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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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Doherty DT, Andreyev AN, Seweryniak D, Woods PJ, Carpenter MP, Auranen K, Ayangeakaa AD, Back BB, Bottoni S, Canete L, Cubiss JG, Harker J, Haylett T, Huang T, Janssens RVF, Jenkins DG, Kondev FG, Lauritsen T, Lederer-Woods C, Li J, Müller-Gatermann C, Potterveld D, Reviol W, Savard G, Stolze S, Zhu S. Solving the Puzzles of the Decay of the Heaviest Known Proton-Emitting Nucleus ^{185}Bi. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:202501. [PMID: 34860042 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.202501] [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: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Two long-standing puzzles in the decay of ^{185}Bi, the heaviest known proton-emitting nucleus are revisited. These are the nonobservation of the 9/2^{-} state, which is the ground state of all heavier odd-A Bi isotopes, and the hindered nature of proton and α decays of its presumed 60-μs 1/2^{+} ground state. The ^{185}Bi nucleus has now been studied with the ^{95}Mo(^{93}Nb,3n) reaction in complementary experiments using the Fragment Mass Analyzer and Argonne Gas-Filled Analyzer at Argonne National Laboratory's ATLAS facility. The experiments have established the existence of two states in ^{185}Bi; the short-lived T_{1/2}=2.8_{-1.0}^{+2.3} μs, proton- and α-decaying ground state, and a 58(2)-μs γ-decaying isomer, the half-life of which was previously attributed to the ground state. The reassignment of the ground-state lifetime results in a proton-decay spectroscopic factor close to unity and represents the only known example of a ground-state proton decay to a daughter nucleus (^{184}Pb) with a major shell closure. The data also demonstrate that the ordering of low- and high-spin states in ^{185}Bi is reversed relative to the heavier odd-A Bi isotopes, with the intruder-based 1/2^{+} configuration becoming the ground, similar to the lightest At nuclides.
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- D T Doherty
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-Mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- 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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- 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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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Barzakh A, Andreyev AN, Raison C, Cubiss JG, Van Duppen P, Péru S, Hilaire S, Goriely S, Andel B, Antalic S, Al Monthery M, Berengut JC, Bieroń J, Bissell ML, Borschevsky A, Chrysalidis K, Cocolios TE, Day Goodacre T, Dognon JP, Elantkowska M, Eliav E, Farooq-Smith GJ, Fedorov DV, Fedosseev VN, Gaffney LP, Garcia Ruiz RF, Godefroid M, Granados C, Harding RD, Heinke R, Huyse M, Karls J, Larmonier P, Li JG, Lynch KM, Maison DE, Marsh BA, Molkanov P, Mosat P, Oleynichenko AV, Panteleev V, Pyykkö P, Reitsma ML, Rezynkina K, Rossel RE, Rothe S, Ruczkowski J, Schiffmann S, Seiffert C, Seliverstov MD, Sels S, Skripnikov LV, Stryjczyk M, Studer D, Verlinde M, Wilman S, Zaitsevskii AV. Large Shape Staggering in Neutron-Deficient Bi Isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:192501. [PMID: 34797155 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.192501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The changes in the mean-square charge radius (relative to ^{209}Bi), magnetic dipole, and electric quadrupole moments of ^{187,188,189,191}Bi were measured using the in-source resonance-ionization spectroscopy technique at ISOLDE (CERN). A large staggering in radii was found in ^{187,188,189}Bi^{g}, manifested by a sharp radius increase for the ground state of ^{188}Bi relative to the neighboring ^{187,189}Bi^{g}. A large isomer shift was also observed for ^{188}Bi^{m}. Both effects happen at the same neutron number, N=105, where the shape staggering and a similar isomer shift were observed in the mercury isotopes. Experimental results are reproduced by mean-field calculations where the ground or isomeric states were identified by the blocked quasiparticle configuration compatible with the observed spin, parity, and magnetic moment.
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- A Barzakh
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-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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- 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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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
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- Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, Kraków, Poland
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, 9747 Groningen, Netherlands
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Universiteé Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, Poznan 60-965, Poland
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- School of Engineering and Computing, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- SQUARES, CP160/09, Université libre de Bruxelles, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University in Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/3, Moscow, 119991 Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A. I. Virtasen aukio 1), FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, 9747 Groningen, Netherlands
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, Poznan 60-965, Poland
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- SQUARES, CP160/09, Université libre de Bruxelles, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, Poznan 60-965, Poland
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/3, Moscow, 119991 Russia
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Day Goodacre T, Afanasjev AV, Barzakh AE, Marsh BA, Sels S, Ring P, Nakada H, Andreyev AN, Van Duppen P, Althubiti NA, Andel B, Atanasov D, Billowes J, Blaum K, Cocolios TE, Cubiss JG, Farooq-Smith GJ, Fedorov DV, Fedosseev VN, Flanagan KT, Gaffney LP, Ghys L, Huyse M, Kreim S, Lunney D, Lynch KM, Manea V, Martinez Palenzuela Y, Molkanov PL, Rosenbusch M, Rossel RE, Rothe S, Schweikhard L, Seliverstov MD, Spagnoletti P, Van Beveren C, Veinhard M, Verstraelen E, Welker A, Wendt K, Wienholtz F, Wolf RN, Zadvornaya A, Zuber K. Laser Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich ^{207,208}Hg Isotopes: Illuminating the Kink and Odd-Even Staggering in Charge Radii across the N=126 Shell Closure. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:032502. [PMID: 33543945 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.032502] [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: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The mean-square charge radii of ^{207,208}Hg (Z=80, N=127, 128) have been studied for the first time and those of ^{202,203,206}Hg (N=122, 123, 126) remeasured by the application of in-source resonance-ionization laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE (CERN). The characteristic kink in the charge radii at the N=126 neutron shell closure has been revealed, providing the first information on its behavior below the Z=82 proton shell closure. A theoretical analysis has been performed within relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov and nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approaches, considering both the new mercury results and existing lead data. Contrary to previous interpretations, it is demonstrated that both the kink at N=126 and the odd-even staggering (OES) in its vicinity can be described predominately at the mean-field level and that pairing does not need to play a crucial role in their origin. A new OES mechanism is suggested, related to the staggering in the occupation of the different neutron orbitals in odd- and even-A nuclei, facilitated by particle-vibration coupling for odd-A nuclei.
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- T Day Goodacre
- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- TRIUMF, Vancouver V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, Gatchina 188300, Russia
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- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Fakultät für Physik, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, I-33, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Japan
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Jouf University, Aljouf P.O. Box 2014, Saudi Arabia
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- 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
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- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, Gatchina 188300, Russia
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- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- The Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- School of Computing, Engineering, and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center SCK CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - S Kreim
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Lunney
- CSNSM-IN2P3, Université de Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - K M Lynch
- The University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - V Manea
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Y Martinez Palenzuela
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - P L Molkanov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, Gatchina 188300, Russia
| | - M Rosenbusch
- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
| | - R E Rossel
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - S Rothe
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - L Schweikhard
- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
| | - M D Seliverstov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, Gatchina 188300, Russia
| | - P Spagnoletti
- School of Computing, Engineering, and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - C Van Beveren
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - A Welker
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
| | - K Wendt
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - F Wienholtz
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
| | - R N Wolf
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
| | - A Zadvornaya
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
| | - K Zuber
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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