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Tang TL, Kay BP, Hoffman CR, Schiffer JP, Sharp DK, Gaffney LP, Freeman SJ, Mumpower MR, Arokiaraj A, Baader EF, Butler PA, Catford WN, de Angelis G, Flavigny F, Gott MD, Gregor ET, Konki J, Labiche M, Lazarus IH, MacGregor PT, Martel I, Page RD, Podolyák Z, Poleshchuk O, Raabe R, Recchia F, Smith JF, Szwec SV, Yang J. First Exploration of Neutron Shell Structure below Lead and beyond N=126. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:062502. [PMID: 32109128 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.062502] [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: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The nuclei below lead but with more than 126 neutrons are crucial to an understanding of the astrophysical r process in producing nuclei heavier than A∼190. Despite their importance, the structure and properties of these nuclei remain experimentally untested as they are difficult to produce in nuclear reactions with stable beams. In a first exploration of the shell structure of this region, neutron excitations in ^{207}Hg have been probed using the neutron-adding (d,p) reaction in inverse kinematics. The radioactive beam of ^{206}Hg was delivered to the new ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at an energy above the Coulomb barrier. The spectroscopy of ^{207}Hg marks a first step in improving our understanding of the relevant structural properties of nuclei involved in a key part of the path of the r process.
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Affiliation(s)
- T L Tang
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
| | - C R Hoffman
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- KU Leuven, Intituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - W N Catford
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
| | - G de Angelis
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay, France
- LPC Caen, Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
| | - M D Gott
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
| | - E T Gregor
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Labiche
- Nuclear Physics Group, UKRI-STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Nuclear Physics Group, UKRI-STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom
| | - I Martel
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - R D Page
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
| | - O Poleshchuk
- KU Leuven, Intituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Intituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - F Recchia
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universit degli Studi di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- SUPA, School of Computing, Engineering, and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- KU Leuven, Intituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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