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Cubiss JG, Andreyev AN, Barzakh AE, Van Duppen P, Hilaire S, Péru S, Goriely S, Al Monthery M, Althubiti NA, Andel B, Antalic S, Atanasov D, Blaum K, Cocolios TE, Day Goodacre T, de Roubin A, Farooq-Smith GJ, Fedorov DV, Fedosseev VN, Fink DA, Gaffney LP, Ghys L, Harding RD, Huyse M, Imai N, Joss DT, Kreim S, Lunney D, Lynch KM, Manea V, Marsh BA, Martinez Palenzuela Y, Molkanov PL, Neidherr D, O'Neill GG, Page RD, Prosnyak SD, Rosenbusch M, Rossel RE, Rothe S, Schweikhard L, Seliverstov MD, Sels S, Skripnikov LV, Stott A, Van Beveren C, Verstraelen E, Welker A, Wienholtz F, Wolf RN, Zuber K. Deformation versus Sphericity in the Ground States of the Lightest Gold Isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:202501. [PMID: 38039485 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.202501] [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: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Abstract
The changes in mean-squared charge radii of neutron-deficient gold nuclei have been determined using the in-source, resonance-ionization laser spectroscopy technique, at the ISOLDE facility (CERN). From these new data, nuclear deformations are inferred, revealing a competition between deformed and spherical configurations. The isotopes ^{180,181,182}Au are observed to possess well-deformed ground states and, when moving to lighter masses, a sudden transition to near-spherical shapes is seen in the extremely neutron-deficient nuclides, ^{176,177,179}Au. A case of shape coexistence and shape staggering is identified in ^{178}Au which has a ground and isomeric state with different deformations. These new data reveal a pattern in ground-state deformation unique to the gold isotopes, whereby, when moving from the heavy to light masses, a plateau of well-deformed isotopes exists around the neutron midshell, flanked by near-spherical shapes in the heavier and lighter isotopes-a trend hitherto unseen elsewhere in the nuclear chart. The experimental charge radii are compared to those from Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations using the D1M Gogny interaction and configuration mixing between states of different deformation. The calculations are constrained by the known spins, parities, and magnetic moments of the ground states in gold nuclei and show a good agreement with the experimental results.
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- J G Cubiss
- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura, Japan
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LMCE, 91680, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LMCE, 91680, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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- Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, CP-226, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- The University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
- Physics Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakakah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University in Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University in Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- The University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- The University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- The University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Nuclear Study (CNS), Graduate School of Science The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- CSNSM-CNRS, Université de Paris Sud, 91400 Orsay, France
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- The University of Manchester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, D-55128, Germany
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- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, D-55128, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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Auranen K, Briscoe AD, Ferreira LS, Grahn T, Greenlees PT, Herzáň A, Illana A, Joss DT, Joukainen H, Julin R, Jutila H, Leino M, Louko J, Luoma M, Maglione E, Ojala J, Page RD, Pakarinen J, Rahkila P, Romero J, Ruotsalainen P, Sandzelius M, Sarén J, Tolosa-Delgado A, Uusitalo J, Zimba G. Nanosecond-Scale Proton Emission from Strongly Oblate-Deformed ^{149}Lu. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:112501. [PMID: 35363028 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.112501] [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: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Using the fusion-evaporation reaction ^{96}Ru(^{58}Ni,p4n)^{149}Lu and the MARA vacuum-mode recoil separator, a new proton-emitting isotope ^{149}Lu has been identified. The measured decay Q value of 1920(20) keV is the highest measured for a ground-state proton decay, and it naturally leads to the shortest directly measured half-life of 450_{-100}^{+170} ns for a ground-state proton emitter. The decay rate is consistent with l_{p}=5 emission, suggesting a dominant πh_{11/2} component for the wave function of the proton-emitting state. Through nonadiabatic quasiparticle calculations it was concluded that ^{149}Lu is the most oblate deformed proton emitter observed to date.
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- K Auranen
- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Centro de Física e Engenharia de Materiais Avançados CeFEMA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, P1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Centro de Física e Engenharia de Materiais Avançados CeFEMA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, P1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Butler PA, Gaffney LP, Spagnoletti P, Konki J, Scheck M, Smith JF, Abrahams K, Bowry M, Cederkäll J, Chupp T, de Angelis G, De Witte H, Garrett PE, Goldkuhle A, Henrich C, Illana A, Johnston K, Joss DT, Keatings JM, Kelly NA, Komorowska M, Kröll T, Lozano M, Singh BSN, O'Donnell D, Ojala J, Page RD, Pedersen LG, Raison C, Reiter P, Rodriguez JA, Rosiak D, Rothe S, Shneidman TM, Siebeck B, Seidlitz M, Sinclair J, Stryjczyk M, Van Duppen P, Vinals S, Virtanen V, Warr N, Wrzosek-Lipska K, Zielinska M. Publisher Correction: The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5185. [PMID: 33037232 PMCID: PMC7547707 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- P A Butler
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK.
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK.,CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, V6T 2A3, BC, Canada
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- Physics Department, Lund University, Box 118, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48104 MI, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, 35020 PD, Italy
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, 35020 PD, Italy
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Oslo, N-0316, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, S 28040, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland
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- IRFU CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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Butler PA, Gaffney LP, Spagnoletti P, Konki J, Scheck M, Smith JF, Abrahams K, Bowry M, Cederkäll J, Chupp T, de Angelis G, De Witte H, Garrett PE, Goldkuhle A, Henrich C, Illana A, Johnston K, Joss DT, Keatings JM, Kelly NA, Komorowska M, Kröll T, Lozano M, Singh BSN, O'Donnell D, Ojala J, Page RD, Pedersen LG, Raison C, Reiter P, Rodriguez JA, Rosiak D, Rothe S, Shneidman TM, Siebeck B, Seidlitz M, Sinclair J, Stryjczyk M, Van Duppen P, Vinals S, Virtanen V, Warr N, Wrzosek-Lipska K, Zielinska M. Addendum: The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3560. [PMID: 32661232 PMCID: PMC7359340 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17309-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- P A Butler
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK.
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK.,CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, V6T 2A3, BC, Canada
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- Physics Department, Lund University, Box 118, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48104, MI, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, 35020 PD, Italy
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, 35020 PD, Italy
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Oslo, N-0316, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva, 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, S 28040, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland
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- IRFU CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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Butler PA, Gaffney LP, Spagnoletti P, Abrahams K, Bowry M, Cederkäll J, de Angelis G, De Witte H, Garrett PE, Goldkuhle A, Henrich C, Illana A, Johnston K, Joss DT, Keatings JM, Kelly NA, Komorowska M, Konki J, Kröll T, Lozano M, Nara Singh BS, O'Donnell D, Ojala J, Page RD, Pedersen LG, Raison C, Reiter P, Rodriguez JA, Rosiak D, Rothe S, Scheck M, Seidlitz M, Shneidman TM, Siebeck B, Sinclair J, Smith JF, Stryjczyk M, Van Duppen P, Vinals S, Virtanen V, Warr N, Wrzosek-Lipska K, Zielińska M. Evolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive ^{222}Ra and ^{228}Ra Beams. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:042503. [PMID: 32058764 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.042503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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There is sparse direct experimental evidence that atomic nuclei can exhibit stable "pear" shapes arising from strong octupole correlations. In order to investigate the nature of octupole collectivity in radium isotopes, electric octupole (E3) matrix elements have been determined for transitions in ^{222,228}Ra nuclei using the method of sub-barrier, multistep Coulomb excitation. Beams of the radioactive radium isotopes were provided by the HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN. The observed pattern of E3 matrix elements for different nuclear transitions is explained by describing ^{222}Ra as pear shaped with stable octupole deformation, while ^{228}Ra behaves like an octupole vibrator.
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- P A Butler
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
- ISOLDE, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
- TRIUMF, Vancouver V6T 2A3 BC, Canada
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- Lund University, Box 118, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro 35020 PD, Italy
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- University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1 Ontario, Canada
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- University of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro 35020 PD, Italy
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- ISOLDE, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw PL-02-093, Poland
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- ISOLDE, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- ISOLDE, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla FIN-40014, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Oslo N-0316, Norway
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- University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- University of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- ISOLDE, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- University of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Russian Federation
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- University of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid S28040, Spain
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- University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla FIN-40014, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- University of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw PL-02-093, Poland
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- IRFU CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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Butler PA, Gaffney LP, Spagnoletti P, Konki J, Scheck M, Smith JF, Abrahams K, Bowry M, Cederkäll J, Chupp T, de Angelis G, De Witte H, Garrett PE, Goldkuhle A, Henrich C, Illana A, Johnston K, Joss DT, Keatings JM, Kelly NA, Komorowska M, Kröll T, Lozano M, Nara Singh BS, O'Donnell D, Ojala J, Page RD, Pedersen LG, Raison C, Reiter P, Rodriguez JA, Rosiak D, Rothe S, Shneidman TM, Siebeck B, Seidlitz M, Sinclair J, Stryjczyk M, Van Duppen P, Vinals S, Virtanen V, Warr N, Wrzosek-Lipska K, Zielinska M. The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2473. [PMID: 31171788 PMCID: PMC6554308 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10494-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric-dipole moments of atoms, which would indicate CP violation and hence probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Isotopes of both radon and radium have been identified as candidates for such measurements. Here, we observed the low-lying quantum states in 224Rn and 226Rn by accelerating beams of these radioactive nuclei. We show that radon isotopes undergo octupole vibrations but do not possess static pear-shapes in their ground states. We conclude that radon atoms provide less favourable conditions for the enhancement of a measurable atomic electric-dipole moment.
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- P A Butler
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK.
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK.,CERN, Geneva 23, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- CERN, Geneva 23, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, V6T 2A3, BC, Canada
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- Physics Department, Lund University, Box 118, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48104, MI, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, 35020, PD, Italy
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, 35020, PD, Italy
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva 23, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Oslo, N-0316, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva 23, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium
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- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, S 28040, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland
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- IRFU CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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Scheck M, Gaffney LP, Butler PA, Hayes AB, Wenander F, Albers M, Bastin B, Bauer C, Blazhev A, Boenig S, Bree N, Cederkall J, Chupp T, Cline D, Cocolios TE, Davinson T, De Witte H, Diriken J, Grahn T, Herzan A, Huyse M, Jenkins DG, Joss DT, Kesteloot N, Konki J, Kowalczyk M, Kroell T, Kwan E, Lutter R, Moschner K, Napiorkowski P, Pakarinen J, Pfeiffer M, Radeck D, Reiter P, Reynders K, Rigby SV, Robledo LM, Rudigier M, Sambi S, Seidlitz M, Siebeck B, Stora T, Thoele P, Van Duppen P, Vermeulen MJ, von Schmid M, Voulot D, Warr N, Wimmer K, Wrzosek-Lipska K, Wu CY, Zielinska M. Do nuclei go pear-shaped? Coulomb excitation of 220Rn and 224Ra at REX-ISOLDE (CERN). EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159301038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Carroll RJ, Page RD, Joss DT, Uusitalo J, Darby IG, Andgren K, Cederwall B, Eeckhaudt S, Grahn T, Gray-Jones C, Greenlees PT, Hadinia B, Jones PM, Julin R, Juutinen S, Leino M, Leppänen AP, Nyman M, O'Donnell D, Pakarinen J, Rahkila P, Sandzelius M, Sarén J, Scholey C, Seweryniak D, Simpson J. Blurring the boundaries: decays of multiparticle isomers at the proton drip line. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:092501. [PMID: 24655248 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.092501] [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: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A multiparticle spin-trap isomer has been discovered in the proton-unbound nucleus (73)(158)Ta85 . The isomer mainly decays by γ-ray emission with a half-life of 6.1(1) μs. Analysis of the γ-ray data shows that the isomer lies 2668 keV above the known 9+ state and has a spin 10ℏ higher and negative parity. This 19- isomer also has an 8644(11) keV, 1.4(2)% α-decay branch that populates the 9+ state in (154)Lu. No proton-decay branch from the isomer was identified, despite the isomer being unbound to proton emission by 3261(14) keV. This remarkable stability against proton emission is compared with theoretical predictions, and the implications for the extent of observable nuclides are considered.
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- R J Carroll
- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom and STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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Darby IG, Grzywacz RK, Batchelder JC, Bingham CR, Cartegni L, Gross CJ, Hjorth-Jensen M, Joss DT, Liddick SN, Nazarewicz W, Padgett S, Page RD, Papenbrock T, Rajabali MM, Rotureau J, Rykaczewski KP. Orbital dependent nucleonic pairing in the lightest known isotopes of tin. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:162502. [PMID: 21230967 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.162502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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By studying the (109)Xe→(105)Te→(101)Sn superallowed α-decay chain, we observe low-lying states in (101)Sn, the one-neutron system outside doubly magic (100)Sn. We find that the spins of the ground state (J=7/2) and first excited state (J=5/2) in (101)Sn are reversed with respect to the traditional level ordering postulated for (103)Sn and the heavier tin isotopes. Through simple arguments and state-of-the-art shell-model calculations we explain this unexpected switch in terms of a transition from the single-particle regime to the collective mode in which orbital-dependent pairing correlations dominate.
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- I G Darby
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Sandzelius M, Hadinia B, Cederwall B, Andgren K, Ganioğlu E, Darby IG, Dimmock MR, Eeckhaudt S, Grahn T, Greenlees PT, Ideguchi E, Jones PM, Joss DT, Julin R, Juutinen S, Khaplanov A, Leino M, Nelson L, Niikura M, Nyman M, Page RD, Pakarinen J, Paul ES, Petri M, Rahkila P, Sarén J, Scholey C, Sorri J, Uusitalo J, Wadsworth R, Wyss R. Identification of excited states in the T(z) = 1 nucleus (110)Xe: evidence for enhanced collectivity near the N=Z=50 double shell closure. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:022501. [PMID: 17678215 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.022501] [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: 01/30/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Gamma-ray transitions have been identified for the first time in the extremely neutron-deficient (N=Z+2) nucleus (110)Xe, and the energies of the three lowest excited states in the ground-state band have been deduced. The results establish a breaking of the normal trend of increasing first excited 2(+) and 4(+) level energies as a function of the decreasing neutron number as the N=50 major shell gap is approached for the neutron-deficient Xe isotopes. This unusual feature is suggested to be an effect of enhanced collectivity, possibly arising from isoscalar n-p interactions becoming increasingly important close to the N=Z line.
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- M Sandzelius
- Department of Physics, The Royal Institute of Technology, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Paul ES, Twin PJ, Evans AO, Pipidis A, Riley MA, Simpson J, Appelbe DE, Campbell DB, Choy PTW, Clark RM, Cromaz M, Fallon P, Görgen A, Joss DT, Lee IY, Macchiavelli AO, Nolan PJ, Ward D, Ragnarsson I. Return of collective rotation in 157Er and 158Er at ultrahigh spin. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 98:012501. [PMID: 17358470 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.012501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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A new frontier of discrete-line gamma-ray spectroscopy at ultrahigh spin has been opened in the rare-earth nuclei (157,158) Er. Four rotational structures, displaying high moments of inertia, have been identified, which extend up to spin approximately 65 variant Planck's over 2pi and bypass the band-terminating states in these nuclei which occur at approximately 45 variant Planck's over 2pi. Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations suggest that these structures arise from well-deformed triaxial configurations that lie in a valley of favored shell energy which also includes the triaxial strongly deformed bands in (161-167) Lu.
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- E S Paul
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Liddick SN, Grzywacz R, Mazzocchi C, Page RD, Rykaczewski KP, Batchelder JC, Bingham CR, Darby IG, Drafta G, Goodin C, Gross CJ, Hamilton JH, Hecht AA, Hwang JK, Ilyushkin S, Joss DT, Korgul A, Królas W, Lagergren K, Li K, Tantawy MN, Thomson J, Winger JA. Discovery of 109Xe and 105Te: superallowed alpha decay near doubly magic 100Sn. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 97:082501. [PMID: 17026296 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.082501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 05/16/2006] [Revised: 06/23/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Two new alpha emitters 109Xe and 105Te were identified through the observation of the 109Xe --> 105Te --> 101Sn alpha-decay chain. The 109Xe nuclei were produced in the fusion-evaporation reaction 54Fe(58Ni,3n)109Xe and studied using the Recoil Mass Spectrometer at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. Two transitions at Ealpha = 4062 +/- 7 keV and Ealpha = 3918 +/- 9 keV were interpreted as the l = 2 and l = 0 transitions from the 7/2+ ground state in 109Xe (T1/2 = 13 +/- 2 ms) to the 5/2+ ground state and a 7/2+ excited state, located at 150 +/- 13 keV in 105Te. The observation of the subsequent decay of 105Te marks the discovery of the lightest known alpha-decaying nucleus. The measured transition energy Ealpha = 4703 +/- 5 keV and half-life T1/2 = 620 +/- 70 ns were used to determine the reduced alpha-decay width delta2. The ratio delta105Te(2)/delta213Po(2) of approximately 3 indicates a superallowed character of the alpha emission from 105Te.
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- S N Liddick
- UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Evans AO, Paul ES, Simpson J, Riley MA, Appelbe DE, Campbell DB, Choy PTW, Clark RM, Cromaz M, Fallon P, Görgen A, Joss DT, Lee IY, Macchiavelli AO, Nolan PJ, Pipidis A, Ward D, Ragnarsson I, Sarić F. High-spin structure beyond band termination in 157Er. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:252502. [PMID: 15245000 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.252502] [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: 10/24/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The angular-momentum induced transition from a deformed state of collective rotation to a noncollective configuration has been studied. In 157Er this transition manifests itself as favored band termination near I=45 Planck's. The feeding of these band terminating states has been investigated for the first time using the Gammasphere spectrometer. Many weakly populated states lying at high excitation energy that decay into these special states have been discovered. Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations suggest that these states arise from weakly collective "core-breaking" configurations.
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- A O Evans
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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Laird RW, Kondev FG, Riley MA, Archer DE, Brown TB, Clark RM, Devlin M, Fallon P, Hartley DJ, Hibbert IM, Joss DT, LaFosse DR, Nolan PJ, O'Brien NJ, Paul ES, Pfohl J, Sarantites DG, Sheline RK, Shepherd SL, Simpson J, Wadsworth R, Matev MT, Afanasjev AV, Dobaczewski J, Lalazissis GA, Nazarewicz W, Satuła W. Quadrupole moments of highly deformed structures in the A approximately 135 region: probing the single-particle motion in a rotating potential. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 88:152501. [PMID: 11955192 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.152501] [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: 10/29/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The latest generation gamma-ray detection system, GAMMASPHERE, coupled with the Microball charged-particle detector, has made possible a new class of nuclear lifetime measurement. For the first time differential lifetime measurements free from common systematic errors for over 15 different nuclei ( >30 rotational bands in various isotopes of Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, and Sm) have been extracted at high spin within a single experiment. This comprehensive study establishes the effective single-particle transition quadrupole moments in the A approximately 135 light rare-earth region. Detailed comparisons are made with theoretical calculations using the self-consistent cranked mean-field theory which convincingly demonstrates the validity of the additivity of single-particle quadrupole moments in this mass region.
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- R W Laird
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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Lenzi SM, Mărginean N, Napoli DR, Ur CA, Zuker AP, de Angelis G, Algora A, Axiotis M, Bazzacco D, Belcari N, Bentley MA, Bizzeti PG, Bizzeti-Sona A, Brandolini F, von Brentano P, Bucurescu D, Cameron JA, Chandler C, De Poli M, Dewald A, Eberth H, Farnea E, Gadea A, Garces-Narro J, Gelletly W, Grawe H, Isocrate R, Joss DT, Kalfas CA, Klug T, Lampman T, Lunardi S, Martínez T, Martínez-Pinedo G, Menegazzo R, Nyberg J, Podolyak Z, Poves A, Ribas RV, Rossi Alvarez C, Rubio B, Sánchez-Solano J, Spolaore P, Steinhardt T, Thelen O, Tonev D, Vitturi A, von Oertzen W, Weiszflog M. Coulomb energy differences in t = 1 mirror rotational bands in (50)Fe and (50)Cr. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:122501. [PMID: 11580500 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.122501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 02/20/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Gamma rays from the N = Z-2 nucleus (50)Fe have been observed, establishing the rotational ground state band up to the state J(pi) = 11+ at 6.994 MeV excitation energy. The experimental Coulomb energy differences, obtained by comparison with the isobaric analog states in its mirror (50)Cr, confirm the qualitative interpretation of the backbending patterns in terms of successive alignments of proton and neutron pairs. A quantitative agreement with experiment has been achieved by exact shell model calculations, incorporating the differences in radii along the yrast bands, and properly renormalizing the Coulomb matrix elements in the pf model space.
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- S M Lenzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Padua, Italy
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Nyakó BM, Gizon J, Gizon A, Timár J, Zolnai L, Perez GE, Dombrádi Z, Sohler D, Boston AJ, Joss DT, Paul ES, Semple AT, O’Brien NJ, Parry CM, Afanasjev AV, Ragnarsson I. Systematics of Terminating Configurations in A ≈100 Pd Nuclei. The Nucleus 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4257-5_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Joss DT, Paul ES, Archer DE, Devlin M, Fallon P, Hibbert IM, LaFosse DR, Nolan PJ, O'Brien NJ, Pfohl J, Riley MA, Sarantites DG, Sheline R, Simpson J, Wadsworth R. Multiple superdeformed bands in 132Nd. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1996; 54:R969-R972. [PMID: 9971493 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.54.r969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Clark RM, Lee IY, Fallon P, Joss DT, Asztalos SJ, Becker JA, Bernstein L, Cederwall B, Deleplanque MA, Diamond RM, Farris LP, Hauschild K, Kelly WH, Macchiavelli AO, Nolan PJ, O'Brien N, Semple AT, Stephens FS, Wadsworth R. Relative deformations of superdeformed bands in 131,132Ce. Phys Rev Lett 1996; 76:3510-3513. [PMID: 10060986 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.76.3510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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