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1. The role of Fission in the search of the Super Heavy Land: Fission modes in heavy and superheavy nuclei. Case study of 180Hg

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Vardaci E., Di Nitto A., Banerjee T., Pulcini A., Setaro P.A., Alifano G., La Rana G., Carjan N., Cicchella A., Spinosa S., Kozulin E.M., Trzaska W.H., Itkis I.M., Knyazheva G.N., Kumar D., Novikov K.V., Vorobiev I.V., Khlebnikov S.V., Cheralu M., Kozulina N.I., Pchelintsev I.V., Borcea C., Calinescu S., Filipescu D.M., Harca I.M., and Petrone C.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Many observations strongly support the hypothesis that nuclei may fission through several independent fission modes (multimodal fission) interpreted as different prescission shapes and fission paths in a multidimensional potential energy landscape where shell effects are dominant. Mass distributions of the fission fragments are sensitive to the potential energy landscape and appear to be single humped (symmetric) or double humped (asymmetric). In many cases a mixture of both modes is observed. We propose here our study on 180Hg. Binary fission fragments formed in the reaction 68Zn + 112Sn → 180Hg at different excitation energies around the Coulomb barrier were detected using the double-arm time-of-flight technique with the spectrometers CORSET. The experiment was performed at JYFL (Jyvaskyla, Finland). We will discuss an analysis of the mass distributions in terms of fission modes predicted by a five-dimensional fission model. We have found out that the mass distributions can be well reproduced by considering a symmetric fission mode and two asymmetric modes at (AL ≈ 80, AH ≈ 100) and (AL ≈ 70 and AH ≈ 110).

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2024
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2. Isospin breaking in the $^{71}$Kr and $^{71}$Br mirror system

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Algora, A., Vitéz-Sveiczer, A., Poves, A., Kiss, G. G., Rubio, B., de Angelis, G., Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Rodriguez, T., Sarriguren, P., Agramunt, J., Guadilla, V., Montaner-Pizá, A., Morales, A. I., Orrigo, S. E. A., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S. M., Boso, A., Phong, V. H., Wu, J., Söderström, P. -A., Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D. S., Baba, H., Doornenbal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Chen, S., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grévy, S., Nieto, T. Kurtukián, Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombrádi, Zs., Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., de France, G., Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Schaffner, H., and Kruppa, A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

Isospin symmetry is a fundamental concept in nuclear physics. Even though isospin symmetry is partially broken, it holds approximately for most nuclear systems, which makes exceptions very interesting from the nuclear structure perspective. In this framework, it is expected that the spins and parities of the ground states of mirror nuclei should be the same, in particular for the simplest systems where a proton is exchanged with a neutron or vice versa. In this work, we present evidence that this assumption is broken in the mirror pair $^{71}$Br and $^{71}$Kr system. Our conclusions are based on a high-statistics $\beta$ decay study of $^{71}$Kr and on state-of-the-art shell model calculations. In our work, we also found evidence of a new state in $^{70}$Se, populated in the $\beta$-delayed proton emission process which can be interpreted as the long sought coexisting 0$^+$ state., Comment: 8 pages with references, 3 figures. Supplemental material 4 pages (1 table, 3 figures)

Published
2024

3. The β-decay of 71Kr: Precise measurement of the half-life

Author

Vitéz-Sveiczer A., Algora A., Kiss G.G., Rubio B., Morales A.I., Sarriguren P., de Angelis G., Recchia F., Nishimura S., Agramunt J., Guadilla V., Montaner-Pizá A., Orrigo S.E.A., Horváth Á., Napoli D., Lenzi S., Boso A., Phong V., Wu J., Söderström P.-A., Sumikama T., Suzuki H., Takeda H., Ahn D.S., Baba H., Doornenbal P., Fukuda N., Inabe N., Isobe T., Kubo T., Kubono S., Sakurai H., Shimizu Y., Sidong C., Blank B., Ascher P., Gerbaux M., Goigoux T., Giovinazzo J., Grévy S., Kurtukián Nieto T., Magron C., Gelletly W., Dombrádi Zs., Fujita Y., Tanaka M., Aguilera P., Molina F., Eberth J., Diel F., Lubos D., Borcea C., Ganioglu E., Nishimura D., Oikawa H., Takei Y., Yagi S., Korten W., de France G., Davies P., Liu J., Lee J., Lokotko T., Kojouharov I., Kurz N., Shaffner H., and Petrovici A.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The very proton-rich 71Kr isotope was produced through the in-flight fragmentation of 78Kr on a beryllium target at RIKEN – Nishina Center in order to study its β-decay properties. A stack of double-sided silicon strip detectors, called WAS3ABi, was used as the decay station, where the detection of ion implants, β-decays and β-delayed protons took place. Beta-delayed γ-rays were measured using a system of 84 HPGe detectors, called EURICA, surrounding the decay station. The main goal of the present study was the precise measurement of the half-life of 71Kr, as in the literature there is an almost 10 σ difference between the most precise independent results. Implant–β time correlations, implant–proton time correlations and implant–β–γ time correlations were all used to derive the half-life value, followed by a thorough investigation of systematic uncertainties for each method. As these values were found to be consistent, the weighted average t1/2 = 94.40+19ms is reported as a new half-life value in this work. Furthermore a total of 26 previously unreported γ following the β-decay of 71Kr were also identified in the analysis.

Published
2023
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4. Search for a neutron dark decay in $^6$He

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Joubioux, M. Le, Savajols, H., Mittig, W., Fléchard, X., Hayen, L., Penionzhkevich, Yu. E., Ackermann, D., Borcea, C., Caceres, L., Delahaye, P., Didierjean, F., Franchoo, S., Grillet, A., Jacquot, B., Lebois, M., Ledoux, X., Lecesne, N., Liénard, E., Lukyanov, S., Naviliat-Cuncic, O., Piot, J., Singh, A., Smirnov, V., Stodel, C., Testov, D., Thomas, J. C., and Verney, D.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutron dark decays have been suggested as a solution to the discrepancy between bottle and beam experiments, providing a dark matter candidate that can be searched for in halo nuclei. The free neutron in the final state following the decay of $^6$He into $^4$He $+$ $n$ + $\chi$ provides an exceptionally clean detection signature when combined with a high efficiency neutron detector. Using a high-intensity $^6$He$^+$ beam at GANIL, a search for a coincident neutron signal resulted in an upper limit on a dark decay branching ratio of Br$_\chi \leq 4.0\times10^{-10}$ (95\% C.L.). Using the dark neutron decay model proposed originally by Fornal and Grinstein, we translate this into an upper bound on a dark neutron branching ratio of $\mathcal{O}(10^{-5})$, improving over global constraints by one to several orders of magnitude depending on $m_\chi$.

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2023
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5. Nuclear physics midterm plan at LNS

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Agodi, C., Cappuzzello, F., Cardella, G., Cirrone, G. A. P., De Filippo, E., Di Pietro, A., Gargano, A., La Cognata, M., Mascali, D., Milluzzo, G., Nania, R., Petringa, G., Pidatella, A., Pirrone, S., Pizzone, R. G., Rapisarda, G. G., Sergi, M. L., Tudisco, S., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Vardaci, E., Abramczyk, H., Acosta, L., Adsley, P., Amaducci, S., Banerjee, T., Batani, D., Bellone, J., Bertulani, C., Biri, S., Bogachev, A., Bonanno, A., Bonasera, A., Borcea, C., Borghesi, M., Bortolussi, S., Boscolo, D., Brischetto, G. A., Burrello, S., Busso, M., Calabrese, S., Calinescu, S., Calvo, D., Capirossi, V., Carbone, D., Cardinali, A., Casini, G., Catalano, R., Cavallaro, M., Ceccuzzi, S., Celona, L., Cherubini, S., Chieffi, A., Ciraldo, I., Ciullo, G., Colonna, M., Cosentino, L., Cuttone, G., D’Agata, G., De Gregorio, G., Degl’Innocenti, S., Delaunay, F., Di Donato, L., Di Nitto, A., Dickel, T., Doria, D., Ducret, J. E., Durante, M., Esposito, J., Farrokhi, F., Fernandez Garcia, J. P., Figuera, P., Fisichella, M., Fulop, Z., Galatá, A., Galaviz Redondo, D., Gambacurta, D., Gammino, S., Geraci, E., Gizzi, L., Gnoffo, B., Groppi, F., Guardo, G. L., Guarrera, M., Hayakawa, S., Horst, F., Hou, S. Q., Jarota, A., José, J., Kar, S., Karpov, A., Kierzkowska-Pawlak, H., Kiss, G. G., Knyazheva, G., Koivisto, H., Koop, B., Kozulin, E., Kumar, D., Kurmanova, A., La Rana, G., Labate, L., Lamia, L., Lanza, E. G., Lay, J. A., Lattuada, D., Lenske, H., Limongi, M., Lipoglavsek, M., Lombardo, I., Mairani, A., Manetti, S., Marafini, M., Marcucci, L., Margarone, D., Martorana, N. S., Maunoury, L., Mauro, G. S., Mazzaglia, M., Mein, S., Mengoni, A., Milin, M., Mishra, B., Mou, L., Mrazek, J., Nadtochy, P., Naselli, E., Nicolai, P., Novikov, K., Oliva, A. A., Pagano, A., Pagano, E. V., Palmerini, S., Papa, M., Parodi, K., Patera, V., Pellumaj, J., Petrone, C., Piantelli, S., Pierroutsakou, D., Pinna, F., Politi, G., Postuma, I., Prajapati, P., Prada Moroni, P. G., Pupillo, G., Raffestin, D., Racz, R., Reidel, C.-A., Rifuggiato, D., Risitano, F., Rizzo, F., Roca Maza, X., Romano, S., Roso, L., Rotaru, F., Russo, A. D., Russotto, P., Saiko, V., Santonocito, D., Santopinto, E., Sarri, G., Sartirana, D., Schuy, C., Sgouros, O., Simonucci, S., Sorbello, G., Soukeras, V., Spartá, R., Spatafora, A., Stanoiu, M., Taioli, S., Tessonnier, T., Thirolf, P., Tognelli, E., Torresi, D., Torrisi, G., Trache, L., Traini, G., Trimarchi, M., Tsikata, S., Tumino, A., Tyczkowski, J., Yamaguchi, H., Vercesi, V., Vidana, I., Volpe, L., and Weber, U.

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2023
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7. The ß-decay of 71Kr: Precise measurement of the half-life

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RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, University of Tokyo, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Ministry of Human Capacities (Hungary), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Chile), Vitéz-Sveiczer, A., Algora, Alejandro, Kiss, G.G., Rubio, Berta, Morales, A. I., Sarriguren, Pedro, Angelis, G. de, Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Agramunt, Jorge, Guadilla Gómez, Víctor, Montaner-Pizá, A., Orrigo, S. E. A., Horváth, Á., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S., Boso, A., Phong, V., Wu, J., Söderström, P.-A., Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D.S., Baba, H., Doornenbal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Sidong, C., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grévy, S., Kurtukián Nieto, T., Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombrádi, Zs., Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., France, G. de, Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Shaffner, H., Petrovici, A., RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, University of Tokyo, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Ministry of Human Capacities (Hungary), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Chile), Vitéz-Sveiczer, A., Algora, Alejandro, Kiss, G.G., Rubio, Berta, Morales, A. I., Sarriguren, Pedro, Angelis, G. de, Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Agramunt, Jorge, Guadilla Gómez, Víctor, Montaner-Pizá, A., Orrigo, S. E. A., Horváth, Á., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S., Boso, A., Phong, V., Wu, J., Söderström, P.-A., Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D.S., Baba, H., Doornenbal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Sidong, C., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grévy, S., Kurtukián Nieto, T., Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombrádi, Zs., Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., France, G. de, Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Shaffner, H., and Petrovici, A.

Abstract

The very proton-rich 71Kr isotope was produced through the in-flight fragmentation of 78Kr on a beryllium target at RIKEN ¿ Nishina Center in order to study its ß-decay properties. A stack of double-sided silicon strip detectors, called WAS3ABi, was used as the decay station, where the detection of ion implants, ß-decays and ß-delayed protons took place. Beta-delayed ¿-rays were measured using a system of 84 HPGe detectors, called EURICA, surrounding the decay station. The main goal of the present study was the precise measurement of the half-life of 71Kr, as in the literature there is an almost 10 ¿ difference between the most precise independent results. Implant¿ß time correlations, implant¿proton time correlations and implant¿ß¿¿ time correlations were all used to derive the half-life value, followed by a thorough investigation of systematic uncertainties for each method. As these values were found to be consistent, the weighted average t1/2 = 94.40+19ms is reported as a new half-life value in this work. Furthermore a total of 26 previously unreported ¿ following the ß-decay of 71Kr were also identified in the analysis.

Published
2023

9. Nucleon-induced inelastic cross sections on Ninat

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Olacel, A., Borcea, C., Boromiza, M., Calinescu, S., Clisu, C., Costache, C., Dessagne, Ph., Dinescu, I., Filipescu, D., Florea, N., Harca, I., Henning, G., Ionescu, A., Kerveno, M., Lica, R., Matei, A., Mihai, C., Mihai, R., Mitu, A., Negret, A., Nita, C., Nyman, M., Oprea, A., Petrone, C., Plompen, A. J. M., Sotty, C., Stan, L., Stoica, L., Suliman, G., Turturica, A., and Ujeniuc, S.

Published
2022

10. The -decay of Kr into Br: Restoration of the pseudo-SU(4) symmetry

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Vitéz-Sveiczer, A., Algora, A., Morales, A.I., Rubio, B., Kiss, G.G., Sarriguren, P., Van Isacker, P., de Angelis, G., Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Agramunt, J., Guadilla, V., Montaner-Pizá, A., Orrigo, S.E.A., Horváth, A., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S., Boso, A., Phong, V.H., Wu, J., Söderström, P.A., Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D.S., Baba, H., Doornebal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Sidong, C., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grévy, S., Kurtukián Nieto, T., Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombrádi, Zs., Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., de France, G., Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Shaffner, H., and Petrovici, A.

Abstract

The β-decay of the even-even nucleus $^{70}$Kr with Z=N+2, has been investigated at the Radioactive Ion Beam Factory (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center using the BigRIPS fragment separator, the ZeroDegree Spectrometer, the WAS3ABI implantation station and the EURICA HPGe cluster array. Fifteen γ-rays associated with the β-decay of $^{70}$Kr into $^{70}$Br have been identified for the first time, defining ten populated states below Eexc=3300 keV. The half-life of $^{70}$Kr was derived with increased precision and found to be t1/2=45.19±0.14 ms. The β-delayed proton emission probability has also been determined as εp=0.545(23)%. An increase in the β-strength to the yrast 1$^{+}$ state in comparison with the heaviest Z=N+2 system studied so far ($^{62}$Ge decay) is observed that may indicate increased np correlations in the T=0 channel. The β-decay strength deduced from the results is interpreted in terms of the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) and also with a schematic model that includes isoscalar and isovector pairing in addition to quadrupole deformation. The application of this last model indicates an approximate realization of pseudo-SU(4) symmetry in this system.

Published
2022

11. The β-decay of 70Kr into 70Br: Restoration of the pseudo-SU(4) symmetry

Author

Vitéz-Sveiczer, A., primary, Algora, A., additional, Morales, A.I., additional, Rubio, B., additional, Kiss, G.G., additional, Sarriguren, P., additional, Van Isacker, P., additional, de Angelis, G., additional, Recchia, F., additional, Nishimura, S., additional, Agramunt, J., additional, Guadilla, V., additional, Montaner-Pizá, A., additional, Orrigo, S.E.A., additional, Horváth, A., additional, Napoli, D., additional, Lenzi, S., additional, Boso, A., additional, Phong, V.H., additional, Wu, J., additional, Söderström, P.-A., additional, Sumikama, T., additional, Suzuki, H., additional, Takeda, H., additional, Ahn, D.S., additional, Baba, H., additional, Doornebal, P., additional, Fukuda, N., additional, Inabe, N., additional, Isobe, T., additional, Kubo, T., additional, Kubono, S., additional, Sakurai, H., additional, Shimizu, Y., additional, Sidong, C., additional, Blank, B., additional, Ascher, P., additional, Gerbaux, M., additional, Goigoux, T., additional, Giovinazzo, J., additional, Grévy, S., additional, Kurtukián Nieto, T., additional, Magron, C., additional, Gelletly, W., additional, Dombrádi, Zs., additional, Fujita, Y., additional, Tanaka, M., additional, Aguilera, P., additional, Molina, F., additional, Eberth, J., additional, Diel, F., additional, Lubos, D., additional, Borcea, C., additional, Ganioglu, E., additional, Nishimura, D., additional, Oikawa, H., additional, Takei, Y., additional, Yagi, S., additional, Korten, W., additional, de France, G., additional, Davies, P., additional, Liu, J., additional, Lee, J., additional, Lokotko, T., additional, Kojouharov, I., additional, Kurz, N., additional, Shaffner, H., additional, and Petrovici, A., additional

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2022
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12. The beta-decay of Kr-70 into Br-70: Restoration of the pseudo-SU(4) symmetry

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Vitez-Sveiczer, A., Algora, A., Morales, A., I, Rubio, B., Kiss, G. G., Sarriguren, P., Van Isacker, P., de Angelis, G., Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Agramunt, J., Guadilla, V, Montaner-Piza, A., Orrigo, S. E. A., Horvath, A., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S., Boso, A., Phong, V. H., Wu, J., Soderstrom, P-A, Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D. S., Baba, H., Doornebal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Sidong, C., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grevy, S., Nieto, T. Kurtukian, Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombradi, Zs, Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., de France, G., Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I, Kurz, N., Shaffner, H., Petrovici, A., Vitez-Sveiczer, A., Algora, A., Morales, A., I, Rubio, B., Kiss, G. G., Sarriguren, P., Van Isacker, P., de Angelis, G., Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Agramunt, J., Guadilla, V, Montaner-Piza, A., Orrigo, S. E. A., Horvath, A., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S., Boso, A., Phong, V. H., Wu, J., Soderstrom, P-A, Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D. S., Baba, H., Doornebal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Sidong, C., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grevy, S., Nieto, T. Kurtukian, Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombradi, Zs, Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., de France, G., Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I, Kurz, N., Shaffner, H., and Petrovici, A.

Abstract

The beta-decay of the even-even nucleus Kr-70 with Z=N+2, has been investigated at the Radioactive Ion Beam Factory (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center using the BigRIPS fragment separator, the ZeroDegree Spectrometer, the WAS3ABI implantation station and the EURICA HPGe cluster array. Fifteen gamma-rays associated with the beta-decay of( 70)Kr into Br-70 have been identified for the first time, defining ten populated states below E-exc=3300 keV. The half-life of Kr-70 was derived with increased precision and found to be t(1/2)=45.19 +/- 0.14 ms. The beta-delayed proton emission probability has also been determined as epsilon(p)=0.545(23)%. An increase in the beta-strength to the yrast 1(+) state in comparison with the heaviest Z=N+2 system studied so far (Ge-62 decay) is observed that may indicate increased np correlations in the T=0 channel. The beta-decay strength deduced from the results is interpreted in terms of the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) and also with a schematic model that includes isoscalar and isovector pairing in addition to quadrupole deformation. The application of this last model indicates an approximate realization of pseudo-SU(4) symmetry in this system. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.

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2022

13. The β-decay of 70Kr into 70Br: Restoration of the pseudo-SU(4) symmetry

Author

Vitéz-Sveiczer, A., Algora, A., Morales, A.I., Rubio, B., Kiss, G.G., Sarriguren, P., van Isacker, P., de Angelis, G., Recchia, F., Nishimura, S., Agramunt, J., Guadilla, V., Montaner-Pizá, A., Orrigo, S.E.A., Horváth, A., Napoli, D., Lenzi, S., Boso, A., Phong, V.H., Wu, J., Söderström, P.-A., Sumikama, T., Suzuki, H., Takeda, H., Ahn, D.S., Baba, H., Doornebal, P., Fukuda, N., Inabe, N., Isobe, T., Kubo, T., Kubono, S., Sakurai, H., Shimizu, Y., Sidong, C., Blank, B., Ascher, P., Gerbaux, M., Goigoux, T., Giovinazzo, J., Grévy, S., Kurtukián Nieto, T., Magron, C., Gelletly, W., Dombrádi, Zs., Fujita, Y., Tanaka, M., Aguilera, P., Molina, F., Eberth, J., Diel, F., Lubos, D., Borcea, C., Ganioglu, E., Nishimura, D., Oikawa, H., Takei, Y., Yagi, S., Korten, W., de France, G., Davies, P., Liu, J., Lee, J., Lokotko, T., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Shaffner, H., Petrovici, A., Ministry of Innovation and Technology (Hungary), Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Chile), RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, University of Tokyo, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Ministry of Human Capacities (Hungary), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, QRPA calculations, Kr, Pseudo-SU(4) symmetry, pn pairing, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Beta decay of, 70, GT strength distribution, Beta decay of Kr 70 | GT strength distribution | pn pairing | Pseudo-SU(4) symmetry | QRPA calculations
Abstract

8 pags., 4 figs., 1 tab., The β-decay of the even-even nucleus 70Kr with Z=N+2, has been investigated at the Radioactive Ion Beam Factory (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center using the BigRIPS fragment separator, the ZeroDegree Spectrometer, the WAS3ABI implantation station and the EURICA HPGe cluster array. Fifteen γ-rays associated with the β-decay of 70Kr into 70Br have been identified for the first time, defining ten populated states below Eexc=3300 keV. The half-life of 70Kr was derived with increased precision and found to be t1/2=45.19±0.14 ms. The β-delayed proton emission probability has also been determined as εp=0.545(23)%. An increase in the β-strength to the yrast 1+ state in comparison with the heaviest Z=N+2 system studied so far (62Ge decay) is observed that may indicate increased np correlations in the T=0 channel. The β-decay strength deduced from the results is interpreted in terms of the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) and also with a schematic model that includes isoscalar and isovector pairing in addition to quadrupole deformation. The application of this last model indicates an approximate realization of pseudo-SU(4) symmetry in this system., This work was supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary with project no. TKP2021-NKTA-42 under the TKP2021 funding scheme. FM acknowledges the support of ANID/FONDECYT Regular 1171467 and ANID/FONDECYT Regular 1221364 national projects. This work was carried out at the RIBF operated by RIKEN Nishina Center and CNS, University of Tokyo. We acknowledge the EUROBALL Owners Committee for the loan of germanium detectors and the PreSpec Collaboration for the readout electronics of the cluster detectors. This work was supported by the Spanish MICINN grants FPA2014-52823-C2-1-P, FPA2017- 83946-C2-1-P (MCIU/AEI/FEDER); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación grant PID2019-104714GB-C21; Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa del IFIC SEV-2014-0398; Junta para la Ampliación de Estudios Programme (CSIC JAE-Doc contract) co-financed by FSE, by NKFIH (NN128072), the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary Project No. K 128729 the STFC (UK) through Grant No. ST/P005314/, the PROMETEO/2019/007 project and by the ÚNKP-20-5-DE-02 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary and by the JSPS KAKENHI of Japan (Grant No. 25247045). G.G. Kiss acknowledges support from the János Bolyai research fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. A. A. acknowledges partial support of the JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan (ID: L1955) P. S. acknowledges support from MCI/AEI/FEDER,UE (Spain) under grant PGC2018-093636-B-I00.

Published
2022

14. Search for a Neutron Dark Decay in ^{6}He.

Author

Le Joubioux M, Savajols H, Mittig W, Fléchard X, Hayen L, Penionzhkevich YE, Ackermann D, Borcea C, Caceres L, Delahaye P, Didierjean F, Franchoo S, Grillet A, Jacquot B, Lebois M, Ledoux X, Lecesne N, Liénard E, Lukyanov S, Naviliat-Cuncic O, Piot J, Singh A, Smirnov V, Stodel C, Testov D, Thisse D, Thomas JC, and Verney D

Abstract

Neutron dark decays have been suggested as a solution to the discrepancy between bottle and beam experiments, providing a dark matter candidate that can be searched for in halo nuclei. The free neutron in the final state following the decay of ^{6}He into ^{4}He+n+χ provides an exceptionally clean detection signature when combined with a high efficiency neutron detector. Using a high-intensity ^{6}He^{+} beam at Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, a search for a coincident neutron signal resulted in an upper limit on a dark decay branching ratio of Br_{χ}≤4.0×10^{-10} (95% C.L.). Using the dark neutron decay model proposed originally by Fornal and Grinstein, we translate this into an upper bound on a dark neutron branching ratio of O(10^{-5}), improving over global constraints by one to several orders of magnitude depending on m_{χ}.

Published
2024
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