ca. Moreover, our data, combined with other recent measurements, do not support the existence of a closed neutron shell in ^{55}Sc at N=34. The results were compared to predictions from both ab initio and phenomenological nuclear theories, which all had success describing N=32 neutron shell gap energies but were highly disparate in the description of the N=34 isotone.
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- E Leistenschneider
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, 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, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, 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 & Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Hallam S, Lotay G, Gade A, Doherty DT, Belarge J, Bender PC, Brown BA, Browne J, Catford WN, Elman B, Estradé A, Hall MR, Longfellow B, Lunderberg E, Montes F, Moukaddam M, O'Malley P, Ong WJ, Schatz H, Seweryniak D, Schmidt K, Timofeyuk NK, Weisshaar D, Zegers RGT. Exploiting Isospin Symmetry to Study the Role of Isomers in Stellar Environments. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:042701. [PMID: 33576674 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.042701] [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: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Proton capture on the excited isomeric state of ^{26}Al strongly influences the abundance of ^{26}Mg ejected in explosive astronomical events and, as such, plays a critical role in determining the initial content of radiogenic ^{26}Al in presolar grains. This reaction also affects the temperature range for thermal equilibrium between the ground and isomeric levels. We present a novel technique, which exploits the isospin symmetry of the nuclear force, to address the long-standing challenge of determining proton-capture rates on excited nuclear levels. Such a technique has in-built tests that strongly support its veracity and, for the first time, we have experimentally constrained the strengths of resonances that dominate the astrophysical ^{26m}Al(p,γ)^{27}Si reaction. These constraints demonstrate that the rate is at least a factor ∼8 lower than previously expected, indicating an increase in the stellar production of ^{26}Mg and a possible need to reinvestigate sensitivity studies involving the thermal equilibration of ^{26}Al.
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- S Hallam
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, 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
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, 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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, 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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Longfellow B, Weisshaar D, Gade A, Brown BA, Bazin D, Brown KW, Elman B, Pereira J, Rhodes D, Spieker M. Shape Changes in the N=28 Island of Inversion: Collective Structures Built on Configuration-Coexisting States in ^{43}S. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:232501. [PMID: 33337204 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.232501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The neutron-rich nuclei in the N=28 island of inversion have attracted considerable experimental and theoretical attention, providing great insight into the evolution of shell structure and nuclear shape in exotic nuclei. In this work, for the first time, quadrupole collectivity is assessed simultaneously on top of the 3/2^{-} ground state and the 7/2^{-} shape-coexisting isomer of ^{43}S, putting the unique interpretation of shape and configuration coexistence at N=27 and 28 in the sulfur isotopic chain to the test. From an analysis of the electromagnetic transition strengths and quadrupole moments predicted within the shell model, it is shown that the onset of shape coexistence and the emergence of a simple collective structure appear suddenly in ^{43}S with no indication of such patterns in the N=27 isotone ^{45}Ar.
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- B Longfellow
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Department of Chemistry, 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 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Spieker M, Heusler A, Brown BA, Faestermann T, Hertenberger R, Potel G, Scheck M, Tsoneva N, Weinert M, Wirth HF, Zilges A. Accessing the Single-Particle Structure of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in ^{208}Pb. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:102503. [PMID: 32955313 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.102503] [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: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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New experimental data on the neutron single-particle character of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance (PDR) in ^{208}Pb are presented. They were obtained from (d,p) and resonant proton scattering experiments performed at the Q3D spectrograph of the Maier-Leibnitz Laboratory in Garching, Germany. The new data are compared to the large suite of complementary, experimental data available for ^{208}Pb and establish (d,p) as an additional, valuable, experimental probe to study the PDR and its collectivity. Besides the single-particle character of the states, different features of the strength distributions are discussed and compared to large-scale shell model (LSSM) and energy-density functional plus quasiparticle-phonon model theoretical approaches to elucidate the microscopic structure of the PDR in ^{208}Pb.
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- M Spieker
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Niebuhr-Str. 19c, Berlin D-10629, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- School of Computing, Engineering, and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
- SUPA, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, United Kingdom
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- Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Măgurele RO-077125, Romania
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, Köln D-50937, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, Köln D-50937, Germany
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Kirsebom OS, Jones S, Strömberg DF, Martínez-Pinedo G, Langanke K, Röpke FK, Brown BA, Eronen T, Fynbo HOU, Hukkanen M, Idini A, Jokinen A, Kankainen A, Kostensalo J, Moore I, Möller H, Ohlmann ST, Penttilä H, Riisager K, Rinta-Antila S, Srivastava PC, Suhonen J, Trzaska WH, Äystö J. Discovery of an Exceptionally Strong β-Decay Transition of ^{20}F and Implications for the Fate of Intermediate-Mass Stars. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:262701. [PMID: 31951442 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.262701] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A significant fraction of stars between 7 and 11 solar masses are thought to become supernovae, but the explosion mechanism is unclear. The answer depends critically on the rate of electron capture on ^{20}Ne in the degenerate oxygen-neon stellar core. However, because of the unknown strength of the transition between the ground states of ^{20}Ne and ^{20}F, it has not previously been possible to fully constrain the rate. By measuring the transition, we establish that its strength is exceptionally large and that it enhances the capture rate by several orders of magnitude. This has a decisive impact on the evolution of the core, increasing the likelihood that the star is (partially) disrupted by a thermonuclear explosion rather than collapsing to form a neutron star. Importantly, our measurement resolves the last remaining nuclear physics uncertainty in the final evolution of degenerate oxygen-neon stellar cores, allowing future studies to address the critical role of convection, which at present is poorly understood.
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- O S Kirsebom
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- Institute for Big Data Analytics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Computational Physics (XCP) Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik (Theoriezentrum), Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik (Theoriezentrum), Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik (Theoriezentrum), Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany
- Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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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 Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Division of Mathematical Physics, Department of Physics, LTH, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institut für Kernphysik (Theoriezentrum), Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany
- Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Abstract
Background
Myocardial infarction (MI) and hypertension lead to myocardial injury, which induces negative remodelling and cardiac fibrosis. Cardiac fibrosis, which involves inflammatory cell infiltration and myofibroblast activation, causes worldwide mortality and morbidity. In response to MI or hypertension induced by prolonged angiotensin II (AngII) exposure, activated myofibroblasts produce extracellular matrix proteins. However, if unchecked, excessive collagen deposition occurs leading to myocardial stiffening, heart failure and arrhythmias.
Purpose
The underlying mechanisms leading to pathological collagen deposition are not fully elucidated. There is debate regarding the involvement of the Wnt signalling pathway and its product Wnt Inducible Signalling pathway protein-1 (WISP-1) in cardiac fibrosis. Therefore, this project aimed to investigate the interaction of AngII and the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway in cardiac fibrosis.
Methods
The effect of AngII (100nM) on collagen levels in human cardiac fibroblasts was investigated in vitro (data expressed as fold change from control ± SEM). In vivo experiments (n=6–8) determined the involvement of the Wnt/b-catenin pathway, specifically WISP-1, in response to AngII infusion (500ng/kg/min) for 4 weeks (Apolipoprotein E−/−/WISP-1+/+ vs. ApolipoproteinE−/−/WISP-1−/− mice on a high-fat diet, data expressed as mean positive pixel % ± SEM).
Results
AngII significantly increased collagen type 1 protein levels produced by human cardiac fibroblasts (2.94±0.75 vs 1±0, p<0.05). Inhibition of Wnt/b-catenin signalling with 25nM iCRT14 significantly suppressed AngII-induced collagen levels (0.46±0.07 vs. 1±0, p<0.05). As expected, AngII infusion significantly induced hypertension in all mice. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated type 1 collagen was markedly higher in AngII mice than control mice (1.07±0.27 vs. 0.29±0.06, p<0.05). However, in the absence of WISP-1, AngII did not enhance collagen type 1 levels. Further immunohistochemical analysis of murine hearts demonstrated that AngII infusion caused significant alterations in the Wnt/β-catenin signalling markers AXIN-2 (35±3.9 vs. 10.7±2.6 p<0.05) and PPAR-d (92±1.4 vs. 17.3±4.3 p<0.05). This effect was reduced by WISP-1 deletion. Furthermore, AngII-infusion disrupted N-cadherin junctions (0.55±0.08 vs. 0.29±0.02 p<0.05) suggesting modulation of cell-to-cell contacts and enhanced β-catenin signalling.
Conclusion
This study indicates that AngII enhances cardiac fibrosis via modulation of the Wnt signalling pathway, in part via WISP-1. Further delineation of this interaction may lead to the use of Wnt/β-catenin or WISP-1 inhibitors to suppress myocardial injury induced cardiac fibrosis in post-MI or hypertensive patients.
Acknowledgement/Funding
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, British Heart Foundation
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Wolf C, Langer C, Montes F, Pereira J, Ong WJ, Poxon-Pearson T, Ahn S, Ayoub S, Baumann T, Bazin D, Bender PC, Brown BA, Browne J, Crawford H, Cyburt RH, Deleeuw E, Elman B, Fiebiger S, Gade A, Gastis P, Lipschutz S, Longfellow B, Meisel Z, Nunes FM, Perdikakis G, Reifarth R, Richter WA, Schatz H, Schmidt K, Schmitt J, Sullivan C, Titus R, Weisshaar D, Woods PJ, Zamora JC, Zegers RGT. Constraining the Neutron Star Compactness: Extraction of the ^{23}Al(p,γ) Reaction Rate for the rp Process. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:232701. [PMID: 31298878 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.232701] [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: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ^{23}Al(p,γ)^{24}Si reaction is among the most important reactions driving the energy generation in type-I x-ray bursts. However, the present reaction-rate uncertainty limits constraints on neutron star properties that can be achieved with burst model-observation comparisons. Here, we present a novel technique for constraining this important reaction by combining the GRETINA array with the neutron detector LENDA coupled to the S800 spectrograph at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. The ^{23}Al(d,n) reaction was used to populate the astrophysically important states in ^{24}Si. This enables a measurement in complete kinematics for extracting all relevant inputs necessary to calculate the reaction rate. For the first time, a predicted close-lying doublet of a 2_{2}^{+} and (4_{1}^{+},0_{2}^{+}) state in ^{24}Si was disentangled, finally resolving conflicting results from two previous measurements. Moreover, it was possible to extract spectroscopic factors using GRETINA and LENDA simultaneously. This new technique may be used to constrain other important reaction rates for various astrophysical scenarios.
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- C Wolf
- Institute for Applied Physics, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Physics, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, 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 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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- 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
- 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, 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
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, 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 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institute for Applied Physics, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Institute for Applied Physics, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa
- iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Gade A, Brown BA, Tostevin JA, Bazin D, Bender PC, Campbell CM, Crawford HL, Elman B, Kemper KW, Longfellow B, Lunderberg E, Rhodes D, Weisshaar D. Is the Structure of ^{42}Si Understood? Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:222501. [PMID: 31283300 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.222501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A more detailed test of the implementation of nuclear forces that drive shell evolution in the pivotal nucleus ^{42}Si-going beyond earlier comparisons of excited-state energies-is important. The two leading shell-model effective interactions, SDPF-MU and SDPF-U-Si, both of which reproduce the low-lying ^{42}Si(2_{1}^{+}) energy, but whose predictions for other observables differ significantly, are interrogated by the population of states in neutron-rich ^{42}Si with a one-proton removal reaction from ^{43}P projectiles at 81 MeV/nucleon. The measured cross sections to the individual ^{42}Si final states are compared to calculations that combine eikonal reaction dynamics with these shell-model nuclear structure overlaps. The differences in the two shell-model descriptions are examined and linked to predicted low-lying excited 0^{+} states and shape coexistence. Based on the present data, which are in better agreement with the SDPF-MU calculations, the state observed at 2150(13) keV in ^{42}Si is proposed to be the (0_{2}^{+}) level.
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- A Gade
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Loelius C, Kobayashi N, Iwasaki H, Bazin D, Belarge J, Bender PC, Brown BA, Elder R, Elman B, Gade A, Grinder M, Heil S, Hufnagel A, Longfellow B, Lunderberg E, Mathy M, Otsuka T, Petri M, Syndikus I, Tsunoda N, Weisshaar D, Whitmore K. Enhanced Electric Dipole Strength for the Weakly Bound States in ^{27}Ne. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:262501. [PMID: 30636164 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.262501] [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: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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An enhanced low-energy electric dipole (E1) strength is identified for the weakly bound excited states of the neutron-rich isotope ^{27}Ne. The Doppler-shift lifetime measurements employing a combination of the γ-ray tracking array GRETINA, the plunger device, and the S800 spectrograph determine the lower limit of 0.030 e^{2} fm^{2} or 0.052 W.u. for the 1/2^{+}→3/2^{-} E1 transition in ^{27}Ne, representing one of the strongest E1 strengths observed among the bound discrete states in this mass region. This value is at least 30 times larger than that measured for the 3/2^{-} decay to the 3/2_{gs}^{+} ground state. A comparison of the present results to large-scale shell-model calculations points to an important role of core excitations and deformation in the observed E1 enhancement, suggesting a novel example of the electric dipole modes manifested in weakly bound deformed systems.
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- C Loelius
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt D64289, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt D64289, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt D64289, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt D64289, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt D64289, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, Japan
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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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Brown BA, Williams H, Bond AR, Angelini GD, Johnson JL, George SJ. Carotid artery ligation induced intimal thickening and proliferation is unaffected by ageing. J Cell Commun Signal 2018; 12:529-537. [PMID: 29185213 PMCID: PMC6039339 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-017-0431-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Following interventions to treat atherosclerosis, such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery, restenosis occurs in approximately 40% of patients. Identification of proteins regulating intimal thickening could represent targets to prevent restenosis. Our group previously demonstrated that in a murine model of vascular occlusion, Wnt4 protein expression and β-catenin signalling was upregulated which promoted vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and intimal thickening. In this study, the effect of age on VSMC proliferation, intimal hyperplasia and Wnt4 expression was investigated. In vitro proliferation of VSMCs isolated from young (2 month) or old (18-20 month) C57BL6/J mice was assessed by immunocytochemistry for EdU incorporation. As previously reported, 400 ng/mL recombinant Wnt4 protein increased proliferation of VSMCs from young mice. However, this response was absent in VSMCs from old mice. As our group previously reported reduced intimal hyperplasia in Wnt4+/- mice compared to wildtype controls, we hypothesised that impaired Wnt4 signalling with age may result in reduced neointimal formation. To investigate this, carotid artery ligation was performed in young and old mice and neointimal area was assessed 21 days later. Surprisingly, neointimal area and percentage lumen occlusion were not significantly affected by age. Furthermore, neointimal cell density and proliferation were also unchanged. These data suggest that although Wnt4-mediated proliferation was impaired with age in primary VSMCs, carotid artery ligation induced neointimal formation and proliferation were unchanged in old mice. These results imply that Wnt4-mediated proliferation is unaffected by age in vivo, suggesting that therapeutic Wnt4 inhibition could inhibit restenosis in patients of all ages.
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- B A Brown
- Bristol Medical School, , University of Bristol, Research Floor Level Seven, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- Bristol Medical School, , University of Bristol, Research Floor Level Seven, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- Bristol Medical School, , University of Bristol, Research Floor Level Seven, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- Bristol Medical School, , University of Bristol, Research Floor Level Seven, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- Bristol Medical School, , University of Bristol, Research Floor Level Seven, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
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- Bristol Medical School, , University of Bristol, Research Floor Level Seven, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK.
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Mijatović T, Kobayashi N, Iwasaki H, Bazin D, Belarge J, Bender PC, Brown BA, Dewald A, Elder R, Elman B, Gade A, Grinder M, Haylett T, Heil S, Loelius C, Longfellow B, Lunderberg E, Mathy M, Whitmore K, Weisshaar D. Lifetime Measurements and Triple Coexisting Band Structure in ^{43}S. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:012501. [PMID: 30028163 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.012501] [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: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Lifetime measurements of excited states in the neutron-rich nucleus ^{43}S were performed by applying the recoil-distance method on fast rare-isotope beams in conjunction with the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking In-beam Nuclear Array. The new data based on γγ coincidences and lifetime measurements resolve a doublet of (3/2^{-}) and (5/2^{-}) states at low excitation energies. Results were compared to the π(sd)-ν(pf) shell model and antisymmetrized molecular dynamics calculations. The consistency with the theoretical calculations identifies a possible appearance of three coexisting bands near the ground state of ^{43}S: the K^{π}=1/2^{-} band built on a prolate-deformed ground state, a band built on an isomer with a 1f_{7/2}^{-1} character, and a suggested excited band built on a newly discovered doublet state. The latter further confirms the collapse of the N=28 shell closure in the neutron-rich region.
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- T Mijatović
- 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
- 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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- 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik der Universität zu Köln, Köln D-50937, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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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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Brown BA, Bertsch GF, Robledo LM, Romalis MV, Zelevinsky V. Nuclear Matrix Elements for Tests of Local Lorentz Invariance Violation. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:192504. [PMID: 29219490 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.192504] [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: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The nuclear matrix elements for the spin operator and the momentum quadrupole operator are important for the interpretation of precision atomic physics experiments that search for violations of local Lorentz and CPT symmetry and for new spin-dependent forces. We use the configuration-interaction nuclear shell model and self-consistent mean-field theory to calculate the momentum matrix elements for ^{21}Ne, ^{23}Na, ^{133}Cs, ^{173}Yb, and ^{201}Hg. We show that these momentum matrix are strongly suppressed by the many-body correlations, in contrast to the well-known enhancement of the spatial quadrupole nuclear matrix elements.
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- B A Brown
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Theory and Department of Physics, Box 351560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Modulo 15, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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Wadey KS, Brown BA, Sala-Newby GB, Jayaraman PS, Gaston K, George SJ. Protein kinase CK2 inhibition suppresses neointima formation via a proline-rich homeodomain-dependent mechanism. Vascul Pharmacol 2017; 99:34-44. [PMID: 28927755 PMCID: PMC5718878 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Neointimal hyperplasia is a product of VSMC replication and consequent accumulation within the blood vessel wall. In this study, we determined whether inhibition of protein kinase CK2 and the resultant stabilisation of proline-rich homeodomain (PRH) could suppress VSMC proliferation. Both silencing and pharmacological inhibition of CK2 with K66 antagonised replication of isolated VSMCs. SiRNA-induced knockdown as well as ectopic overexpression of proline-rich homeodomain indicated that PRH disrupts cell cycle progression. Mutation of CK2 phosphorylation sites Ser163 and Ser177 within the PRH homeodomain enabled prolonged cell cycle arrest by PRH. Concomitant knockdown of PRH and inhibition of CK2 with K66 indicated that the anti-proliferative action of K66 required the presence of PRH. Both K66 and adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of S163C:S177C PRH impaired neointima formation in human saphenous vein organ cultures. Importantly, neither intervention had notable effects on cell cycle progression, cell survival or migration in cultured endothelial cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Casein Kinase II/antagonists & inhibitors
- Casein Kinase II/genetics
- Casein Kinase II/metabolism
- Cell Cycle Checkpoints/drug effects
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells/drug effects
- Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells/enzymology
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Mutation
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/enzymology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Neointima
- Phosphorylation
- Proline-Rich Protein Domains
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- RNA Interference
- Rats
- Saphenous Vein/drug effects
- Saphenous Vein/enzymology
- Saphenous Vein/pathology
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Tissue Culture Techniques
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transfection
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- K S Wadey
- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK
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- Division of Immunity and Infection, College of Medicine, University Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK.
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Scott M, Zegers RGT, Almus R, Austin SM, Bazin D, Brown BA, Campbell C, Gade A, Bowry M, Galès S, Garg U, Harakeh MN, Kwan E, Langer C, Loelius C, Lipschutz S, Litvinova E, Lunderberg E, Morse C, Noji S, Perdikakis G, Redpath T, Robin C, Sakai H, Sasamoto Y, Sasano M, Sullivan C, Tostevin JA, Uesaka T, Weisshaar D. Observation of the Isovector Giant Monopole Resonance via the ^{28}Si(^{10}Be,^{10}B^{*}[1.74 MeV]) Reaction at 100 AMeV. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:172501. [PMID: 28498679 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.172501] [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: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The (^{10}Be,^{10}B^{*}[1.74 MeV]) charge-exchange reaction at 100 AMeV is presented as a new probe for isolating the isovector (ΔT=1) nonspin-transfer (ΔS=0) response of nuclei, with ^{28}Si being the first nucleus studied. By using a secondary ^{10}Be beam produced by fast fragmentation of ^{18}O nuclei at the NSCL Coupled Cyclotron Facility, applying the dispersion-matching technique with the S800 magnetic spectrometer to determine the excitation energy in ^{28}Al, and performing high-resolution γ-ray tracking with the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking In-beam Nuclear Array (GRETINA) to identify the 1022-keV γ ray associated with the decay from the 1.74-MeV T=1 isobaric analog state in ^{10}B, a ΔS=0 excitation-energy spectrum in ^{28}Al was extracted. Monopole and dipole contributions were determined through a multipole-decomposition analysis, and the isovector giant dipole resonance and isovector giant monopole resonance (IVGMR) were identified. The results show that this probe is a powerful tool for studying the elusive IVGMR, which is of interest for performing stringent tests of modern density functional theories at high excitation energies and for constraining the bulk properties of nuclei and nuclear matter. The extracted distributions were compared with theoretical calculations based on the normal-modes formalism and the proton-neutron relativistic time-blocking approximation. Calculated cross sections based on these strengths underestimate the data by about a factor of 2, which likely indicates deficiencies in the reaction calculations based on the distorted wave Born approximation.
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- M Scott
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- 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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- IPN Orsay, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box MG6, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AA, Netherlands
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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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA
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- RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako, 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Allmond JM, Stuchbery AE, Baktash C, Gargano A, Galindo-Uribarri A, Radford DC, Bingham CR, Brown BA, Coraggio L, Covello A, Danchev M, Gross CJ, Hausladen PA, Itaco N, Lagergren K, Padilla-Rodal E, Pavan J, Riley MA, Stone NJ, Stracener DW, Varner RL, Yu CH. Electromagnetic Moments of Radioactive ^{136}Te and the Emergence of Collectivity 2p⊕2n Outside of Double-Magic ^{132}Sn. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:092503. [PMID: 28306272 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.092503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Radioactive ^{136}Te has two valence protons and two valence neutrons outside of the ^{132}Sn double shell closure, providing a simple laboratory for exploring the emergence of collectivity and nucleon-nucleon interactions. Coulomb excitation of ^{136}Te on a titanium target was utilized to determine an extensive set of electromagnetic moments for the three lowest-lying states, including B(E2;0_{1}^{+}→2_{1}^{+}), Q(2_{1}^{+}), and g(2_{1}^{+}). The results indicate that the first-excited state, 2_{1}^{+}, composed of the simple 2p⊕2n system, is prolate deformed, and its wave function is dominated by excited valence neutron configurations, but not to the extent previously suggested. It is demonstrated that extreme sensitivity of g(2_{1}^{+}) to the proton and neutron contributions to the wave function provides unique insight into the nature of emerging collectivity, and g(2_{1}^{+}) was used to differentiate among several state-of-the-art theoretical calculations. Our results are best described by the most recent shell model calculations.
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- J M Allmond
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "Ettore Pancini", Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Viale Abramo Lincoln 5, I-81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, AP 70-543, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Low-energy M1 strength functions of ^{60,64,68}Fe are determined on the basis of large-scale shell-model calculations with the goal to study their development from the bottom to the middle of the neutron shell. We find that the zero-energy spike, which characterizes nuclei near closed shells, develops toward the middle of the shell into a bimodal structure composed of a weaker zero-energy spike and a scissorslike resonance around 3 MeV, where the summed strengths of the two structures change within only 8% around a value of 9.8 μ_{N}^{2}. The summed strength of the scissors region exceeds the total γ absorption strength from the ground state by a factor of about three, which explains the discrepancy between total strengths of the scissors resonance derived from (γ, γ^{'}) experiments and from experiments using light-ion induced reactions.
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- R Schwengner
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Dietz B, Heusler A, Maier KH, Richter A, Brown BA. Chaos and Regularity in the Doubly Magic Nucleus ^{208}Pb. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:012501. [PMID: 28106417 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.012501] [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: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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High-resolution experiments have recently lead to a complete identification (energy, spin, and parity) of 151 nuclear levels up to an excitation energy of E_{x}=6.20 MeV in ^{208}Pb [Heusler et al., Phys. Rev. C 93, 054321 (2016)PRVCAN2469-998510.1103/PhysRevC.93.054321]. We present a thorough study of the fluctuation properties in the energy spectra of the unprecedented set of nuclear bound states. In a first approach, we group states with the same spin and parity into 14 subspectra, analyze standard statistical measures for short- and long-range correlations, i.e., the nearest-neighbor spacing distribution, the number variance Σ^{2}, the Dyson-Mehta Δ_{3} statistics, and the novel distribution of the ratios of consecutive spacings of adjacent energy levels in each energy sequence, and then compute their ensemble average. Their comparison with a random matrix ensemble which interpolates between Poisson statistics expected for regular systems and the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble (GOE) predicted for chaotic systems shows that the data are well described by the GOE. In a second approach, following an idea of Rosenzweig and Porter [Phys. Rev. 120, 1698 (1960)PHRVAO0031-899X10.1103/PhysRev.120.1698], we consider the complete spectrum composed of the independent subspectra. We analyze their fluctuation properties using the method of Bayesian inference involving a quantitative measure, called the chaoticity parameter f, which also interpolates between Poisson (f=0) and GOE statistics (f=1). It turns out to be f≈0.9. This is so far the closest agreement with a GOE observed in the spectra of bound states in a nucleus. The same analysis is also performed with spectra computed on the basis of shell model calculations with different interactions (surface-delta interaction, Kuo-Brown, Michigan-three-Yukawa). While the simple surface-delta interaction exhibits features typical for nuclear many-body systems with regular dynamics, the other, more realistic interactions yield chaoticity parameters f close to the experimental values.
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- B Dietz
- School of Physical Science and Technology, and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of MOE, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Gustav-Kirchhoff-Strasse 7/1, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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Goigoux T, Ascher P, Blank B, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kurtukian Nieto T, Magron C, Doornenbal P, Kiss GG, Nishimura S, Söderström PA, Phong VH, Wu J, Ahn DS, Fukuda N, Inabe N, Kubo T, Kubono S, Sakurai H, Shimizu Y, Sumikama T, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Agramunt J, Algora A, Guadilla V, Montaner-Piza A, Morales AI, Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Tanaka M, Gelletly W, Aguilera P, Molina F, Diel F, Lubos D, de Angelis G, Napoli D, Borcea C, Boso A, Cakirli RB, Ganioglu E, Chiba J, Nishimura D, Oikawa H, Takei Y, Yagi S, Wimmer K, de France G, Go S, Brown BA. Two-Proton Radioactivity of ^{67}Kr. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:162501. [PMID: 27792367 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.162501] [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: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In an experiment with the BigRIPS separator at the RIKEN Nishina Center, we observed two-proton (2p) emission from ^{67}Kr. At the same time, no evidence for 2p emission of ^{59}Ge and ^{63}Se, two other potential candidates for this exotic radioactivity, could be observed. This observation is in line with Q value predictions which pointed to ^{67}Kr as being the best new candidate among the three for two-proton radioactivity. ^{67}Kr is only the fourth 2p ground-state emitter to be observed with a half-life of the order of a few milliseconds. The decay energy was determined to be 1690(17) keV, the 2p emission branching ratio is 37(14)%, and the half-life of ^{67}Kr is 7.4(30) ms.
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- T Goigoux
- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 51, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Amunátegui 95, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Amunátegui 95, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering IFIN-HH, P.O. Box MG-6, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, B.P. 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, 401 Nielsen Physics Building, 1408 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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Spyrou A, Liddick SN, Naqvi F, Crider BP, Dombos AC, Bleuel DL, Brown BA, Couture A, Crespo Campo L, Guttormsen M, Larsen AC, Lewis R, Möller P, Mosby S, Mumpower MR, Perdikakis G, Prokop CJ, Renstrøm T, Siem S, Quinn SJ, Valenta S. Strong Neutron-γ Competition above the Neutron Threshold in the Decay of ^{70}Co. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:142701. [PMID: 27740831 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.142701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The β-decay intensity of ^{70}Co was measured for the first time using the technique of total absorption spectroscopy. The large β-decay Q value [12.3(3) MeV] offers a rare opportunity to study β-decay properties in a broad energy range. Two surprising features were observed in the experimental results, namely, the large fragmentation of the β intensity at high energies, as well as the strong competition between γ rays and neutrons, up to more than 2 MeV above the neutron-separation energy. The data are compared to two theoretical calculations: the shell model and the quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA). Both models seem to be missing a significant strength at high excitation energies. Possible interpretations of this discrepancy are discussed. The shell model is used for a detailed nuclear structure interpretation and helps to explain the observed γ-neutron competition. The comparison to the QRPA calculations is done as a means to test a model that provides global β-decay properties for astrophysical calculations. Our work demonstrates the importance of performing detailed comparisons to experimental results, beyond the simple half-life comparisons. A realistic and robust description of the β-decay intensity is crucial for our understanding of nuclear structure as well as of r-process nucleosynthesis.
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- A Spyrou
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, CZ-180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Bennett MB, Wrede C, Brown BA, Liddick SN, Pérez-Loureiro D, Bardayan DW, Chen AA, Chipps KA, Fry C, Glassman BE, Langer C, Larson NR, McNeice EI, Meisel Z, Ong W, O'Malley PD, Pain SD, Prokop CJ, Schatz H, Schwartz SB, Suchyta S, Thompson P, Walters M, Xu X. Isospin Mixing Reveals ^{30}P(p,γ)^{31}S Resonance Influencing Nova Nucleosynthesis. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:102502. [PMID: 27015475 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.102502] [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: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The thermonuclear ^{30}P(p,γ)^{31}S reaction rate is critical for modeling the final elemental and isotopic abundances of ONe nova nucleosynthesis, which affect the calibration of proposed nova thermometers and the identification of presolar nova grains, respectively. Unfortunately, the rate of this reaction is essentially unconstrained experimentally, because the strengths of key ^{31}S proton capture resonance states are not known, largely due to uncertainties in their spins and parities. Using the β decay of ^{31}Cl, we have observed the β-delayed γ decay of a ^{31}S state at E_{x}=6390.2(7) keV, with a ^{30}P(p,γ)^{31}S resonance energy of E_{r}=259.3(8) keV, in the middle of the ^{30}P(p,γ)^{31}S Gamow window for peak nova temperatures. This state exhibits isospin mixing with the nearby isobaric analog state at E_{x}=6279.0(6) keV, giving it an unambiguous spin and parity of 3/2^{+} and making it an important l=0 resonance for proton capture on ^{30}P.
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- M B Bennett
- 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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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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 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
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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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 Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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- 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, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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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
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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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
- Department of Geology and Physics, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana 47712, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, 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, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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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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Meisel Z, George S, Ahn S, Bazin D, Brown BA, Browne J, Carpino JF, Chung H, Cole AL, Cyburt RH, Estradé A, Famiano M, Gade A, Langer C, Matoš M, Mittig W, Montes F, Morrissey DJ, Pereira J, Schatz H, Schatz J, Scott M, Shapira D, Smith K, Stevens J, Tan W, Tarasov O, Towers S, Wimmer K, Winkelbauer JR, Yurkon J, Zegers RGT. Mass Measurement of 56Sc Reveals a Small A = 56 Odd-Even Mass Staggering, Implying a Cooler Accreted Neutron Star Crust. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:162501. [PMID: 26550869 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.162501] [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: 05/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present the mass excesses of (52-57)Sc, obtained from recent time-of-flight nuclear mass measurements at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. The masses of 56Sc and 57Sc were determined for the first time with atomic mass excesses of -24.85(59)((-54)(+0)) MeV and -21.0(1.3) MeV, respectively, where the asymmetric uncertainty for 56Sc was included due to possible contamination from a long-lived isomer. The 56Sc mass indicates a small odd-even mass staggering in the A = 56 mass chain towards the neutron drip line, significantly deviating from trends predicted by the global FRDM mass model and favoring trends predicted by the UNEDF0 and UNEDF1 density functional calculations. Together with new shell-model calculations of the electron-capture strength function of 56Sc, our results strongly reduce uncertainties in model calculations of the heating and cooling at the 56Ti electron-capture layer in the outer crust of accreting neutron stars. We find that, in contrast to previous studies, neither strong neutrino cooling nor strong heating occurs in this layer. We conclude that Urca cooling in the outer crusts of accreting neutron stars that exhibit superbursts or high temperature steady-state burning, which are predicted to be rich in A≈56 nuclei, is considerably weaker than predicted. Urca cooling must instead be dominated by electron capture on the small amounts of adjacent odd-A nuclei contained in the superburst and high temperature steady-state burning ashes. This may explain the absence of strong crust Urca cooling inferred from the observed cooling light curve of the transiently accreting x-ray source MAXI J0556-332.
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- Z Meisel
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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
- 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA
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- Physics Department, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, 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
- 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Midgley CM, Watson JT, Nix WA, Curns AT, Rogers SL, Brown BA, Conover C, Dominguez SR, Feikin DR, Gray S, Hassan F, Hoferka S, Jackson MA, Johnson D, Leshem E, Miller L, Nichols JB, Nyquist AC, Obringer E, Patel A, Patel M, Rha B, Schneider E, Schuster JE, Selvarangan R, Seward JF, Turabelidze G, Oberste MS, Pallansch MA, Gerber SI. Severe respiratory illness associated with a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 in the USA (2014): a descriptive epidemiological investigation. Lancet Respir Med 2015; 3:879-87. [PMID: 26482320 PMCID: PMC5693332 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(15)00335-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has been infrequently reported historically, and is typically associated with isolated cases or small clusters of respiratory illness. Beginning in August, 2014, increases in severe respiratory illness associated with EV-D68 were reported across the USA. We aimed to describe the clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory features of this outbreak, and to better understand the role of EV-D68 in severe respiratory illness. METHODS We collected regional syndromic surveillance data for epidemiological weeks 23 to 44, 2014, (June 1 to Nov 1, 2014) and hospital admissions data for epidemiological weeks 27 to 44, 2014, (June 29 to Nov 1, 2014) from three states: Missouri, Illinois and Colorado. Data were also collected for the same time period of 2013 and 2012. Respiratory specimens from severely ill patients nationwide, who were rhinovirus-positive or enterovirus-positive in hospital testing, were submitted between Aug 1, and Oct 31, 2014, and typed by molecular sequencing. We collected basic clinical and epidemiological characteristics of EV-D68 cases with a standard data collection form submitted with each specimen. We compared patients requiring intensive care with those who did not, and patients requiring ventilator support with those who did not. Mantel-Haenszel χ(2) tests were used to test for statistical significance. FINDINGS Regional and hospital-level data from Missouri, Illinois, and Colorado showed increases in respiratory illness between August and September, 2014, compared with in 2013 and 2012. Nationwide, 699 (46%) of 1529 patients tested were confirmed as EV-D68. Among the 614 EV-D68-positive patients admitted to hospital, age ranged from 3 days to 92 years (median 5 years). Common symptoms included dyspnoea (n=513 [84%]), cough (n=500 [81%]), and wheezing (n=427 [70%]); 294 (48%) patients had fever. 338 [59%] of 574 were admitted to intensive care units, and 145 (28%) of 511 received ventilator support; 322 (52%) of 614 had a history of asthma or reactive airway disease; 200 (66%) of 304 patients with a history of asthma or reactive airway disease required intensive care compared with 138 (51%) of 270 with no history of asthma or reactive airway disease (p=0·0004). Similarly, 89 (32%) of 276 patients with a history of asthma or reactive airway disease required ventilator support compared with 56 (24%) of 235 patients with no history of asthma or reactive airway disease (p=0·039). INTERPRETATION In 2014, EV-D68 caused widespread severe respiratory illness across the USA, disproportionately affecting those with asthma. This unexpected event underscores the need for robust surveillance of enterovirus types, enabling improved understanding of virus circulation and disease burden. FUNDING None.
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- Claire M Midgley
- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, IL, USA
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO, USA
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- The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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- The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, IL, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Kusoglu A, Stuchbery AE, Georgiev G, Brown BA, Goasduff A, Atanasova L, Balabanski DL, Bostan M, Danchev M, Detistov P, Gladnishki KA, Ljungvall J, Matea I, Radeck D, Sotty C, Stefan I, Verney D, Yordanov DT. Magnetism of an excited self-conjugate nucleus: precise measurement of the g factor of the 2(1)(+) state in (24)Mg. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:062501. [PMID: 25723214 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.062501] [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: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A precise measurement of the g factor of the first-excited state in the self-conjugate (N=Z) nucleus (24)Mg is performed by a new time-differential recoil-in-vacuum method based on the hyperfine field of hydrogenlike ions. Theory predicts that the g factors of such states, in which protons and neutrons occupy the same orbits, should depart from 0.5 by a few percent due to configuration mixing and meson-exchange effects. The experimental result, g=0.538±0.013, is in excellent agreement with recent shell-model calculations and shows a departure from 0.5 by almost 3 standard deviations, thus achieving, for the first time, the precision and accuracy needed to test theory. Proof of the new method opens the way for wide applications including measurements of the magnetism of excited states of exotic nuclei produced as radioactive beams.
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- A Kusoglu
- CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3; Université Paris-Sud, UMR8609, F-91405 Orsay-Campus, France and Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, RSPE, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3; Université Paris-Sud, UMR8609, F-91405 Orsay-Campus, France
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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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- CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3; Université Paris-Sud, UMR8609, F-91405 Orsay-Campus, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- ELI-NP, Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3; Université Paris-Sud, UMR8609, F-91405 Orsay-Campus, France
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- IPN, Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3; Université Paris-Sud, UMR8609, F-91405 Orsay-Campus, France
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- IPN, Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- IPN, Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- IPN, Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France and Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany and CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, Physics Department, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Meisel Z, George S, Ahn S, Browne J, Bazin D, Brown BA, Carpino JF, Chung H, Cyburt RH, Estradé A, Famiano M, Gade A, Langer C, Matoš M, Mittig W, Montes F, Morrissey DJ, Pereira J, Schatz H, Schatz J, Scott M, Shapira D, Smith K, Stevens J, Tan W, Tarasov O, Towers S, Wimmer K, Winkelbauer JR, Yurkon J, Zegers RGT. Mass measurements demonstrate a strong N=28 shell gap in argon. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:022501. [PMID: 25635542 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.022501] [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: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present results from recent time-of-flight nuclear mass measurements at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. We report the first mass measurements of ^{48}Ar and ^{49}Ar and find atomic mass excesses of -22.28(31) MeV and -17.8(1.1) MeV, respectively. These masses provide strong evidence for the closed shell nature of neutron number N=28 in argon, which is therefore the lowest even-Z element exhibiting the N=28 closed shell. The resulting trend in binding-energy differences, which probes the strength of the N=28 shell, compares favorably with shell-model calculations in the sd-pf shell using SDPF-U and SDPF-MU Hamiltonians.
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- Z Meisel
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 49008 Michigan, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 49008 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 49008 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 70803 Louisiana, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831 Tennessee, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, 46556 Indiana, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, 46556 Indiana, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 49008 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824 Michigan, USA
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We decompose the neutrinoless double-β decay matrix elements into sums of products over the intermediate nucleus with two less nucleons. We find that the sum is dominated by the J(π)=0(+) ground state of this intermediate nucleus for both the light and heavy neutrino decay processes. This provides a new theoretical tool for comparing and improving nuclear structure models. It also provides the connection to two-nucleon transfer experiments.
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- B A Brown
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA and Department of Natural Sciences, LaGuardia Community College, The City University of New York, Long Island City, New York 11101, USA
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Gallant AT, Brodeur M, Andreoiu C, Bader A, Chaudhuri A, Chowdhury U, Grossheim A, Klawitter R, Kwiatkowski AA, Leach KG, Lennarz A, Macdonald TD, Schultz BE, Lassen J, Heggen H, Raeder S, Teigelhöfer A, Brown BA, Magilligan A, Holt JD, Menéndez J, Simonis J, Schwenk A, Dilling J. Breakdown of the isobaric multiplet mass equation for the A = 20 and 21 multiplets. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:082501. [PMID: 25192091 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.082501] [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: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Using the Penning trap mass spectrometer TITAN, we performed the first direct mass measurements of (20,21)Mg, isotopes that are the most proton-rich members of the A = 20 and A = 21 isospin multiplets. These measurements were possible through the use of a unique ion-guide laser ion source, a development that suppressed isobaric contamination by 6 orders of magnitude. Compared to the latest atomic mass evaluation, we find that the mass of (21)Mg is in good agreement but that the mass of (20)Mg deviates by 3 σ. These measurements reduce the uncertainties in the masses of (20,21)Mg by 15 and 22 times, respectively, resulting in a significant departure from the expected behavior of the isobaric multiplet mass equation in both the A = 20 and A = 21 multiplets. This presents a challenge to shell model calculations using either the isospin nonconserving universal sd USDA and USDB Hamiltonians or isospin nonconserving interactions based on chiral two- and three-nucleon forces.
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- A T Gallant
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1 Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and École des Mines de Nantes, La Chantrerie, 4, rue Alfred Kastler, B.P. 20722, F-44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA and Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1 Canada
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Langer C, Montes F, Aprahamian A, Bardayan DW, Bazin D, Brown BA, Browne J, Crawford H, Cyburt RH, Domingo-Pardo C, Gade A, George S, Hosmer P, Keek L, Kontos A, Lee IY, Lemasson A, Lunderberg E, Maeda Y, Matos M, Meisel Z, Noji S, Nunes FM, Nystrom A, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Quinn SJ, Recchia F, Schatz H, Scott M, Siegl K, Simon A, Smith M, Spyrou A, Stevens J, Stroberg SR, Weisshaar D, Wheeler J, Wimmer K, Zegers RGT. Determining the rp-process flow through 56Ni: resonances in 57Cu(p,γ)58Zn identified with GRETINA. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:032502. [PMID: 25083636 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.032502] [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: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An approach is presented to experimentally constrain previously unreachable (p, γ) reaction rates on nuclei far from stability in the astrophysical rp process. Energies of all critical resonances in the (57)Cu(p,γ)(58)Zn reaction are deduced by populating states in (58)Zn with a (d, n) reaction in inverse kinematics at 75 MeV/u, and detecting γ-ray-recoil coincidences with the state-of-the-art γ-ray tracking array GRETINA and the S800 spectrograph at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. The results reduce the uncertainty in the (57)Cu(p,γ) reaction rate by several orders of magnitude. The effective lifetime of (56)Ni, an important waiting point in the rp process in x-ray bursts, can now be determined entirely from experimentally constrained reaction rates.
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- C Langer
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, 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 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- 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 Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, 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
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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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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- 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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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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Noji S, Zegers RGT, Austin SM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Cole AL, Doster HJ, Gade A, Guess CJ, Gupta S, Hitt GW, Langer C, Lipschutz S, Lunderberg E, Meharchand R, Meisel Z, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Recchia F, Schatz H, Scott M, Stroberg SR, Sullivan C, Valdez L, Walz C, Weisshaar D, Williams SJ, Wimmer K. β+ Gamow-Teller transition strengths from 46Ti and stellar electron-capture rates. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:252501. [PMID: 25014806 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.252501] [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: 04/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The Gamow-Teller strength in the β(+) direction to (46)Sc was extracted via the (46)Ti(t,(3)He + γ) reaction at 115 MeV/u. The γ-ray coincidences served to precisely measure the very weak Gamow-Teller transition to a final state at 991 keV. Although this transition is weak, it is crucial for accurately estimating electron-capture rates in astrophysical scenarios with relatively low stellar densities and temperatures, such as presupernova stellar evolution. Shell-model calculations with different effective interactions in the pf shell-model space do not reproduce the experimental Gamow-Teller strengths, which is likely due to sd-shell admixtures. Calculations in the quasiparticle random phase approximation that are often used in astrophysical simulations also fail to reproduce the experimental Gamow-Teller strength distribution, leading to strongly overestimated electron-capture rates. Because reliable theoretical predictions of Gamow-Teller strengths are important for providing astrophysical electron-capture reaction rates for a broad set of nuclei in the lower pf shell, we conclude that further theoretical improvements are required to match astrophysical needs.
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- S Noji
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 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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- 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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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Physics Department, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006, 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 and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, USA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences, Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research, P.O. Box 127788 Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 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 and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Neutron and Nuclear Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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 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 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 and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, 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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- 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 and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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Gade A, Janssens RVF, Weisshaar D, Brown BA, Lunderberg E, Albers M, Bader VM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Campbell CM, Carpenter MP, Chiara CJ, Crawford HL, Cromaz M, Garg U, Hoffman CR, Kondev FG, Langer C, Lauritsen T, Lee IY, Lenzi SM, Matta JT, Nowacki F, Recchia F, Sieja K, Stroberg SR, Tostevin JA, Williams SJ, Wimmer K, Zhu S. Nuclear structure towards N = 40 60Ca: in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of 58,60Ti. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:112503. [PMID: 24702356 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.112503] [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: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Excited states in the neutron-rich N = 38, 36 nuclei (60)Ti and (58)Ti were populated in nucleon-removal reactions from (61)V projectiles at 90 MeV/nucleon. The γ-ray transitions from such states in these Ti isotopes were detected with the advanced γ-ray tracking array GRETINA and were corrected event by event for large Doppler shifts (v/c ∼ 0.4) using the γ-ray interaction points deduced from online signal decomposition. The new data indicate that a steep decrease in quadrupole collectivity occurs when moving from neutron-rich N = 36, 38 Fe and Cr toward the Ti and Ca isotones. In fact, (58,60)Ti provide some of the most neutron-rich benchmarks accessible today for calculations attempting to determine the structure of the potentially doubly magic nucleus (60)Ca.
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- A Gade
- 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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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, 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 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 and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, 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 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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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, 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 and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, 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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- 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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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Strasbourg, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Strasbourg, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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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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- 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 and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Horoi M, Brown BA. Shell-model analysis of the 136Xe double beta decay nuclear matrix elements. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:222502. [PMID: 23767716 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.222502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2012] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Neutrinoless double beta decay, if observed, could distinguish whether the neutrino is a Dirac or a Majorana particle, and it could be used to determine the absolute scale of the neutrino masses. 136Xe is one of the most promising candidates for observing this rare event. However, until recently there were no positive results for the allowed and less rare two-neutrino double beta decay mode. The small nuclear matrix element associated with the long half-life represents a challenge for nuclear structure models used for its calculation. We report a new shell-model analysis of the two-neutrino double beta decay of 136Xe, which takes into account all relevant nuclear orbitals necessary to fully describe the associated Gamow-Teller strength. We further use the new model to analyze the main contributions to the neutrinoless double beta decay matrix element, and show that they are also diminished.
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- M Horoi
- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA.
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Papuga J, Bissell ML, Kreim K, Blaum K, Brown BA, De Rydt M, Garcia Ruiz RF, Heylen H, Kowalska M, Neugart R, Neyens G, Nörtershäuser W, Otsuka T, Rajabali MM, Sánchez R, Utsuno Y, Yordanov DT. Spins and magnetic moments of 49K and 51K: establishing the 1/2+ and 3/2+ level ordering beyond N = 28. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:172503. [PMID: 23679713 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.172503] [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: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The ground-state spins and magnetic moments of (49,51)K have been measured using bunched-beam high-resolution collinear laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE CERN. For 49K a ground-state spin I = 1/2 was firmly established. The observed hyperfine structure of 51K requires a spin I > 1/2 and strongly suggests I = 3/2. From its magnetic moment μ(51K) = +0.5129(22)μ(N) a spin-parity I(π) = 3/2+ with a dominant π1d(3/2)(-1) hole configuration was deduced. This establishes for the first time the reinversion of the single-particle levels and illustrates the prominent role of the residual monopole interaction for single-particle levels and shell evolution.
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- J Papuga
- Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Lepailleur A, Sorlin O, Caceres L, Bastin B, Borcea C, Borcea R, Brown BA, Gaudefroy L, Grévy S, Grinyer GF, Hagen G, Hjorth-Jensen M, Jansen GR, Llidoo O, Negoita F, de Oliveira F, Porquet MG, Rotaru F, Saint-Laurent MG, Sohler D, Stanoiu M, Thomas JC. Spectroscopy of 26F to probe proton-neutron forces close to the drip line. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:082502. [PMID: 23473138 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.082502] [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: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A long-lived J(π) = 4(1)(+) isomer, T(1/2) = 2.2(1) ms, has been discovered at 643.4(1) keV in the weakly bound (9)(26)F nucleus. It was populated at Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds in the fragmentation of a (36)S beam. It decays by an internal transition to the J(π) = 1(1)(+) ground state [82(14)%], by β decay to (26)Ne, or β-delayed neutron emission to (25)Ne. From the β-decay studies of the J(π) =1(1)(+) and J(π) = 4(1)(+) states, new excited states have been discovered in (25,26)Ne. Gathering the measured binding energies of the J(π) = 1(1)(+) -4(1)(+) multiplet in (9)(26)F, we find that the proton-neutron π0d(5/2)ν0d(3/2) effective force used in shell-model calculations should be reduced to properly account for the weak binding of (9)(26)F. Microscopic coupled cluster theory calculations using interactions derived from chiral effective field theory are in very good agreement with the energy of the low-lying 1(1)(+), 2(1)(+), 4(1)(+) states in (26)F. Including three-body forces and coupling to the continuum effects improve the agreement between experiment and theory as compared to the use of two-body forces only.
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- A Lepailleur
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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Zhang YH, Xu HS, Litvinov YA, Tu XL, Yan XL, Typel S, Blaum K, Wang M, Zhou XH, Sun Y, Brown BA, Yuan YJ, Xia JW, Yang JC, Audi G, Chen XC, Jia GB, Hu ZG, Ma XW, Mao RS, Mei B, Shuai P, Sun ZY, Wang ST, Xiao GQ, Xu X, Yamaguchi T, Yamaguchi Y, Zang YD, Zhao HW, Zhao TC, Zhang W, Zhan WL. Mass measurements of the neutron-deficient 41Ti, 45Cr, 49Fe, and 53Ni nuclides: first test of the isobaric multiplet mass equation in f p-shell nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:102501. [PMID: 23005283 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.102501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Isochronous mass spectrometry has been applied to neutron-deficient 58Ni projectile fragments at the HIRFL-CSR facility in Lanzhou, China. Masses of a series of short-lived T(z)=-3/2 nuclides including 41Ti, 45Cr, 49Fe, and 53Ni have been measured with a precision of 20-40 keV. The new data enable us to test for the first time the isobaric multiplet mass equation (IMME) in fp-shell nuclei. We observe that the IMME is inconsistent with the generally accepted quadratic form for the A=53, T=3/2 quartet. We perform full space shell model calculations and compare them with the new experimental results.
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- Y H Zhang
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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Brodeur M, Brunner T, Ettenauer S, Lapierre A, Ringle R, Brown BA, Lunney D, Dilling J. Elucidation of the anomalous A=9 isospin quartet behavior. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:212501. [PMID: 23003246 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.212501] [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: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Recent high-precision mass measurements of 9Li and 9Be, performed with the TITAN Penning trap at the TRIUMF ISAC facility, are analyzed in light of state-of-the-art shell model calculations. We find an explanation for the anomalous isobaric mass multiplet equation behavior for the two A=9 quartets. The presence of a cubic d=6.3(17) keV term for the J(π)=3/2(-) quartet and the vanishing cubic term for the excited J(π)=1/2(-) multiplet depend upon the presence of a nearby T=1/2 state in 9B and 9Be that induces isospin mixing. This is contrary to previous hypotheses involving purely Coulomb and charge-dependent effects. T=1/2 states have been observed near the calculated energy, above the T=3/2 state. However, an experimental confirmation of their J(π) is needed.
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- M Brodeur
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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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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Spyrou A, Kohley Z, Baumann T, Bazin D, Brown BA, Christian G, DeYoung PA, Finck JE, Frank N, Lunderberg E, Mosby S, Peters WA, Schiller A, Smith JK, Snyder J, Strongman MJ, Thoennessen M, Volya A. First observation of ground state dineutron decay: 16Be. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:102501. [PMID: 22463404 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.102501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on the first observation of dineutron emission in the decay of 16Be. A single-proton knockout reaction from a 53 MeV/u 17B beam was used to populate the ground state of 16Be. 16Be is bound with respect to the emission of one neutron and unbound to two-neutron emission. The dineutron character of the decay is evidenced by a small emission angle between the two neutrons. The two-neutron separation energy of 16Be was measured to be 1.35(10) MeV, in good agreement with shell model calculations, using standard interactions for this mass region.
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- A Spyrou
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
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Sasano M, Perdikakis G, Zegers RGT, Austin SM, Bazin D, Brown BA, Caesar C, Cole AL, Deaven JM, Ferrante N, Guess CJ, Hitt GW, Meharchand R, Montes F, Palardy J, Prinke A, Riley LA, Sakai H, Scott M, Stolz A, Valdez L, Yako K. Gamow-Teller transition strengths from 56Ni. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:202501. [PMID: 22181727 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.202501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A new technique to measure (p,n) charge-exchange reactions in inverse kinematics at intermediate energies on unstable isotopes was successfully developed and used to study the (56)Ni(p,n) reaction at 110 MeV/u. Gamow-Teller transition strengths from (56)Ni leading to (56)Cu were obtained and compared with shell-model predictions in the pf shell using the KB3G and GXPF1A interactions. The calculations with the GXPF1A interaction reproduce the experimental strength distribution much better than the calculations that employed the KB3G interaction, indicating deficiencies in the spin-orbit and proton-neutron residual potentials for the latter. The results are important for improving the description of electron-capture rates on nuclei in the iron region, which are important for modeling the late evolution of core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae.
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- M Sasano
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1321, USA
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Ascher P, Audirac L, Adimi N, Blank B, Borcea C, Brown BA, Companis I, Delalee F, Demonchy CE, de Oliveira Santos F, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Grigorenko LV, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Leblanc S, Pedroza JL, Perrot L, Pibernat J, Serani L, Srivastava PC, Thomas JC. Direct observation of two protons in the decay of 54Zn. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:102502. [PMID: 21981498 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.102502] [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: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The two protons emitted in the decay of 54Zn have been individually observed for the first time in a time projection chamber. The total decay energy and the half-life measured in this work agree with the results obtained in a previous experiment. Angular and energy correlations between the two protons are determined and compared to theoretical distributions of a three-body model. Within the shell model framework, the relative decay probabilities show a strong contribution of the p2 configuration for the two-proton emission. After 45Fe, the present result on 54Zn constitutes only the second case of a direct observation of the ground state two-proton decay of a long-lived isotope.
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- P Ascher
- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan-Université Bordeaux 1-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, BP 120, 33175 Gradignan, France
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