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Vernon AR, Garcia Ruiz RF, Miyagi T, Binnersley CL, Billowes J, Bissell ML, Bonnard J, Cocolios TE, Dobaczewski J, Farooq-Smith GJ, Flanagan KT, Georgiev G, Gins W, de Groote RP, Heinke R, Holt JD, Hustings J, Koszorús Á, Leimbach D, Lynch KM, Neyens G, Stroberg SR, Wilkins SG, Yang XF, Yordanov DT. Nuclear moments of indium isotopes reveal abrupt change at magic number 82. Nature 2022; 607:260-265. [PMID: 35831598 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04818-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
In spite of the high-density and strongly correlated nature of the atomic nucleus, experimental and theoretical evidence suggests that around particular 'magic' numbers of nucleons, nuclear properties are governed by a single unpaired nucleon1,2. A microscopic understanding of the extent of this behaviour and its evolution in neutron-rich nuclei remains an open question in nuclear physics3-5. The indium isotopes are considered a textbook example of this phenomenon6, in which the constancy of their electromagnetic properties indicated that a single unpaired proton hole can provide the identity of a complex many-nucleon system6,7. Here we present precision laser spectroscopy measurements performed to investigate the validity of this simple single-particle picture. Observation of an abrupt change in the dipole moment at N = 82 indicates that, whereas the single-particle picture indeed dominates at neutron magic number N = 82 (refs. 2,8), it does not for previously studied isotopes. To investigate the microscopic origin of these observations, our work provides a combined effort with developments in two complementary nuclear many-body methods: ab initio valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group and density functional theory (DFT). We find that the inclusion of time-symmetry-breaking mean fields is essential for a correct description of nuclear magnetic properties, which were previously poorly constrained. These experimental and theoretical findings are key to understanding how seemingly simple single-particle phenomena naturally emerge from complex interactions among protons and neutrons.
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- A R Vernon
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. .,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. .,Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. .,Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.,Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,Engineering Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.,IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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Hu BS, Padua-Argüelles J, Leutheusser S, Miyagi T, Stroberg SR, Holt JD. Ab Initio Structure Factors for Spin-Dependent Dark Matter Direct Detection. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:072502. [PMID: 35244439 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.072502] [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: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present converged ab initio calculations of structure factors for elastic spin-dependent WIMP scattering off all nuclei used in dark matter direct-detection searches: ^{19}F, ^{23}Na, ^{27}Al, ^{29}Si, ^{73}Ge, ^{127}I, and ^{129,131}Xe. From a set of established two- and three-nucleon interactions derived within chiral effective field theory, we construct consistent WIMP-nucleon currents at the one-body level, including effects from axial-vector two-body currents. We then apply the in-medium similarity renormalization group to construct effective valence-space Hamiltonians and consistently transformed operators of nuclear responses. Combining the recent advances of natural orbitals with three-nucleon forces expressed in large spaces, we obtain basis-space converged structure factors even in heavy nuclei. Generally results are consistent with previous calculations but large uncertainties in ^{127}I highlight the need for further study.
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- B S Hu
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec City H3A 2T8, Canada
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Malbrunot-Ettenauer S, Kaufmann S, Bacca S, Barbieri C, Billowes J, Bissell ML, Blaum K, Cheal B, Duguet T, Ruiz RFG, Gins W, Gorges C, Hagen G, Heylen H, Holt JD, Jansen GR, Kanellakopoulos A, Kortelainen M, Miyagi T, Navrátil P, Nazarewicz W, Neugart R, Neyens G, Nörtershäuser W, Novario SJ, Papenbrock T, Ratajczyk T, Reinhard PG, Rodríguez LV, Sánchez R, Sailer S, Schwenk A, Simonis J, Somà V, Stroberg SR, Wehner L, Wraith C, Xie L, Xu ZY, Yang XF, Yordanov DT. Nuclear Charge Radii of the Nickel Isotopes ^{58-68,70}Ni. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:022502. [PMID: 35089728 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.022502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Collinear laser spectroscopy is performed on the nickel isotopes ^{58-68,70}Ni, using a time-resolved photon counting system. From the measured isotope shifts, nuclear charge radii R_{c} are extracted and compared to theoretical results. Three ab initio approaches all employ, among others, the chiral interaction NNLO_{sat}, which allows an assessment of their accuracy. We find agreement with experiment in differential radii δ⟨r_{c}^{2}⟩ for all employed ab initio methods and interactions, while the absolute radii are consistent with data only for NNLO_{sat}. Within nuclear density functional theory, the Skyrme functional SV-min matches experiment more closely than the Fayans functional Fy(Δr,HFB).
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (YFL), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and FRIB Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institut für Kernchemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay, France
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische Universität München, D-80333 München, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, D.C. 98195, USA
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- Institut für Kernchemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- 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
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay, France
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Belley A, Payne CG, Stroberg SR, Miyagi T, Holt JD. Ab Initio Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Matrix Elements for ^{48}Ca, ^{76}Ge, and ^{82}Se. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:042502. [PMID: 33576665 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.042502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We calculate basis-space converged neutrinoless ββ-decay nuclear matrix elements for the lightest candidates: ^{48}Ca, ^{76}Ge, and ^{82}Se. Starting from initial two- and three-nucleon forces, we apply the ab initio in-medium similarity renormalization group to construct valence-space Hamiltonians and consistently transformed ββ-decay operators. We find that the tensor component is non-negligible in ^{76}Ge and ^{82}Se, and the resulting nuclear matrix elements are overall 25%-45% smaller than those obtained from the phenomenological shell model. While a final matrix element with uncertainties still requires substantial developments, this work nevertheless opens a path toward a true first-principles calculation of neutrinoless ββ decay in all nuclei relevant for ongoing large-scale searches.
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- A Belley
- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec City H3A 2T8, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec City H3A 2T8, Canada
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Stroberg SR, Holt JD, Schwenk A, Simonis J. Ab Initio Limits of Atomic Nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:022501. [PMID: 33512176 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.022501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We predict the limits of existence of atomic nuclei, the proton and neutron drip lines, from the light through medium-mass regions. Starting from a chiral two- and three-nucleon interaction with good saturation properties, we use the valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group to calculate ground-state and separation energies from helium to iron, nearly 700 isotopes in total. We use the available experimental data to quantify the theoretical uncertainties for our ab initio calculations towards the drip lines. Where the drip lines are known experimentally, our predictions are consistent within the estimated uncertainty. For the neutron-rich sodium to chromium isotopes, we provide predictions to be tested at rare-isotope beam facilities.
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- S R Stroberg
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Zhang X, Stroberg SR, Navrátil P, Gwak C, Melendez JA, Furnstahl RJ, Holt JD. Ab Initio Calculations of Low-Energy Nuclear Scattering Using Confining Potential Traps. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:112503. [PMID: 32975962 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.112503] [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: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A recently modified method to enable low-energy nuclear scattering results to be extracted from the discrete energy levels of the target-projectile clusters confined by harmonic potential traps is tested. We report encouraging results for neutron-α and neutron-^{24}O elastic scattering from analyzing the trapped levels computed using two different ab initio nuclear structure methods. The n-α results have also been checked against a direct ab initio reaction calculation. The n-^{24}O results demonstrate the approach's applicability for a large range of systems provided their spectra in traps can be computed by ab initio methods. A key ingredient is a rigorous understanding of the errors in the calculated energy levels caused by inevitable Hilbert-space truncations in the ab initio methods.
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- Xilin Zhang
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec City H3A 2T8, Canada
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Mougeot M, Atanasov D, Blaum K, Chrysalidis K, Goodacre TD, Fedorov D, Fedosseev V, George S, Herfurth F, Holt JD, Lunney D, Manea V, Marsh B, Neidherr D, Rosenbusch M, Rothe S, Schweikhard L, Schwenk A, Seiffert C, Simonis J, Stroberg SR, Welker A, Wienholtz F, Wolf RN, Zuber K. Precision Mass Measurements of ^{58-63}Cr: Nuclear Collectivity Towards the N=40 Island of Inversion. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:232501. [PMID: 29932682 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.232501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The neutron-rich isotopes ^{58-63}Cr were produced for the first time at the ISOLDE facility and their masses were measured with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer. The new values are up to 300 times more precise than those in the literature and indicate significantly different nuclear structure from the new mass-surface trend. A gradual onset of deformation is found in this proton and neutron midshell region, which is a gateway to the second island of inversion around N=40. In addition to comparisons with density-functional theory and large-scale shell-model calculations, we present predictions from the valence-space formulation of the ab initio in-medium similarity renormalization group, the first such results for open-shell chromium isotopes.
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- M Mougeot
- CSNSM-IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay 91405, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
- School of Physics Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188300, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- CSNSM-IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay 91405, France
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- CERN, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- CERN, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
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- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, Greifswald 17487, Germany
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- CERN, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, Greifswald 17487, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Universität Greifswald, Institut für Physik, Greifswald 17487, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany
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Morris TD, Simonis J, Stroberg SR, Stumpf C, Hagen G, Holt JD, Jansen GR, Papenbrock T, Roth R, Schwenk A. Structure of the Lightest Tin Isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:152503. [PMID: 29756897 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.152503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We link the structure of nuclei around ^{100}Sn, the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with equal neutron and proton numbers (N=Z=50), to nucleon-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon (NNN) forces constrained by data of few-nucleon systems. Our results indicate that ^{100}Sn is doubly magic, and we predict its quadrupole collectivity. We present precise computations of ^{101}Sn based on three-particle-two-hole excitations of ^{100}Sn, and we find that one interaction accurately reproduces the small splitting between the lowest J^{π}=7/2^{+} and 5/2^{+} states.
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- T D Morris
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Physics Department, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 2, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Leistenschneider E, Reiter MP, Ayet San Andrés S, Kootte B, Holt JD, Navrátil P, Babcock C, Barbieri C, Barquest BR, Bergmann J, Bollig J, Brunner T, Dunling E, Finlay A, Geissel H, Graham L, Greiner F, Hergert H, Hornung C, Jesch C, Klawitter R, Lan Y, Lascar D, Leach KG, Lippert W, McKay JE, Paul SF, Schwenk A, Short D, Simonis J, Somà V, Steinbrügge R, Stroberg SR, Thompson R, Wieser ME, Will C, Yavor M, Andreoiu C, Dickel T, Dillmann I, Gwinner G, Plaß WR, Scheidenberger C, Kwiatkowski AA, Dilling J. Dawning of the N=32 Shell Closure Seen through Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Titanium Isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:062503. [PMID: 29481255 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.062503] [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: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A precision mass investigation of the neutron-rich titanium isotopes ^{51-55}Ti was performed at TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN). The range of the measurements covers the N=32 shell closure, and the overall uncertainties of the ^{52-55}Ti mass values were significantly reduced. Our results conclusively establish the existence of the weak shell effect at N=32, narrowing down the abrupt onset of this shell closure. Our data were compared with state-of-the-art ab initio shell model calculations which, despite very successfully describing where the N=32 shell gap is strong, overpredict its strength and extent in titanium and heavier isotones. These measurements also represent the first scientific results of TITAN using the newly commissioned multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer, substantiated by independent measurements from TITAN's Penning trap mass spectrometer.
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- E Leistenschneider
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Physics Department, McGill University, H3A 2T8 Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824,USA
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
- Institut für Kerphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, 190103 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Parker JJ, Wiedenhöver I, Cottle PD, Baker J, McPherson D, Riley MA, Santiago-Gonzalez D, Volya A, Bader VM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Gade A, Ginter T, Iwasaki H, Loelius C, Morse C, Recchia F, Smalley D, Stroberg SR, Whitmore K, Weisshaar D, Lemasson A, Crawford HL, Macchiavelli AO, Wimmer K. Isomeric Character of the Lowest Observed 4^{+} State in ^{44}S. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:052501. [PMID: 28211717 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.052501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Previous experiments observed a 4^{+} state in the N=28 nucleus ^{44}S and suggested that this state may exhibit a hindered E2-decay rate, inconsistent with being a member of the collective ground state band. We populate this state via two-proton knockout from a beam of exotic ^{46}Ar projectiles and measure its lifetime using the recoil distance method with the GRETINA γ-ray spectrometer. The result, 76(14)_{stat}(20)_{syst} ps, implies a hindered transition of B(E2;4^{+}→2_{1}^{+})=0.61(19) single-particle or Weisskopf units strength and supports the interpretation of the 4^{+} state as a K=4 isomer, the first example of a high-K isomer in a nucleus of such low mass.
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- J J Parker
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Grand Accélérateur National dIons Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3 Caen, France
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Nuclear Science Division, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Nuclear Science Division, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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Stroberg SR, Calci A, Hergert H, Holt JD, Bogner SK, Roth R, Schwenk A. Nucleus-Dependent Valence-Space Approach to Nuclear Structure. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:032502. [PMID: 28157334 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.032502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We present a nucleus-dependent valence-space approach for calculating ground and excited states of nuclei, which generalizes the shell-model in-medium similarity renormalization group to an ensemble reference with fractionally filled orbitals. Because the ensemble is used only as a reference, and not to represent physical states, no symmetry restoration is required. This allows us to capture three-nucleon (3N) forces among valence nucleons with a valence-space Hamiltonian specifically targeted to each nucleus of interest. Predicted ground-state energies from carbon through nickel agree with results of other large-space ab initio methods, generally to the 1% level. In addition, we show that this new approach is required in order to obtain convergence for nuclei in the upper p and sd shells. Finally, we address the 1^{+}/3^{+} inversion problem in ^{22}Na and ^{46}V. This approach extends the reach of ab initio nuclear structure calculations to essentially all light- and medium-mass nuclei.
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- S R Stroberg
- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48844, USA
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48844, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Evitts LJ, Garnsworthy AB, Kibédi T, Moukaddam M, Alshahrani B, Eriksen TK, Holt JD, Hota SS, Lane GJ, Lee BQ, McCormick BP, Palalani N, Reed MW, Stroberg SR, Stuchbery AE. Electric Monopole Transition Strengths in62Ni. EPJ Web Conf 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612302004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Milne SA, Bentley MA, Simpson EC, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Bruce AM, Davies PJ, Diget CA, Gade A, Henry TW, Iwasaki H, Lemasson A, Lenzi SM, McDaniel S, Napoli DR, Nichols AJ, Ratkiewicz A, Scruton L, Stroberg SR, Tostevin JA, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Isospin Symmetry at High Spin Studied via Nucleon Knockout from Isomeric States. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:082502. [PMID: 27588851 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.082502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One-neutron knockout reactions have been performed on a beam of radioactive ^{53}Co in a high-spin isomeric state. The analysis is shown to yield a highly selective population of high-spin states in an exotic nucleus with a significant cross section, and hence represents a technique that is applicable to the planned new generation of fragmentation-based radioactive beam facilities. Additionally, the relative cross sections among the excited states can be predicted to a high level of accuracy when reliable shell-model input is available. The work has resulted in a new level scheme, up to the 11^{+} band-termination state, of the proton-rich nucleus ^{52}Co (Z=27, N=25). This has in turn enabled a study of mirror energy differences in the A=52 odd-odd mirror nuclei, interpreted in terms of isospin-nonconserving (INC) forces in nuclei. The analysis demonstrates the importance of using a full set of J-dependent INC terms to explain the experimental observations.
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- S A Milne
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- GANIL, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP55027, F-14076, Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica del'Universita and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Lapoux V, Somà V, Barbieri C, Hergert H, Holt JD, Stroberg SR. Radii and Binding Energies in Oxygen Isotopes: A Challenge for Nuclear Forces. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:052501. [PMID: 27517768 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.052501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We present a systematic study of both nuclear radii and binding energies in (even) oxygen isotopes from the valley of stability to the neutron drip line. Both charge and matter radii are compared to state-of-the-art ab initio calculations along with binding energy systematics. Experimental matter radii are obtained through a complete evaluation of the available elastic proton scattering data of oxygen isotopes. We show that, in spite of a good reproduction of binding energies, ab initio calculations with conventional nuclear interactions derived within chiral effective field theory fail to provide a realistic description of charge and matter radii. A novel version of two- and three-nucleon forces leads to considerable improvement of the simultaneous description of the three observables for stable isotopes but shows deficiencies for the most neutron-rich systems. Thus, crucial challenges related to the development of nuclear interactions remain.
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- V Lapoux
- CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Service de Physique Nucléaire, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Service de Physique Nucléaire, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2A3
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2A3
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Langer C, Montes F, Aprahamian A, Bardayan DW, Bazin D, Brown BA, Browne J, Crawford H, Cyburt RH, Domingo-Pardo C, Gade A, George S, Hosmer P, Keek L, Kontos A, Lee IY, Lemasson A, Lunderberg E, Maeda Y, Matos M, Meisel Z, Noji S, Nunes FM, Nystrom A, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Quinn SJ, Recchia F, Schatz H, Scott M, Siegl K, Simon A, Smith M, Spyrou A, Stevens J, Stroberg SR, Weisshaar D, Wheeler J, Wimmer K, Zegers RGT. Determining the rp-process flow through 56Ni: resonances in 57Cu(p,γ)58Zn identified with GRETINA. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:032502. [PMID: 25083636 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.032502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An approach is presented to experimentally constrain previously unreachable (p, γ) reaction rates on nuclei far from stability in the astrophysical rp process. Energies of all critical resonances in the (57)Cu(p,γ)(58)Zn reaction are deduced by populating states in (58)Zn with a (d, n) reaction in inverse kinematics at 75 MeV/u, and detecting γ-ray-recoil coincidences with the state-of-the-art γ-ray tracking array GRETINA and the S800 spectrograph at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. The results reduce the uncertainty in the (57)Cu(p,γ) reaction rate by several orders of magnitude. The effective lifetime of (56)Ni, an important waiting point in the rp process in x-ray bursts, can now be determined entirely from experimentally constrained reaction rates.
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- C Langer
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Noji S, Zegers RGT, Austin SM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Cole AL, Doster HJ, Gade A, Guess CJ, Gupta S, Hitt GW, Langer C, Lipschutz S, Lunderberg E, Meharchand R, Meisel Z, Perdikakis G, Pereira J, Recchia F, Schatz H, Scott M, Stroberg SR, Sullivan C, Valdez L, Walz C, Weisshaar D, Williams SJ, Wimmer K. β+ Gamow-Teller transition strengths from 46Ti and stellar electron-capture rates. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:252501. [PMID: 25014806 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.252501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The Gamow-Teller strength in the β(+) direction to (46)Sc was extracted via the (46)Ti(t,(3)He + γ) reaction at 115 MeV/u. The γ-ray coincidences served to precisely measure the very weak Gamow-Teller transition to a final state at 991 keV. Although this transition is weak, it is crucial for accurately estimating electron-capture rates in astrophysical scenarios with relatively low stellar densities and temperatures, such as presupernova stellar evolution. Shell-model calculations with different effective interactions in the pf shell-model space do not reproduce the experimental Gamow-Teller strengths, which is likely due to sd-shell admixtures. Calculations in the quasiparticle random phase approximation that are often used in astrophysical simulations also fail to reproduce the experimental Gamow-Teller strength distribution, leading to strongly overestimated electron-capture rates. Because reliable theoretical predictions of Gamow-Teller strengths are important for providing astrophysical electron-capture reaction rates for a broad set of nuclei in the lower pf shell, we conclude that further theoretical improvements are required to match astrophysical needs.
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- S Noji
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Physics Department, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, USA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences, Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research, P.O. Box 127788 Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Neutron and Nuclear Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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Iwasaki H, Lemasson A, Morse C, Dewald A, Braunroth T, Bader VM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Campbell CM, Gade A, Langer C, Lee IY, Loelius C, Lunderberg E, Recchia F, Smalley D, Stroberg SR, Wadsworth R, Walz C, Weisshaar D, Westerberg A, Whitmore K, Wimmer K. Evolution of collectivity in 72Kr: evidence for rapid shape transition. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:142502. [PMID: 24765947 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.142502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The transition rates from the yrast 2+ and 4+ states in the self-conjugate 72Kr nucleus were studied via lifetime measurements employing the GRETINA array with a novel application of the recoil-distance method. The large collectivity observed for the 4+→2+ transition suggests a prolate character of the excited states. The reduced collectivity previously reported for the 2+→0+ transition was confirmed. The irregular behavior of collectivity points to the occurrence of a rapid oblate-prolate shape transition in 72Kr, providing stringent tests for advanced theories to describe the shape coexistence and its evolution.
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- H Iwasaki
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik der Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik der Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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Gade A, Janssens RVF, Weisshaar D, Brown BA, Lunderberg E, Albers M, Bader VM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Campbell CM, Carpenter MP, Chiara CJ, Crawford HL, Cromaz M, Garg U, Hoffman CR, Kondev FG, Langer C, Lauritsen T, Lee IY, Lenzi SM, Matta JT, Nowacki F, Recchia F, Sieja K, Stroberg SR, Tostevin JA, Williams SJ, Wimmer K, Zhu S. Nuclear structure towards N = 40 60Ca: in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of 58,60Ti. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:112503. [PMID: 24702356 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.112503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Excited states in the neutron-rich N = 38, 36 nuclei (60)Ti and (58)Ti were populated in nucleon-removal reactions from (61)V projectiles at 90 MeV/nucleon. The γ-ray transitions from such states in these Ti isotopes were detected with the advanced γ-ray tracking array GRETINA and were corrected event by event for large Doppler shifts (v/c ∼ 0.4) using the γ-ray interaction points deduced from online signal decomposition. The new data indicate that a steep decrease in quadrupole collectivity occurs when moving from neutron-rich N = 36, 38 Fe and Cr toward the Ti and Ca isotones. In fact, (58,60)Ti provide some of the most neutron-rich benchmarks accessible today for calculations attempting to determine the structure of the potentially doubly magic nucleus (60)Ca.
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- A Gade
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Strasbourg, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Strasbourg, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Wimmer K, Bazin D, Gade A, Tostevin JA, Baugher T, Chajecki Z, Coupland D, Famiano MA, Ghosh TK, Grinyer GF, Hodges R, Howard ME, Kilburn M, Lynch WG, Manning B, Meierbachtol K, Quarterman P, Ratkiewicz A, Sanetullaev A, Simpson EC, Stroberg SR, Tsang MB, Weisshaar D, Winkelbauer J, Winkler R, Youngs M. Correlations in intermediate energy two-proton removal reactions. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:202505. [PMID: 23215478 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.202505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report final-state-exclusive measurements of the light charged fragments in coincidence with (26)Ne residual nuclei following the direct two-proton removal from a neutron-rich (28)Mg secondary beam. A Dalitz-plot analysis and comparisons with simulations show that a majority of the triple-coincidence events with two protons display phase-space correlations consistent with the (two-body) kinematics of a spatially correlated pair-removal mechanism. The fraction of such correlated events, 56(12)%, is consistent with the fraction of the calculated cross section, 64%, arising from spin S=0 two-proton configurations in the entrance-channel (shell-model) (28)Mg ground state wave function. This result promises access to an additional and more specific probe of the spin and spatial correlations of valence nucleon pairs in exotic nuclei produced as fast secondary beams.
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- K Wimmer
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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