1. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N=Z+1 nucleus Tc444387
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X. Liu, B. Cederwall, C. Qi, R. A. Wyss, Ö. Aktas, A. Ertoprak, W. Zhang, E. Clément, G. de France, D. Ralet, A. Gadea, A. Goasduff, G. Jaworski, I. Kuti, B. M. Nyakó, J. Nyberg, M. Palacz, R. Wadsworth, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, H. Al-Azri, A. Ataç Nyberg, T. Bäck, G. de Angelis, M. Doncel, J. Dudouet, A. Gottardo, M. Jurado, J. Ljungvall, D. Mengoni, D. R. Napoli, C. M. Petrache, D. Sohler, J. Timár, D. Barrientos, P. Bednarczyk, G. Benzoni, B. Birkenbach, A. J. Boston, H. C. Boston, I. Burrows, L. Charles, M. Ciemala, F. C. L. Crespi, D. M. Cullen, P. Désesquelles, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Eberth, N. Erduran, S. Ertürk, V. González, J. Goupil, H. Hess, T. Huyuk, A. Jungclaus, W. Korten, A. Lemasson, S. Leoni, A. Maj, R. Menegazzo, B. Million, R. M. Perez-Vidal, Zs. Podolyàk, A. Pullia, F. Recchia, P. Reiter, F. Saillant, M. D. Salsac, E. Sanchis, J. Simpson, O. Stezowski, C. Theisen, and M. Zielińska
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Physics ,Proton ,Spectrometer ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Isoscalar ,Nuclear Theory ,01 natural sciences ,Charged particle ,Excited state ,0103 physical sciences ,Level structure ,Neutron ,AGATA ,Atomic physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics - Abstract
The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient $N = Z + 1$ nucleus $^{87}_{43}$Tc$_{44}$ have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction $^{54}$Fe $(^{36}Ar, 2n1p)$ $^{87}$Tc at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt γ rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of $^{87}$Tc from the $(9/2^+_{g.s})$ state to the $( 33 / 2^+_1$) state was established based on six mutually coincident γ -ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at $ℏω ≈ 0.50$ MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around $N=44$ is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the $N=Z$ line.
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- 2021
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