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51. Isospin symmetry in the 60Zn nucleus

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D. M. Filipescu, D. Mengoni, V. Zamfir, F. C. L. Crespi, O. Poleshchuk, G. Gosta, G. Jaworski, A. Bracco, B. Wasilewska, D. Bazzacco, M. Zieblinski, B. Million, G. Benzoni, M. Kmiecik, A. Mentana, D. A. Testov, P. R. John, A. Giaz, A. Boso, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, O. Wieland, S. Leoni, F. Recchia, D. Ghita, A. Goasduff, F. Camera, G. Bocchi, N. Blasi, R. Raabe, S. Brambilla, T. Marchi, G. de Angelis, Jiecheng Yang, M. Ciemala, A. Maj, M. Siciliano, D. R. Napoli, S. Ceruti, and F. Galtarossa

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Physics, Particle physics, medicine.anatomical_structure, Isospin, medicine, General Physics and Astronomy, Nucleus, Symmetry (physics)
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Export Date: 14 August 2020 ispartof: Acta Physica Polonica B vol:51 issue:3 pages:683-688 ispartof: location:POLAND, Piaski status: published

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2020

52. Lifetime measurements of N≃20 phosphorus isotopes using the AGATA γ -ray tracking spectrometer

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L. Capponi, A. Gottardo, S. Courtin, E. Fioretto, K. Mulholland, D. Bazzacco, Alain Goasduff, D. Montanari, B. Melon, X. Derkx, F. Haas, A. Pipidis, Tea Mijatović, Thomas Braunroth, A. M. Stefanini, L. Grocutt, Suzana Szilner, C. Michelagnoli, G. Montagnoli, E. Sahin, L. Corradi, V. Liberati, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, D. R. Napoli, P. Désesquelles, C. M. Petrache, Maria Doncel, F. Recchia, M. Bouhelal, D. Mengoni, Robert Chapman, Pushpendra Singh, V. Modamio, and J. F. Smith

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Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear structure, Isotopes of phosphorus, Phosphorus Isotopes, 01 natural sciences, Ion, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Ground state
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Lifetimes of excited states of the phosphorus isotopes 1533,34,35,36P have been measured by using the differential recoil-distance method. The isotopes of phosphorus were populated in binary grazing reactions initiated by a beam of S36 ions of energy 225 MeV incident on a thin Pb208 target mounted in the Cologne plunger apparatus. The combination of the PRISMA magnetic spectrometer and an early implementation of the AGATA γ-ray tracking array was used to detect γ rays in coincidence with projectile-like nuclear species. Lifetime measurements of populated states were made within the range from about 1 to 100 ps. The number of states for which lifetime measurements were possible was limited by statistics. For P33, lifetime limits were determined for the first 3/2+ and 5/2+ states at 1431 and 1848 keV, respectively; the results are compared with previous published lifetime values. The lifetime of the first 2+ state of P34 at 429 keV was determined and compared with earlier measurements. For P35, the states for which lifetimes, or lifetime limits, were determined were those at 2386, 3860, 4101, and 4493 keV, with Jπ values of 3/2+, 5/2+, 7/21−, and 7/22−, respectively. There have been no previous published lifetimes for states in this nucleus. A lifetime was measured for the stretched π(1f7/2)⊗ν(1f7/2)Jπ=(7+) state of P36 at 5212 keV and a lifetime limit was established for the stretched π(1d3/2)⊗ν(1f7/2)Jπ=(5−) state at 2030 keV. There are no previously published lifetimes for states of P36. Measured lifetime values were compared with the results of state-of-the-art shell-model calculations based on the PSDPF effective interaction. In addition, measured branching ratios, published mixing ratios, and electromagnetic transition rates, where available, have been compared with shell-model values. In general, there is good agreement between experiment and the shell model; however there is evidence that the shell-model values of the M1 transition rates for the 3/21+→1/2+ (ground state) and 5/21+→3/21+ transitions in P33 underestimate the experimental values by a factor between 5 and 10. In P35 there are some disagreements between experimental and shell-model values of branching ratios for the first and second excited 7/2− states. In particular, there is a serious disagreement for the decay characteristics of the second 7/2− state at 4493 keV, for which the shell-model counterpart lies at 4754 keV. In this case, the shell-model competing electromagnetic decay branches are dominated by E1 and M1 transitions.

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2019
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53. Lifetime measurements in Ti52,54 to study shell evolution toward N=32

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A. Lemasson, W. Korten, Thomas Braunroth, Herbert Hess, C. Müller-Gatermann, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Simpson, I. Burrows, S. Leoni, P. Reiter, C. Fransen, A. Vogt, Bertrand Jacquot, C. Houarner, D. M. Cullen, C. Henrich, A. Lefevre, A. Atac, M. Zielińska, M. Ciemala, N. Ménard, F. Legruel, A. J. Boston, J. Eberth, A. Goldkuhle, M. Labiche, H. C. Boston, Alberto Pullia, G. Voltolini, K. O. Zell, A. Korichi, J. Ljungvall, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, L. Ménager, J.-L. Foucher, C. Barthe-Dejean, C. Michelagnoli, Diego Barrientos, A. Dewald, J. Ropert, B. Birkenbach, Y. H. Kim, O. Stezowski, P. Bourgault, A. Blazhev, G. Frémont, J. Goupil, D. Ralet, Bo Cederwall, G. Benzoni, Ch. Theisen, N. Warr, A. Gadea, H. J. Li, A. Maj, Johan Nyberg, M. D. Salsac, S. M. Lenzi, M. Jean, J. J. Valiente Dobon, C. Maugeais, L. Legeard, P. Gangnant, A. Navin, M. Ozille, B. Million, M. Tripon, B. S. Nara Singh, Enrique Sanchis, D. R. Napoli, Emyr Clement, J. Dudouet, F. Saillant, Vicente González, F. Recchia, Ch. Schmitt, H. Munoz, Zs. Podolyák, B. Raine, M. Beckers, Roberto Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, J. Cacitti, J. Litzinger, J. Jolie, D. S. Judson, C. Spitaels, and M. Toulemonde

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Plunger, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Excited state, Nuclear Theory, 0103 physical sciences, Shell (structure), Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences
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Lifetimes of the excited states in the neutron-rich Ti-52,Ti-54 nuclei, produced in a multinucleon-transfer reaction, were measured by employing the Cologne plunger device and the recoil-distance D ...

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2019
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54. Radioisotope Production through Accelerators in Crystalline Targets

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Laura Bandiera, G. Germogli, Luca Bacci, G. Guidi, M. Romagnoni, D. Casotti, Gianluigi Maggioni, Vincenzo Guidi, Enrico Bagli, Walter Raniero, R. Menegazzo, Jose Javier Valiente Dobon, A. Sytov, D. De Salvador, Sara Carturan, Federico Evangelisti, Andrea Mazzolari, Tais Maiolino, Donato Vincenzi, D. R. Napoli, Riccardo Camattari, and Carlo Scian

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Nuclear reaction, Materials science, Proton, Nuclear engineering, Instrumentation, Cyclotron, chemistry.chemical_element, lcsh:A, Germanium, law.invention, n/a, chemistry, law, Yield (chemistry), Atomic nucleus, lcsh:General Works, Beam (structure)
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The production techniques of radioisotopes for medical purposes is a valuable and important field in nuclear medicine. In particular, the expensive cost of the prime materials for the production via cyclotron obliges the search for new solutions to enhance the production rate with minor upgrades of the current instrumentation. Oriented ordered structure can modify particle trajectories inside a medium leading to a sensible variation of the interaction rate with atomic nuclei. Under specific orientations of the target with respect to the incident beam, the probability of inelastic interaction with nuclei can be enhanced with respect to the standard rate. This effect is called anti-channeling and leads to an increase of the radioisotope production yield. A dedicated set of experimental measurements were carried out at the CN accelerator of the INFN Legnaro Laboratories to investigate nuclear reactions under channeling experiments. In particular, the production of the Arsenic-74 radioisotope through a proton beam delivered to a natural single-crystal Germanium target was monitored via γ-spectroscopy of the prompt γ-rays upon de-excitation of produced nuclei, in order to quantify the production rate variation as a function of the incident angle.

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2019
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55. Advanced Diffusion Strategies for Junction Formation in Germanium

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Stefano Bertoldo, Gianluigi Maggioni, Chiara Carraro, Davide De Salvador, Gian Andrea Rizzi, Walter Raniero, Enrico Napolitani, Virginia Boldrini, S. Carturan, Francesco Sgarbossa, D. R. Napoli, R. Milazzo, and A. Carnera

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Materials science, Fabrication, business.industry, Doping, Physics::Optics, chemistry.chemical_element, lcsh:A, Germanium, Particle detector, n/a, Quality (physics), chemistry, Optoelectronics, Junction formation, lcsh:General Works, Diffusion (business), business
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The investigation of innovative dynamical processes for the fabrication of highly doped andhigh quality Ge layers is currently a hot topic in many applicative fields such as nanoelectronics,photonics and radiation detectors. [...]

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2019
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56. Isomer spectroscopy in Ba133 and high-spin structure of Ba134

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E. Farnea, H. K. Wang, C. Fransen, K. Schomacker, A. Gadea, W. Korten, P. Reiter, N. Saed-Samii, A. Jungclaus, L. Corradi, A. Vogt, Hans-Jurgen E. Hess, L. Kaya, K. O. Zell, Suzana Szilner, O. Stezowski, A. Blazhev, J. Eberth, A. Bracco, G. Pollarolo, V. Karayonchev, E. Teruya, B. Birkenbach, A. Esmaylzadeh, T. Mijatović, M. Droste, A. M. Stefanini, N. Shimizu, B. Bruyneel, E. Fioretto, Nunzio Itaco, A. Giaz, Yutaka Utsuno, A. Gottardo, L. Kornwebel, F. Recchia, Zs. Podolyák, F. Scarlassara, R. Menegazzo, S. Leoni, L. Coraggio, A. Gargano, G. Montagnoli, R. Hirsch, F. C. L. Crespi, K. Arnswald, J. Jolie, D. Bazzacco, L. Lewandowski, D. Mengoni, J.-M. Régis, C. Michelagnoli, K. Yanase, E. Sahin, D. R. Napoli, C. Müller-Gatermann, K. Wolf, B. Siebeck, C. A. Ur, K. Hadynska-Klek, M. Seidlitz, S. Lunardi, D. Montanari, M. Siciliano, B. Szpak, G. de Angelis, Andreas Görgen, P. R. John, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, Naotaka Yoshinaga, and P. A. Söderström

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Physics, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, 0103 physical sciences, Tandem accelerator, Atomic physics, Spin structure, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences
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The transitional nuclei $^{134}$Ba and $^{133}$Ba are investigated after multinucleon transfer employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Tracking Array coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, and after fusion-evaporation reaction at the FN tandem accelerator of the University of Cologne, Germany. The Jπ=19/2+ state at 1942 keV in $^{133}$Ba is identified as an isomer with a half-life of 66.6(20)ns corresponding to a B(E1) value of 7.7(4)×10−6e2fm2 for the Jπ=19/2+ to Jπ=19/2− transition. The level scheme of $^{134}$Ba above the Jπ=10+ isomer is extended to approximately 6 MeV. A pronounced backbending is observed at ℏω=0.38 MeV along the positive-parity yrast band. The results are compared to the high-spin systematics of the Z=56 isotopes. Large-scale shell-model calculations employing the GCN50:82, SN100PN, SNV, PQM130, Realistic SM, and EPQQM interactions reproduce the experimental findings and elucidate the structure of the high-spin states. The shell-model calculations employing the GCN50:82 and PQM130 interactions reproduce alignment properties and provide detailed insight into the microscopic origin of this phenomenon in transitional $^{134}$Ba.

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2019
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57. Excitations of the magic N=50 neutron-core revealed in Ga81

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J. Dudouet, A. Lemasson, G. Maquart, F. Nowacki, D. Verney, M. Rejmund, G. Duchêne, O. Stezowski, E. Clément, C. Michelagnoli, A. Korichi, C. Andreoiu, A. Astier, G. de Angelis, G. de France, C. Delafosse, I. Deloncle, F. Didierjean, Z. Dombradi, C. Ducoin, A. Gadea, A. Gottardo, D. Guinet, B. Jacquot, P. Jones, T. Konstantinopoulos, I. Kuti, F. Le Blanc, S. M. Lenzi, G. Li, R. Lozeva, B. Million, D. R. Napoli, A. Navin, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, C. M. Petrache, D. Ralet, M. Ramdhane, N. Redon, C. Schmitt, and D. Sohler

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Physics, Valence (chemistry), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, 01 natural sciences, Ion, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, AGATA, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Spectroscopy, Excitation
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The high-spin states of the neutron-rich Ga81, with three valence protons outside a Ni78 core, were measured. The measurement involved prompt γ-ray spectroscopy of fission fragments isotopically identified using the combination of the variable mode spectrometer (VAMOS++) and the advanced gamma tracking array (AGATA). The new γ-ray transitions, observed in coincidence with Ga81 ions, and the corresponding level scheme do not confirm the high-spin levels reported earlier. The newly observed high-spin states in Ga81 are interpreted using the results of state-of-the-art large-scale shell model (LSSM) calculations. The lower excitation energy levels are understood as resulting from the recoupling of three valence protons to the closed doubly magic core, while the highest excitation energy levels correspond to excitations of the magic N=50 neutron core. These results support the doubly magic character of Ni78 and the persistence of the N=50 shell closure but also highlight the presence of strong proton-neutron correlations associated with the promotion of neutrons across the magic N=50 shell gap, only few nucleons away from Ni78.

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2019
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58. Effects of one valence proton on seniority and angular momentum of neutrons in neutron-rich Sb51122–131 isotopes

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L. J. Harkness-Brennan, H. L. Crawford, Alberto Pullia, M. Rejmund, A. Jungclaus, B. Birkenbach, G. Benzoni, A. Lefevre, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, J. Goupil, Bo Cederwall, M. D. Salsac, P. Bednarczyk, Ch. Theisen, H. J. Li, A. J. Boston, R. Banik, Diego Barrientos, Vicente González, J. Eberth, O. Stezowski, Sumita Bhattacharyya, V. Morel, H. C. Boston, D. Ralet, D. Mengoni, A. Lemasson, D. M. Cullen, I. Stefan, Bertrand Jacquot, R. Menegazzo, D. R. Napoli, Herbert Hess, J. Collado, P. Fallon, J. Dudouet, C. Michelagnoli, R. Palit, G. Frémont, Y. H. Kim, S. Biswas, P. Désesquelles, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, M. Zielińska, Soumik Bhattacharya, A. Navin, Enrique Sanchis, F. Saillant, W. Korten, B. Million, J. Ropert, Begoña Quintana, J. Ljungvall, L. Ménager, Eric Clément, F. Recchia, A. Maj, M. Labiche, P. Reiter, and C. Domingo-Pardo

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Physics, Angular momentum, Valence (chemistry), Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear structure, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron number, 0103 physical sciences, AGATA, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
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Background: Levels fulfilling the seniority scheme and relevant isomers are commonly observed features in semimagic nuclei; for example, in Sn isotopes (Z=50). Seniority isomers in Sn, with dominantly pure neutron configurations, directly probe the underlying neutron-neutron (νν) interaction. Furthermore, an addition of a valence proton particle or hole, through neutron-proton (νπ) interaction, affects the neutron seniority as well as the angular momentum. Purpose: Benchmark the reproducibility of the experimental observables, like the excitation energies (EX) and the reduced electric-quadrupole transition probabilities [B(E2)], with the results obtained from shell-model interactions for neutron-rich Sn and Sb isotopes with N

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2019
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59. New spectroscopic information on Tl211,213 : A changing structure beyond the N=126 shell closure

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S. Leoni, Hans Geissel, A. Sharma, Robert Hoischen, A. M. Denis Bacelar, A. Bracco, Enrique Casarejos, N. Goel, Matthew Reed, A. Prochazka, D. Bazzacco, S. M. Lenzi, T.P.D. Swan, Imrich Szarka, N. Al-Dahan, Philip M Walker, T. Habermann, A. Gottardo, J. Benlliure, Andrea Corsi, A. Gadea, S. Klupp, E. Gregor, C. Nociforo, Zs. Dombrádi, Alison Bruce, D. Mengoni, Oliver Wieland, Roberto Vicençotto Ribas, A. I. Morales, M. Bunce, Helmut Weick, A. Y. Deo, F. Nowacki, K. Eppinger, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Algora, M. L. Cortés, E. Sahin, S. Pietri, M. Bowry, J. Alcántara Núñez, H. Schaffner, F. Naqvi, T. Engert, K. Steiger, R. Janik, F. C. L. Crespi, M. Pfützner, J. Gerl, N. Alkhomashi, Maria Doncel, H. J. Wollersheim, W. Prokopowicz, F. Farinon, B. Million, C. A. Ur, Peter Strmen, Y. Ayyad, Davinder Siwal, S. K. Mandal, Roberto Menegazzo, F. Camera, Enrico Maglione, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, P. Boutachkov, Dirk Rudolph, J. Grebosz, P. R. P. Allegro, S. Lunardi, P. H. Regan, G. de Angelis, G. Benzoni, F. Recchia, D. R. Napoli, G. F. Farrelly, Zs. Podolyák, M. Górska, Branislav Sitar, N. Kurz, and I. Kojouharov

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Physics, Nuclear physics, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), chemistry, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear structure, chemistry.chemical_element, Gamma spectroscopy, Uranium, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences
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The neutron-rich isotopes 211;213Tl, beyond the N = 126 shell-closure, have been studied for the first time in isomer γ-ray decay, exploiting the fragmentation of a primary uranium beam at the FRS-RISING (FRagment Separator-Rare ISotopes INvestigation at GSI) setup at GSI. The observed isomeric states in 211;213Tl show a deviation from the seniority-like scheme of 209Tl. The possible interpretation of the data is discussed on the basis of energy-level systematics and shell-model calculations.

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2019
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60. Shape coexistence in $^{94}$Zr studied via Coulomb excitation

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M. Rocchini, D. Brugnara, Nicla Gelli, Giovanni Sighinolfi, Franco Galtarossa, Alejandra Diaz Varela, A. Goasduff, F. Recchia, Andrea Gozzellino, P. Spagnoletti, Andreas Bergmaier, W. N. Catford, Vincent H. Brunet, Ralf Hertenberger, D. T. Doherty, A. Gottardo, Naomi Marchini, S. Riccetto, Marco Ottanelli, Jose Javier Valiente Dobon, Adam R. L. Kennington, D. R. Napoli, A. Nannini, Marcus Scheck, Marine Vandebrouck, Lisa Morrison, I. Zanon, Matteo Rizzo, H. Bidaman, D. Mengoni, D. Bazzacco, Samuel D. Bakes, K. Wrzosek-Lipska, M. Siciliano, A. Illana, Magdalena Zielinska, J. M. Keatings, F. Camera, K. Hadynska-Klek, Vinzenz Bildstein, Thomas Faestermann, P. E. Garrett, J. Sinclair, T. Berry, G. Benzoni, D. Testov, G. Pasqualato, 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

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Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, QC1-999, Monte Carlo method, Context (language use), Coulomb excitation, Scintillator, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Ion, Complementary experiments, 0103 physical sciences, Quadrupole, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Ground state
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In recent years, a number of both theoretical and experimental investigations have been performed focusing on the zirconium isotopic chain. In particular, state-of-the-art Monte Carlo shell-model calculations predict shape coexistence in these isotopes. In this context, the 94Zr nucleus, which is believed to possess a nearly spherical ground state, is particularly interesting since the purported deformed structure is basedon the low-lying 02+ state, making it amenable for detailed study. In order to provide definitive conclusionson the shapes of the low-lying states, two complementary experiments to study 94Zr by means of low-energy Coulomb excitation were performed. This data will allow the quadrupole moments of the 21,2+ levels to be extracted as well as for the deformation parameters of the 01,2+ states to be determined and, thus, definitive conclusions to be drawn on the role of shape coexistence in this nucleus for the first time. The first experiment was performed at the INFN Legnaro National Laboratory with the GALILEO-SPIDER setup, which, for the first time, was coupled with 6 lanthanum bromide scintillators (LaBr3:Ce) in order to maximize the γ-ray detection effciency. The second experiment was performed at the Maier-Leibnitz Laboratory (MLL) in Munich and used a Q3D magnetic spectrograph to detect the scattered 12C ions following Coulomb excitation of 94Zr targets.

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2019
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61. Preliminary results of lifetime measurements in neutron-rich $^{53}$Ti

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Bertrand Jacquot, Emmanuel Clément, Damian Ralet, M. Rejmund, B. Birkenbach, Thomas Braunroth, P. Reiter, Karl Oskar Zell, Rosa Maria Perez-Vidal, M. Beckers, C. Müller-Gatermann, M. Zielińska, Yung-Hee Kim, Caterine Michelagnoli, A. Vogt, N. Warr, S. M. Lenzi, A. Lemasson, A. Goldkuhle, C. Fransen, J. Ljungvall, Herbert Hess, D. R. Napoli, J. Eberth, Jérémie Dudouet, A. Blazhev, Hongjie Li, Navin Alahari, J. Litzinger, Bondili Sreenivasa Nara Singh, Alfred Dewald, 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 de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

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Physics, Spectrometer, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, QC1-999, Nuclear structure, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, AGATA, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Beam (structure)
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To study the nuclear structure of neutron-rich titanium isotopes, a lifetime measurement was performed at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) facility in Caen, France. The nucleiwere produced in a multinucleon-transfer reaction by using a 6.76 MeV/u 238U beam. The Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) was employed for the γ-ray detection and target-like recoils were identified event-by-event by the large-acceptance variable mode spectrometer (VAMOS++). Preliminary level lifetimes of the (5/2−) to 13/2− states of the yrast band in the neutron-rich nucleus 53Ti were measured for the first time employing the recoil distance Doppler-shift (RDDS) method and the compact plunger for deep inelastic reactions. The differential decay curve method (DDCM) was used to obtain the lifetimes from the RDDS data.

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2019
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62. The $4\pi$4π highly-efficient light-charged-particle detector EUCLIDES, installed at the GALILEO array for in-beam $\gamma$γ-ray spectroscopy

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L. Grassi, A. Gadea, G. de Angelis, Roberto Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, P. Cocconi, M. Siciliano, A. Goasduff, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, D. Bazzacco, D. Testov, A. Boso, S. Lunardi, P. R. John, D. R. Napoli, Roberto Isocrate, G. Jaworski, K. Hadynska-Klek, F. J. Egea Canet, F. Recchia, C. Boiano, and J. A. Dueñas

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Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, Particle detector, Semiconductor detector, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Gamma spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
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In a fusion-evaporation reaction, nuclei are produced by evaporating light-charged particles and neutrons from the compound nucleus. Typically, a nucleus of interest is produced as a result of a part of the total cross-section and, in order to guarantee a good channel discrimination, a particle detector, like the EUCLIDES $4\pi$ Si-ball array, is necessary. EUCLIDES has been quoted in more than a hundred publications resulting from many experiments performed in combination with the EUROBALL and GASP $\gamma$-ray spectrometers. The present paper reports on the upgraded version of EUCLIDES, that is presently coupled to the new GALILEO $\gamma$-ray spectrometer, installed at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN. The design, characteristics and performance of the EUCLIDES array are presented and discussed.

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2019
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63. First spectroscopy of 61Ti and the transition to the Island of Inversion at N = 40

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Kathrin Wimmer, M. A. M. AlAqeel, C. R. Nita, D. Kahl, V. Werner, S. Bae, F. Nowacki, Satoru Momiyama, Toshiaki Ando, S. M. Lenzi, L. J. Harkness-Brennan, I. Kojouharov, Megumi Niikura, S. Riccetto, P. A. Söderström, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Shin-Ichiro Nishimura, K. Matsui, Philip Woods, G. G. Kiss, P. Schrock, H. Baba, T. Isobe, D. R. Napoli, Y. Saito, M. Labiche, H. Schaffner, J. Ha, W. Witt, S. Choi, P. R. John, Thomas Davinson, V. H. Phong, O. Aktas, Alfredo Poves, C. J. Griffin, C. Stahl, P. Doornenbal, F. Recchia, N. Kurz, A. Estrade, UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, SHELL model, FOS: Physical sciences, Shell evolution, Island of Inversion, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma spectroscopy, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Projectile fragmentation, Physics, Spins, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Island of inversion, Isomeric decay, Física, lcsh:QC1-999, Radioactive beams, Atomic physics, Ground state, Beam (structure), lcsh:Physics
Abstract

Isomeric states in 59,61Ti have been populated in the projectile fragmentation of a 345 AMeV 238U beam at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The decay lifetimes and delayed gamma-ray transitions were measured with the EURICA array. Besides the known isomeric state in 59Ti, two isomeric states in 61Ti are observed for the first time. Based on the measured lifetimes, transition multipolarities as well as tentative spins and parities are assigned. Large-scale shell model calculations based on the modified LNPS interaction show that both 59Ti and 61Ti belong to the Island of Inversion at N=40 with ground state configurations dominated by particle-hole excitations to the g_9/2 and d_5/2 orbits., Phys. Lett. B accepted

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2019
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64. The mutable nature of particle-core excitations with spin in the one-valence-proton nucleus 133Sb

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B. Fornal, Alison Bruce, G. Benzoni, W. Korten, Raymond J. Carroll, R. Lozeva, Zs. Podolyák, G. Bocchi, A. Nannini, D. R. Napoli, B. Olaizola, Henryk Mach, J. Jolie, D. Mengoni, G. S. Simpson, V. Vedia, D. Bazzacco, Michael Jentschel, F. Didierjean, B. Belvito, N. Saed-Samii, C. A. Ur, N. Cieplicka-Oryǹczak, B. Melon, W. Urban, J.-M. Régis, Torsten Soldner, P. H. Regan, N. Marginean, F. C. L. Crespi, V. Paziy, L. M. Fraile, C. Michelagnoli, B. Szpak, B. Million, T. Kröll, Aurelien Blanc, P. Mutti, A. Bracco, Ulli Köster, Pier Francesco Bortignon, S. Leoni, Gianluca Colò, S. Bottoni, S. Lalkovski, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Nuclear Theory, Large Ge array, Fission, Neutron induced fission, FOS: Physical sciences, Scintillator, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Gamma spectroscopy, Nuclear state lifetime, Particle-core couplings, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Valence (chemistry), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, lcsh:QC1-999, medicine.anatomical_structure, Excited state, Física nuclear, Atomic physics, Nucleus, Order of magnitude, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

The gamma-ray decay of excited states of the one-valence-proton nucleus Sb-133 has been studied using cold-neutron induced fission of U-235 and Pu-241 targets, during the EXILL campaign at the ILL reactor in Grenoble. By using a highly efficient HPGe array, coincidences between gamma-rays prompt with the fission event and those delayed up to several tens of microseconds were investigated, allowing to observe, for the first time, high-spin excited states above the 16.6 mu s isomer. Lifetimes analysis, performed by fast-timing techniques with LaBr3(Ce) scintillators, revealed a difference of almost two orders of magnitude in B(M1) strength for transitions between positive-parity medium-spin yrast states. The data are interpreted by a newly developed microscopic model which takes into account couplings between core excitations (both collective and non-collective) of the doubly magic nucleus Sn-132 and the valence proton, using Skyrme effective interaction in a consistent way. The results point to a fast change in the nature of particle-core excitations with increasing spin. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.

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2016
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65. Identification of high- K rotation in Ba130 : Testing the consistency of electromagnetic observables

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Philip M Walker, D. Mengoni, Song Guo, Jianlu Wang, G. Jaworski, Q. B. Chen, D. Bazzacco, István Kuti, Corina Andreoiu, M. Siciliano, D. R. Napoli, A. C. Dai, Furong Xu, T. Marchlewski, A. Astier, X. H. Zhou, C. M. Petrache, K. Whitmore, A. Tucholski, Bo Cederwall, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, K. Ortner, E. Dupont, A. Boso, F. Galtarossa, J. Srebrny, D. Sohler, B. F. Lv, Y. H. Qiang, A. Goasduff, M. L. Liu, E. A. Lawrie, D. A. Testov, F. Recchia, F. H. Garcia, and S. Riccetto

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Nuclear physics, Physics, Dipole, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Consistency (statistics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Observable, 010306 general physics, Rotation, 01 natural sciences, Mixing (physics), High-κ dielectric
Abstract

The band built on the Kπ = 8−, T1/2 = 9.4 ms isomer of 130Ba has been identified, filling the gap in the systematics of the dipole bands built on the 8− isomers in the N = 74 isotones from 128Xe to 138Gd. The use of the GALILEO array in conjunction with its ancillaries EUCLIDES and Neutron Wall, helped to firmly place the newly identified transitions on top of the long-lived isomer. The extracted gK and gR gyromagnetic factors are in agreement with the 7/2+[404] ⊗ 9/2−[514] two-neutron Nilsson configuration. Particle-rotor model calculations give an understanding of the limited degree of K mixing. The experimental information on the Kπ = 8− isomer of 130Ba is now the most complete among the K isomers of the N = 74 isotones.

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2019
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66. Identification of high-spin proton configurations in Ba136 and Ba137

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C. Fransen, C. Müller-Gatermann, D. Bazzacco, B. Birkenbach, R. Hetzenegger, C. A. Ur, F. Recchia, R. Hirsch, L. Lewandowski, L. Corradi, Katarzyna Hadynska-Klek, M. Seidlitz, P. R. John, P. Reiter, D. Mengoni, L. Kaya, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, A. Vogt, L. Coraggio, G. Pollarolo, D. Rosiak, W. Korten, E. Sahin, N. Saed-Samii, A. Blazhev, A. Giaz, C. Michelagnoli, A. Jungclaus, E. Farnea, O. Stezowski, A. Gottardo, K. Arnswald, B. Bruyneel, B. Szpak, Nunzio Itaco, Zs. Podolyák, Andreas Görgen, R. Menegazzo, F. Scarlassara, M. Droste, A. M. Stefanini, A. Gargano, J. Jolie, T. Mijatović, M. Weinert, Suzana Szilner, A. Gadea, K. O. Zell, P. A. Söderström, D. R. Napoli, K. Wolf, M. Siciliano, G. Montagnoli, F. C. L. Crespi, S. Lunardi, E. Fioretto, D. Montanari, Hans-Jurgen E. Hess, G. de Angelis, A. Bracco, J. Eberth, and S. Leoni

Subjects
Physics, Proton, Spins, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear structure, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 0103 physical sciences, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Spin (physics), Spectroscopy, Excitation
Abstract

The high-spin structures of 136Ba and 137Ba are investigated after multinucleon-transfer (MNT) and fusion-evaporation reactions. 136Ba is populated in a 136Xe+238U MNT reaction employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, and in two 9Be + 130Te fusion-evaporation reactions using the High-efficiency Observatory for -Ray Unique Spectroscopy (HORUS) at the FN tandem accelerator of the University of Cologne, Germany. Furthermore, both isotopes are populated in an elusive reaction channel in the 11B+130Te fusion-evaporation reaction utilizing the HORUS -ray array. The level scheme above the J� = 10+ isomer in 136Ba is revised and extended up to an excitation energy of approx. 5.5 MeV. From the results of angular-correlation measurements, the Ex = 3707- and Ex = 4920-keV states are identified as the bandheads of positive- and negative-parity cascades. While the high-spin regimes of both 132Te and 134Xe are characterized by high-energy 12+ ! 10+ transitions, the 136Ba E2 ground-state band is interrupted by negativeparity states only a few hundred keV above the J� = 10+ isomer. Furthermore, spins are established for several hitherto unassigned high-spin states in 137Ba. The new results close a gap along the highspin structure of N < 82 Ba isotopes. Experimental results are compared to large-scale shell-model calculations employing the GCN50:82, Realistic SM, PQM130 and SN100PN interactions. The calculations suggest that the bandheads of the positive-parity bands in both isotopes are predominantly of proton character.

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2019
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67. Study of the neutron-rich region in the vicinity of 208Pb via multinucleon transfer reactions

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Francesco Recchia, E. Fioretto, F. Galtarossa, T. Kröll, Dmitry Testov, Liam Gaffney, Alberto Boso, D. R. Napoli, Maria de La Luz Jurado-Gomez, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, G. Pollarolo, P. Čolović, Daniele Mengoni, L. Corradi, R. Menegazzo, T. Marchi, S. Ceruti, Suzana Szilner, J. G. Cubiss, A. Illana, Tea Mijatović, Zsolt Podolyak, Giacomo de Angelis, G. Benzoni, María José García Borge, European Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Croatian Science Foundation, de Angelis, G., and Corradi, L.

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Physics, Nuclear physics, multinucleon transfer reactions, unstable beam, gamma-spectroscpy, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, QC1-999, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear structure, Neutron, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, 01 natural sciences
Abstract

4 pags-. 4 figs. -- IV International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics (NSD2019), The multinucleon transfer reaction mechanism was employed to populate isotopes around the doubly-magic 208 Pb nucleus. We used an unstable 94 Rb beam on 208 Pb targets of different thickness. Transfer channels were studied via the fragment-γ and γ-γ coincidences, by using MINIBALL γ spectrometer coupled to a particle detector. Gamma transitions associated to the different Pb isotopes, populated by the neutron transfers, are discussed in terms of excitation energy and spin. Fragment angular distributions were extracted, andcompared with the reaction models.

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2019

68. Study of medium-spin states of neutron-rich 87, 89, 91Rb isotopes

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S. M. Lenzi, A. M. Stefanini, S. J. Freeman, E. Sahin, Baharak Hadinia, P. T. Wady, David O'Donnell, J. F. Smith, C. A. Ur, G. de Angelis, G. Montagnoli, R. Orlandi, Suzana Szilner, M. Labiche, G. S. Simpson, A. Hodsdon, J. Ollier, T. Martinez, Z. M. Wang, A. G. Smith, E. Fioretto, Fernando Scarlassara, D. R. Napoli, V. Kumar, S. Lunardi, G. A. Jones, S. Beghini, M. Axiotis, F. Haas, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, N. Marginean, D. Bazzacco, G. Pollarolo, D. A. Torres, L. Corradi, X. Liang, N. J. Thompson, B. G. Carlsson, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, A. Gadea, D. Mengoni, T. Faul, K. M. Spohr, Th. Kröll, E. Farnea, F. Recchia, R. Mărginean, R. Chapman, F. D. Vedova, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spin states, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Yrast, Nuclear Theory, Context (language use), 01 natural sciences, Isotopes of rubidium, Nuclear physics, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, nuclear structure, Rb isotopes, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, ydinfysiikka
Abstract

International audience; Excited states of the rubidium isotopes$_{37}^{87, 89, 91}$Rb have been studied at the INFN Legnaro National Laboratory. Measurements of the $\gamma$ -ray decay of fragments produced in binary grazing reactions resulting from the interaction of a beam of 530 MeV$^{96}$Zr ions with a$^{124}$Sn target have been complemented by studies of the $\gamma$ -ray decay of fission fragments produced in the interaction of a beam of 230 MeV$^{36}$S ions with a thick$^{176}$Yb target. The structure of the yrast states of$_{37}^{87, 89, 91}$Rb has been discussed within the context of spherical shell-model and cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations.

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2019
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69. Diversity of shapes and rotations in the $\gamma$-soft $^{130}$Ba nucleus: First observation of a $t$-band in the $A=130$ mass region

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Song Guo, Miao Liu, B. F. Lv, A. Boso, D. Mengoni, Q. B. Chen, István Kuti, E. A. Lawrie, D. R. Napoli, Corina Andreoiu, K. K. Zheng, Torbjörn Bäck, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, M. Siciliano, K. Ortner, Y. H. Qiang, F. Galtarossa, G. Jaworski, J. Srebrny, S. Frauendorf, S. Riccetto, K. Whitmore, Xiaojuan Zhou, Jie Wang, E. Dupont, D. Bazzacco, T. Marchlewski, F. H. Garcia, D. Testov, Dóra Sohler, A. Astier, Y. X. Liu, János Timár, F. Recchia, A. Tucholski, Philip M Walker, Ramon Wyss, A. Goasduff, Bo Cederwall, C. M. Petrache, R. Li, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-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, Projected shell model, Proton, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Collective rotations, Nuclear structure, Particle rotor model, Shape coexistence, Tiltid axis cranking, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Rotation, 01 natural sciences, Molecular physics, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Spin-½, Physics, Spins, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, lcsh:QC1-999, Dipole, Quasiparticle, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

Several new bands have been identified in 130Ba, among which there is one with band-head spin 8+. Its properties are in agreement with the Fermi-aligned \nu h11/2^2 , 7/2+[523] \otimes 9/2-[514] Nilsson configuration. This is the first observation of a two-quasiparticle t-band in the A=130 mass region. The t-band is fed by a dipole band involving two additional h11/2 protons. The odd-spin partners of the proton and neutron S-bands and the ground-state band at high spins are also newly identified. The observed bands are discussed using several theoretical models, which strongly suggest the coexistence of prolate and oblate shapes polarized by rotation aligned two-proton and two-neutron configurations, as well as prolate collective rotations around axes with different orientations. With the new results, 130Ba presents one of the best and most complete sets of collective excitations that a gamma-soft nucleus can manifest at medium and high spins, revealing a diversity of shapes and rotations for the nuclei in the A = 130 mass region., Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures

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2019
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70. A new dedicated plunger device for the GALILEO γ-ray detector array

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J. Litzinger, A. Goasduff, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, J. Jolie, A. Goldkuhle, F. von Spee, D. Mengoni, G. de Angelis, P. Cocconi, M. Beckers, G. Jawroski, Alfred Dewald, S. Thiel, K. Hadynska-Klek, A. Boso, F. Recchia, A. Gottardo, D. R. Napoli, K. O. Zell, P. R. John, Thomas Braunroth, C. Müller-Gatermann, D. Bazzacco, S. M. Lenzi, C. Fransen, M. Siciliano, R. Menegazzo, D. Testov, and A. Gozzelino

Subjects
Physics, Plunger, Range (particle radiation), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Measure (physics), Lifetimes, 01 natural sciences, Recoil, Optics, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, 180Pt, Recoil distance Doppler-shift method, Instrumentation, Galileo (vibration training), 010306 general physics, business, Beam (structure)
Abstract

A new device, the GALILEO plunger, has been developed for lifetime measurement studies using the GALILEO γ -ray detector array at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL) in Legnaro, Italy. This plunger device holds two stretched metal foils in the beam path for the use of the recoil distance Doppler-shift technique in order to measure lifetimes of nuclear excited states in the range of 1 ps to 1 ns. The compact design allows one to combine different auxiliary detectors with the plunger device inside the target chamber and takes care of high γ -ray transparency. The design and control of the device are presented in this paper, together with lifetimes of excited states in 180Pt measured within the first in-beam commissioning run.

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2019

71. Beta decay of the Tz=-2 nucleus 64Se and its descendants

Author

B. Blank, H. Takeda, Toshiyuki Sumikama, E. Ganioglu, G. G. Kiss, A. Algora, P. Aguilera, DeukSoon Ahn, A. I. Morales, Shin-Ichiro Nishimura, A. Montaner-Pizá, F. Molina, Shigeru Kubono, Daiki Nishimura, G. de Angelis, J. Giovinazzo, F. Diel, R. B. Cakirli, J. Chiba, H. Oikawa, Yoshitaka Fujita, W. Gelletly, V. Guadilla, Jorge Agramunt, Berta Rubio, T. Kurtukian, Momoko Tanaka, C. Sidong, Yoshifumi R. Shimizu, Tomio Kubo, P. A. Söderström, P. Vi, N. Fukuda, Y. Takei, A. Boso, C. Borcea, Shintaro Go, Naohito Inabe, C. Magron, S. E. A. Orrigo, S. Grévy, D. Lubos, H. Suzuki, D. R. Napoli, M. Gerbaux, P. Doornenbal, S. Yang, P. Asher, Jinguang Wu, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, Paper, History, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Beta decay, Computer Science Applications, Education, ddc, Nuclear physics, Proton radiation, medicine.anatomical_structure, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), 0103 physical sciences, Bound state, medicine, 010306 general physics, Nucleus
Abstract

International audience; The beta decay of the Tz=-2 nucleus 64Se has been studied in a fragmentation reaction at RIKEN-Nishina Center. 64Se is the heavies Tz=-2 nucleus that decays to bound states in the daughter nucleus and the heaviest case where the mirror reaction 64Zn(3He,t)64Ga on the Tz=+2 64Zn stable target exists and can be compared. Beta-delayed gamma and proton radiation is reported for the 64Se and 64As cases. New levels have been observed in 64As, 64Ge (N=Z), 63Ge and 63Ga. The associated T1/2 values have been obtained.

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2018
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72. Millisecond 23/2+ isomers in the N=79 isotones Xe133 and Ba135

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W. Korten, K. O. Zell, A. Vogt, S. Leoni, D. Bazzacco, Nunzio Itaco, F. Recchia, Andreas Görgen, R. Hirsch, Zs. Podolyák, B. Birkenbach, B. Szpak, P. R. John, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, Suzana Szilner, L. Lewandowski, C. Fransen, D. Mengoni, P. A. Söderström, P. Reiter, R. Menegazzo, J. Jolie, G. Pollarolo, E. Fioretto, A. Giaz, E. Farnea, L. Corradi, A. Gottardo, C. A. Ur, L. Kaya, A. Jungclaus, A. Gargano, K. Hadynska-Klek, M. Seidlitz, D. R. Napoli, E. Sahin, K. Wolf, M. Weinert, R. Hetzenegger, J. Eberth, L. Coraggio, S. Lunardi, Hans-Jurgen E. Hess, A. Bracco, C. Müller-Gatermann, D. Montanari, O. Stezowski, G. de Angelis, G. Montagnoli, D. Rosiak, F. C. L. Crespi, M. Siciliano, C. Michelagnoli, M. Droste, A. M. Stefanini, N. Saed-Samii, A. Blazhev, K. Arnswald, B. Bruyneel, F. Scarlassara, T. Mijatović, and A. Gadea

Subjects
Physics, Millisecond, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear structure, Nuclear shell model, Parity (physics), 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, AGATA, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Excitation
Abstract

Detailed information on isomeric states in A ≈ 135 nuclei is exploited to benchmark shell-model calculations in the region northwest of doubly-magic nucleus 132Sn. The N = 79 isotones 133Xe and 135Ba are studied after multinucleon transfer (MNT) in the 136Xe + 208Pb reaction employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy and in a pulsed-beam experiment at the FN tandem accelerator of the University of Cologne, Germany utilizing a 9Be+130Te fusion-evaporation reaction at a beam energy of 40 MeV. Isomeric states are identified via delayed γ-ray spectroscopy. Hitherto tentative excitation energy, spin, and parity assignments of the 2107-keV Jπ = 23/2+ isomer in 133Xe are confirmed and a half-life of T1/2 = 8.64(13) ms is measured. The 2388-keV state in 135Ba is identified as a Jπ = 23/2+ isomer with a half-life of 1.06(4) ms. The new results show a smooth onset of isomeric Jπ = 23/2+ states along the N = 79 isotones and close a gap in the high-spin systematics towards the recently investigated Jπ = 23/2+ isomer in 139Nd. The resulting systematics of M2 reduced transition probabilities is discussed within the framework of the nuclear shell model. Latest large-scale shell-model calculations employing the SN100PN, GCN50:82, SN100-KTH, and a realistic effective interaction reproduce the experimental findings generally well and give insight into the structure of the isomers.

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2018
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73. Pseudospin Symmetry and Microscopic Origin of Shape Coexistence in the Ni78 Region: A Hint from Lifetime Measurements

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C. Delafosse, D. Verney, P. Marević, A. Gottardo, C. Michelagnoli, A. Lemasson, A. Goasduff, J. Ljungvall, E. Clément, A. Korichi, G. De Angelis, C. Andreoiu, M. Babo, A. Boso, F. Didierjean, J. Dudouet, S. Franchoo, A. Gadea, G. Georgiev, F. Ibrahim, B. Jacquot, T. Konstantinopoulos, S. M. Lenzi, G. Maquart, I. Matea, D. Mengoni, D. R. Napoli, T. Nikšić, L. Olivier, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, C. Portail, F. Recchia, N. Redon, M. Siciliano, I. Stefan, O. Stezowski, D. Vretenar, M. Zielinska, D. Barrientos, G. Benzoni, B. Birkenbach, A. J. Boston, H. C. Boston, B. Cederwall, L. Charles, M. Ciemala, J. Collado, D. M. Cullen, P. Désesquelles, G. de France, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Eberth, V. González, L. J. Harkness-Brennan, H. Hess, D. S. Judson, A. Jungclaus, W. Korten, A. Lefevre, F. Legruel, R. Menegazzo, B. Million, J. Nyberg, B. Quintana, D. Ralet, P. Reiter, F. Saillant, E. Sanchis, Ch. Theisen, and J. J. Valiente Dobon

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Physics, Valence (chemistry), Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, Recoil, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Quadrupole, Neutron, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Lifetime measurements of excited states of the light N = 52 isotones 88 Kr , 86 Se , and 84 Ge have been performed, using the recoil distance Doppler shift method and VAMOS and AGATA spectrometers for particle identification and gamma spectroscopy, respectively. The reduced electric quadrupole transition probabilities B ( E 2 ; 2 + → 0 + ) and B ( E 2 ; 4 + → 2 + ) were obtained for the first time for the hard-to-reach 84 Ge . While the B ( E 2 ; 2 + → 0 + ) values of 88 Kr , 86 Se saturate the maximum quadrupole collectivity offered by the natural valence ( 3 s , 2 d , 1 g 7 / 2 , 1 h 11 / 2 ) space of an inert 78 Ni core, the value obtained for 84 Ge largely exceeds it, suggesting that shape coexistence phenomena, previously reported at N ≲ 49 , extend beyond N = 50 . The onset of collectivity at Z = 32 is understood as due to a pseudo-SU(3) organization of the proton single-particle sequence reflecting a clear manifestation of pseudospin symmetry. It is realized that the latter provides actually reliable guidance for understanding the observed proton and neutron single particle structure in the whole medium-mass region, from Ni to Sn, pointing towards the important role of the isovector-vector ρ field in shell-structure evolution.

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2018
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74. Evidence for Coexisting Shapes through Lifetime Measurements in Zr98

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M. D. Salsac, W. Rother, F. Recchia, Alfred Dewald, Nathalie Pillet, Andreas Görgen, Jean Paul Delaroche, C. Michelagnoli, M. Hackstein, C. Louchart, C. Müller-Gatermann, B. Bruyneel, W. Korten, J. Libert, Igor T. Čeliković, A. Dijon, Trine Wiborg Hagen, Bertrand Jacquot, J. Ljungvall, Emmanuel Clément, F. Farget, Takaharu Otsuka, C Theisen, D. R. Napoli, B. Sulignano, J. Litzinger, Purnima Singh, Jose Javier Valiente-Dobón, E. Sahin, Tomoaki Togashi, L. Grente, Yuhsuke Tsunoda, O. Delaune, Thomas Braunroth, A. Gottardo, Sunniva Siem, and Michel Girod

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Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, SHELL model, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear fission, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic number, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Ground state, Beam (structure)
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The lifetimes of the first excited 2^{+}, 4^{+}, and 6^{+} states in ^{98}Zr were measured with the recoil-distance Doppler shift method in an experiment performed at GANIL. Excited states in ^{98}Zr were populated using the fission reaction between a 6.2 MeV/u ^{238}U beam and a ^{9}Be target. The γ rays were detected with the EXOGAM array in correlation with the fission fragments identified by mass and atomic number in the VAMOS++ spectrometer. Our result shows a very small B(E2;2_{1}^{+}→0_{1}^{+}) value in ^{98}Zr, thereby confirming the very sudden onset of collectivity at N=60. The experimental results are compared to large-scale Monte Carlo shell model and beyond-mean-field calculations. The present results indicate the coexistence of two additional deformed shapes in this nucleus along with the spherical ground state.

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2018
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75. Monolayer doping of germanium by phosphorus-containing molecules

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Gianluigi Maggioni, Enrico Napolitani, Francesco Sgarbossa, Sara Carturan, Gaetano Granozzi, D. De Salvador, Walter Raniero, D. R. Napoli, Gian Andrea Rizzi, and Alberto Carnera

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Materials science, Silicon, chemical doping, doping, germanium, monolayer, surface chemistry, Bioengineering, Chemistry (all), Materials Science (all), Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, 02 engineering and technology, Activation energy, 010402 general chemistry, 01 natural sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Adsorption, Monolayer, General Materials Science, Doping, General Chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 0104 chemical sciences, chemistry, Chemisorption, Physical chemistry, 0210 nano-technology, Octadecylphosphonic acid
Abstract

The DPP (diethyl 1-propylphosphonate) and ODPA (octadecylphosphonic acid) molecules are studied as precursors for the monolayer doping (MLD) of germanium. Their adsorption behaviour is investigated, revealing different physicochemical interactions between the phosphorus-containing molecules and the Ge surfaces. It is discovered that DPP adsorption occurs after the oxidation of Ge surface, while the ODPA undergoes chemisorption on -H terminated surfaces. Quantitative phosphorus analysis demonstrates that in the first case more than one monolayer is formed (from 2 to 4), while in the second a single monolayer is formed. Moreover, the analysis of phosphorus diffusion from the surface layers into the Ge matrix reveals that conventional thermal annealing processes are not suitable for Ge injection due to a higher activation energy of the process in comparison with silicon. On the contrary, pulsed laser melting is effective in forming a doped layer, owing to the precursor's decomposition under UV light.

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2018

76. $^{67}$Kr Two-proton Radioactivity: Results and Theoretical Interpretations

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P. Ascher, J. Giovinazzo, C. Borcea, Daiki Nishimura, G. de Angelis, A. I. Morales, Y. Fujita, Toshiyuki Kubo, W. Gelletly, Shunji Nishimura, D. S. Ahn, V. Guadilla, Gabor Kiss, P. A. Söderström, A. Boso, S. Yagi, H. Suzuki, D. Lubos, Jorge Agramunt, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, Shigeru Kubono, Shintaro Go, R. B. Cakirli, H. Oikawa, S.E.A. Orrigo, Y. Shimizu, C. Sidong, A. Algora, T. Kurtukian Nieto, C. Magron, S. Grévy, J. Chiba, Kathrin Wimmer, P. Doornenbal, P. Aguilera, B. A. Brown, M. Gerbaux, P. Vi, F. Diel, Jin Wu, T. Goigoux, Y. Takei, D. R. Napoli, Berta Rubio, F. Molina, Naohito Inabe, N. Fukuda, B. Blank, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Hiroyuki Takeda, M. Tanaka, E. Ganioglu, A. Montaner-Piza, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), 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), and 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)

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Physics, Nuclear physics, Proton, Decay energy, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Branching fraction, Nuclear structure, General Physics and Astronomy, Deformation (meteorology), [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy
Abstract

International audience; The two-proton radioactivity is a unique tool to study the nuclear structure beyond the proton drip-line. Since its discovery in 2002, the known emitters have been 19Mg, 45Fe, 48Ni, 54Zn and 67Kr. 67Kr was observed for the first time at the RIKEN Nishina Center in 2015. Its decay energy was measured at 1690(17) keV with a branching ratio of 37(14)%. The half-life, 7.4(30) ms, was found in contradiction with theoretical calculations, pointing out effects of decay dynamics and nuclear deformation.

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2018
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77. Lifetime Measurements Using RDDS Method in the Vicinity of $^{78}$Ni

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S. M. Lenzi, F. Didierjean, D. Mengoni, G. Maquart, A. Goasduff, Georgi P. Georgiev, D. Verney, C. Michelagnoli, M. Babo, A. Gadea, A. Korichi, O. Stezowski, D. R. Napoli, Bertrand Jacquot, J. Ljungvall, J Dudouet, S. Franchoo, Emyr Clement, T. Konstantinopoulos, L. Olivier, R. M. Perez-Vidal, Corina Andreoiu, A. Boso, A. Gottardo, F. Ibrahim, A. Lemasson, C. Portail, C. Delafosse, F. Recchia, I. Matea, M. Zielińska, N. Redon, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-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), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

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Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, General Physics and Astronomy, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Particle identification, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, Quadrupole, symbols, AGATA, 010306 general physics, Doppler effect
Abstract

International audience; Reduced quadrupole transition probabilities for low-lying transitions in neutron-rich N = 52 isotones 88Kr and 86Se were investigated with a recoil distance Doppler shift (RDDS) experiment. The experiment was performed at GANIL (Caen, France) using the Orsay Universal Plunger System (OUPS) for the RDDS technique and the AGATA array for the γ-ray detection coupled to the VAMOS++ magnetic spectrometer for an event-by-event particle identification. In 88Kr, the lifetimes of seven levels were determined and in 86Se, the lifetimes of five levels were determined. The deduced B(E2; 2+ 1 → 0 + 1 ) are compared with mean-field and shellmodel calculations.

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2018
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78. Neutron Skin Effects in Mirror Energy Differences: The Case of Mg23−Na23

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F. Ghazi-Moradi, K Juhász, Bo Cederwall, A. Boso, István Kuti, V. Modamio, P. R. John, A. Gadea, D. R. Napoli, T. Hüyük, M. A. Bentley, Johan Nyberg, S. M. Lenzi, T. W. Henry, B. M. Nyakó, Eric Clément, B. Melon, A. Dijon, Sibel Zehra Aydin, A. Gottardo, János Timár, J. Bonnard, Maria Doncel, G. Jaworski, M. Palacz, D. Mengoni, C. Michelagnoli, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, A. Di Nitto, A. P. Zuker, and F. Recchia

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Physics, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, Nuclear Theory, Shell (structure), General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Orbit (dynamics), Neutron, Halo, Mirror nuclei, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

Energy differences between analogue states in the T=1/2 Mg23-Na23 mirror nuclei have been measured along the rotational yrast bands. This allows us to search for effects arising from isospin-symmetry-breaking interactions (ISB) and/or shape changes. Data are interpreted in the shell model framework following the method successfully applied to nuclei in the f7/2 shell. It is shown that the introduction of a schematic ISB interaction of the same type of that used in the f7/2 shell is needed to reproduce the data. An alternative novel description, applied here for the first time, relies on the use of an effective interaction deduced from a realistic charge-dependent chiral nucleon-nucleon potential. This analysis provides two important results: (i) The mirror energy differences give direct insight into the nuclear skin; (ii) the skin changes along the rotational bands are strongly correlated with the difference between the neutron and proton occupations of the s1/2 "halo" orbit.

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2018
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79. High-spin structure in the transitional nucleus Xe131 : Competitive neutron and proton alignment in the vicinity of the N=82 shell closure

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Naotaka Yoshinaga, W. Korten, A. Bracco, E. Fioretto, Agnese Giaz, Koji Higashiyama, C. A. Ur, F. Recchia, A. Vogt, S. Lunardi, J. Jolie, B. Birkenbach, R. Hirsch, D. Montanari, A. Jungclaus, G. Montagnoli, Suzana Szilner, K. Arnswald, O. Stezowski, B. Bruyneel, G. de Angelis, P. Reiter, F. C. L. Crespi, P. R. John, S. Leoni, B. Fu, T. Steinbach, B. Szpak, E. Farnea, L. Coraggio, A. Gargano, N. Saed-Samii, A. Blazhev, A. Gadea, Roberto Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, M. Siciliano, D. Bazzacco, E. Teruya, M. Queiser, D. Schneiders, Andreas Görgen, A. Gottardo, Fernando Scarlassara, L. Lewandowski, C. Michelagnoli, J. F. Smith, G. Pollarolo, K. Hadynska-Klek, M. Seidlitz, Tea Mijatović, B. Siebeck, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, J. Eberth, C. Müller-Gatermann, E. Sahin, K. O. Zell, D. R. Napoli, K. Wolf, Alberto Pullia, A. M. Stefanini, R. Hetzenegger, P. A. Söderström, D. Rosiak, Nunzio Itaco, Herbert Hess, Zs. Podolyák, C. Fransen, L. Corradi, and L. Kaya

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Physics, Spectrometer, Isotope, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Shell (structure), Nuclear structure, Spin structure, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, AGATA, 010306 general physics
Abstract

The transitional nucleus 131Xe is investigated after multinucleon transfer (MNT) in the 136Xe+208Pb and 136Xe+238U reactions employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy and as an elusive reaction product in the fusion-evaporation reaction 124Sn(11B,p3n) 131Xe employing the HORUS γ-ray array coupled to a double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSSD) at the University of Cologne, Germany. The level scheme of 131Xe is extended to 5 MeV. A pronounced backbending is observed at ~ω ≈ 0.4 MeV along the negative-parity one-quasiparticle νh11/2(α = −1/2) band. The results are compared to the high-spin systematics of the Z = 54 isotopes and the N = 77 isotones. Large-scale shell-model calculations (LSSM) employing the PQM130, SN100PN, GCN50:82, SN100-KTH and a realistic effective interaction reproduce the experimental findings and provide guidance to elucidate the structure of the high-spin states. Further calculations in 129−132Xe provide insight into the changing nuclear structure along the Xe chain towards the N = 82 shell closure. Proton occupancy in the π 0h11/2 orbital is found to be decisive for the description of the observed backbending phenomenon.

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2018
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80. Transition probabilities in neutron-rich Se80,82 and the role of the νg9/2 orbital

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R. Menegazzo, P. Reiter, R. Lozeva, Suzana Szilner, G. de Angelis, F. Didierjean, A. Blazhev, Begoña Quintana, O. Stézowski, Bo Cederwall, J. Litzinger, C. Fransen, O. Möller, E. Farnea, F. Ibrahim, Ch. Theisen, J. Grebosz, D. Mengoni, Norbert Pietralla, J. Jolie, M. Hackstein, A. M. Stefanini, V. Vandone, D. Verney, P. Désesquelles, P. A. Söderström, E. Sahin, Hans-Jurgen E. Hess, L. Corradi, A. Dewald, B. Million, G. Montagnoli, Roman Gernhäuser, E. Ellinger, A. Gottardo, F. Recchia, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, F. C. L. Crespi, D. Bazzacco, B. Birkenbach, A. Jungclaus, T. Mijatović, V. Modamio, E. Fioretto, Megumi Niikura, M. D. Salsac, Thomas Braunroth, A. Maj, A. Vogt, A. Pullia, F. Scarlassara, Alain Goasduff, S. Leoni, W. Korten, G. Pollarolo, A. Bracco, S. Lunardi, D. Montanari, A. I. Morales, D. R. Napoli, S. Bottoni, J. Eberth, K. Kolos, G. Duchêne, Denise De Rosso, C. Michelagnoli, and Andreas Görgen

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Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, Nuclear structure, Deep inelastic scattering, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, Nuclear physics, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, AGATA, 010306 general physics, Spin (physics)
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Transition probabilities of intermediate-spin yrast and non-yrast excitations in 80, 82Se were investigated in a recoil distance Doppler-shift (RDDS) experiment performed at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. The Cologne Plunger device for deep inelastic scattering was used for the RDDS technique and was combined with the AGATA Demonstrator array for the γ-ray detection and coupled to the PRISMA magnetic spectrometer for an event-by-event particle identification. In 80Se, the level lifetimes of the yrast (6+1) and (8+1) states and of a non-yrast band feeding the yrast 4+1 state are determined. A spin and parity assignment of the head of this sideband is discussed based on the experimental results and supported by large-scale shell-model calculations. In 82Se, the level lifetimes of the yrast 6+1 state and the yrare 4+2 state and lifetime limits of the yrast (10+1) state and of the 5−1 state are determined. Although the experimental results contain large uncertainties, they are interpreted with care in terms of large-scale shell-model calculations using the effective interactions JUN45 and jj44b. The excited states' wave functions are investigated and discussed with respect to the role of the neutron g9/2 orbital.

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2018
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81. Quadrupole collectivity in Ca42 from low-energy Coulomb excitation with AGATA

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D. Mengoni, M. Kisieliński, G. Anil Kumar, M. Kicińska-Habior, D. Karpiński, G. Lehaut, S. F. Özmen, A. Colombo, F. Recchia, R. Menegazzo, J. Iwanicki, F. Azaiez, B. Million, J. Eberth, D. M. Cullen, N. Toniolo, G. Maron, G. de Angelis, M. Krzysiek, O. Stezowski, P. Reiter, B. Birkenbach, D. T. Doherty, M. D. Salsac, P. J. Coleman-Smith, M. Kowalczyk, M. Gulmini, B. Bounthong, J. Srebrny, S. Franchoo, Hans-Jurgen E. Hess, K. Rusek, M. Ciemala, A. Obertelli, J. L. Wood, S. Leoni, H. Naïdja, C. Michelagnoli, A. Giaz, D. Bazzacco, G. Benzoni, J. Styczen, A. Gottardo, L. Berti, R. Wadsworth, E. Farnea, W. Korten, M. Komorowska, F. C. L. Crespi, Ch. Theisen, M. Kmiecik, A. Jungclaus, Megumi Niikura, D. S. Judson, K. Mazurek, S. Brambilla, B. Dulny, T. Abraham, Joël Chavas, Roberto Isocrate, F. Camera, Tomás R. Rodríguez, P. Bednarczyk, I. Stefan, A. Czermak, L. Charles, G. Jaworski, P. Désesquelles, M. Zieblinski, B. Bruyneel, B. Fornal, X. Grave, S. Lunardi, J. Grebosz, N. Kondratyev, Andreas Görgen, K. Wrzosek-Lipska, G. Rampazzo, Pär-Anders Söderström, Marco Bellato, E. Merchan, Andreas Wiens, Alessandra Corsi, T. Habermann, L. Próchniak, P. J. Napiorkowski, M. Zielińska, A. Lopez-Martens, C. A. Ur, B. Wasilewska, K. Hadynska-Klek, Begoña Quintana, D. Rosso, J. Ljungvall, E. Sahin, A. Gadea, A. Korichi, A. Maj, F. Nowacki, P. Cocconi, Alberto Pullia, Bo Cederwall, N. Karkour, Damiano Bortolato, J. J. Valiente Dobon, D. R. Napoli, W. Meczynski, N. Redon, S. Myalski, and M. Palacz

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Physics, Sideband, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Coulomb excitation, 01 natural sciences, Matrix (mathematics), Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Quadrupole, AGATA, Sum rule in quantum mechanics, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Beam (structure)
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A Coulomb-excitation experiment to study electromagnetic properties of Ca42 was performed using a 170-MeV calcium beam from the TANDEM XPU facility at INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. γ rays from excited states in Ca42 were measured with the AGATA spectrometer. The magnitudes and relative signs of ten E2 matrix elements coupling six low-lying states in Ca42, including the diagonal E2 matrix elements of 21+ and 22+ states, were determined using the least-squares code gosia. The obtained set of reduced E2 matrix elements was analyzed using the quadrupole sum rule method and yielded overall quadrupole deformation for 01,2+ and 21,2+ states, as well as triaxiality for 01,2+ states, establishing the coexistence of a weakly deformed ground-state band and highly deformed slightly triaxial sideband in Ca42. The experimental results were compared with the state-of-the-art large-scale shell-model and beyond-mean-field calculations, which reproduce well the general picture of shape coexistence in Ca42.

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2018
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82. Is Seniority a Partial Dynamic Symmetry in the First $\nu g_{9/2}$ Shell?

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Takaharu Otsuka, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Ryo Taniuchi, Giuseppe Lorusso, Zsolt Podolyak, R. Avigo, István Kuti, G. de Angelis, Shunji Nishimura, A. I. Morales, Nunzio Itaco, P. A. Söderström, D. R. Napoli, A. Gottardo, Yusuke Tsunoda, N. Blasi, Stephen Rice, Zena Patel, P. Van Isacker, Rin Yokoyama, I. Kojouharov, G. Benzoni, V. Modamio-Hoybjor, Jinguang Wu, Zs. Dombradi, F. Browne, F. L. Bello Garrote, T. Isobe, Jan Taprogge, E. Sahin, S. Lalkovski, Satoru Momiyama, L. Coraggio, N. Kurz, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, P. Doornenbal, Oliver Wieland, M. Yalcinkaya, B. Melon, Ayumi Yagi, R. Daido, F. Camera, R. Orlandi, P. H. Regan, Y. F. Fang, A. Gargano, Hirofumi Watanabe, K. Matsui, H. Schaffner, D. Mengoni, F. C. L. Crespi, M. C. Delattre, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, A. Bracco, H. Baba, Zs. Vajta, Dóra Sohler, S. Ceruti, Megumi Niikura, Zhengyu Xu, Alison Bruce, L. Sinclair, 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), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 ), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay ( IPNO ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Morales, A. I., Benzoni, G., Watanabe, H., de Angelis, G., Nishimura, S., Coraggio, L., Gargano, A., Itaco, N., Otsuka, T., Tsunoda, Y., Van Isacker, P., Browne, F., Daido, R., Doornenbal, P., Fang, Y., Lorusso, G., Patel, Z., Rice, S., Sinclair, L., Söderström, P. -A., Sumikama, T., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Wu, J., Xu, Z. Y., Yagi, A., Yokoyama, R., Baba, H., Avigo, R., Bello Garrote, F. L., Blasi, N., Bracco, A., Bruce, A. M., Camera, F., Ceruti, S., Crespi, F. C. L., Delattre, M. -C., Dombradi, Zs., Gottardo, A., Isobe, T., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Kuti, I., Lalkovski, S., Matsui, K., Melon, B., Mengoni, D., Miyazaki, T., Modamio-Hoybjor, V., Momiyama, S., Napoli, D. R., Niikura, M., Orlandi, R., Podolyák, Zs., Regan, P. H., Sakurai, H., Sahin, E., Sohler, D., Schaffner, H., Taniuchi, R., Taprogge, J., Vajta, Zs., Wieland, O., Yalcinkaya, M., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Hadron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 29.30.Kv, 23.40.-s, Nuclear physics, 21.60.Cs, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Seniority, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, [ PHYS.NUCL ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Spin-½, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 23.20.Lv, Fermion, Quantum number, lcsh:QC1-999, Atomic physics, Nucleon, lcsh:Physics, Radioactive decay
Abstract

The low-lying structures of the midshell νg9/2 Ni isotopes 72Ni and 74Ni have been investigated at the RIBF facility in RIKEN within the EURICA collaboration. Previously unobserved low-lying states were accessed for the first time following β decay of the mother nuclei 72Co and 74Co. As a result, we provide a complete picture in terms of the seniority scheme up to the first (8+) levels for both nuclei. The experimental results are compared to shell-model calculations in order to define to what extent the seniority quantum number is preserved in the first neutron g9/2 shell. We find that the disappearance of the seniority isomerism in the (81+) states can be explained by a lowering of the seniority-four (6+) levels as predicted years ago. For 74Ni, the internal de-excitation pattern of the newly observed (62+) state supports a restoration of the normal seniority ordering up to spin J=4. This property, unexplained by the shell-model calculations, is in agreement with a dominance of the single-particle spherical regime near 78Ni. The low-lying structures of the midshell νg9/2 Ni isotopes 72Ni and 74Ni have been investigated at the RIBF facility in RIKEN within the EURICA collaboration. Previously unobserved low-lying states were accessed for the first time following β decay of the mother nuclei 72Co and 74Co. As a result, we provide a complete picture in terms of the seniority scheme up to the first (8+) levels for both nuclei. The experimental results are compared to shell-model calculations in order to define to what extent the seniority quantum number is preserved in the first neutron g9/2 shell. We find that the disappearance of the seniority isomerism in the (81+) states can be explained by a lowering of the seniority-four (6+) levels as predicted years ago. For 74Ni, the internal de-excitation pattern of the newly observed (62+) state supports a restoration of the normal seniority ordering up to spin J=4. This property, unexplained by the shell-model calculations, is in agreement with a dominance of the single-particle spherical regime near 78Ni. ispartof: Physics Letters B vol:781 pages:706-712 status: published

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2018
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83. Diffusion doping of germanium by sputtered antimony sources

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Gianluigi Maggioni, Walter Raniero, D. De Salvador, Virginia Boldrini, Enrico Napolitani, Francesco Sgarbossa, D. R. Napoli, and Sara Carturan

Subjects
Ge surfaces, Secondary ion mass spectrometry, Materials science, Annealing (metallurgy), Analytical chemistry, Ge substrates, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, Doping (additives), Mass spectrometry, Radiation detectors, Silicon wafers, Sputtering, Surface defects, Surface morphology, Defect-free surfaces, Diffusion annealing, Diffusion model, Diffusion profiles, Dopant sources, Ge wafer, Diffusion, Antimony diffusion, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, Diffusion, Condensed Matter::Materials Science, 0103 physical sciences, General Materials Science, Wafer, 010302 applied physics, Dopant, Mechanical Engineering, Doping, Defect-free surfaces, Sputter deposition, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, 0210 nano-technology, Surface morphology, Ge wafer
Abstract

Antimony sputter deposition and subsequent diffusion annealing in controlled atmosphere was implemented on Ge wafers, for achieving an optimized n+ doping aimed at the final application of these doped contacts to Ge-based radiation detectors. Two approaches were adopted for n+ doping: diffusion from Sb source sputtered directly on the Ge surface, and diffusion from a remote dopant source. Surface morphology was specifically investigated by electron (SEM-EDS) and atomic (AFM) microscopies. Diffusion profiles were characterized by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). The remote doping, obtained by using a Sb-coated Si wafer placed close to the Ge substrate during the diffusion annealing, allowed to attain defect-free surface morphologies and diffusion profiles compatible with well assessed equilibrium diffusion models.

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2018

84. M1 and E2 transition rates from core-excited states in semi-magic 94Ru

Author

V. Modamio, F. Ghazi Moradi, Ulrika Jakobsson, Bo Cederwall, Torbjörn Bäck, H. W. Li, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, M. Siciliano, S. Erturk, István Kuti, Chong Qi, Eiji Ideguchi, D. R. Napoli, C. Michelagnoli, S. S. Ghugre, A. Gottardo, R. Wadsworth, János Timár, R. Raut, Zs. Dombradi, M. Doncel, A. Algora, A. Boso, G. Jaworski, G. de Angelis, P. J. Davies, Zhigang Xiao, D. M. Debenham, H. Al Azri, C. M. Petrache, A. Atac, Eric Clément, Baki Akkuş, F. Recchia, Mikael Sandzelius, A. Gadea, T. Hüyük, A. Ertoprak, M. Palacz, Johan Nyberg, B. M. Nyakó, Ertoprak, A., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih, Istanbul, 34134, Turkey -- Cederwall, B., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden -- Qi, C., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden -- Doncel, M., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom -- Jakobsson, U., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 3, Helsinki, 00014, Finland -- Nyakó, B.M., MTA Atomki, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary -- Jaworski, G., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, I-35020, Italy -- Davies, P., Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom -- de France, G., Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSM - CNRS/IN2P3, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, Caen Cedex 5, F-14076, France -- Kuti, I., MTA Atomki, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary -- Napoli, D.R., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, I-35020, Italy -- Wadsworth, R., Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom -- Ghugre, S.S., UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, 700098, India -- Raut, R., UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, 700098, India -- Akkus, B., Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih, Istanbul, 34134, Turkey -- Al Azri, H., Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom -- Algora, A., MTA Atomki, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary, Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46980, Spain -- de Angelis, G., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, I-35020, Italy -- Atac, A., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden -- Bäck, T., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden -- Boso, A., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Clément, E., Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSM - CNRS/IN2P3, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, Caen Cedex 5, F-14076, France -- Debenham, D.M., Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom -- Dombrádi, Z., MTA Atomki, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary -- Ertürk, S., Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Physics, Nigde, 51200, Turkey -- Gadea, A., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46980, Spain -- Ghazi Moradi, F., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden -- Gottardo, A., Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et Sciences de la Matière, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, 91405, France -- Hüyük, T., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46980, Spain -- Ideguchi, E., Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan -- Li, H., Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden -- Michelagnoli, C., Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSM - CNRS/IN2P3, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, Caen Cedex 5, F-14076, France -- Modamio, V., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, I-35020, Italy -- Nyberg, J., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75120, Sweden -- Palacz, M., Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5A, Warsaw, PL 02-093, Poland -- Petrache, C.M., Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et Sciences de la Matière, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, 91405, France -- Recchia, F., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Sandzelius, M., University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland -- Siciliano, M., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, I-35020, Italy -- Timár, J., MTA Atomki, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary -- Valiente-Dobón, J.J., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, I-35020, Italy -- Xiao, Z.G., Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China, 0-Belirlenecek, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and 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)

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Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Angular momentum, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hadron, Elementary particle, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, 0-Belirlenecek, Baryon, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Nucleon
Abstract

Lifetimes of high-spin states have been measured in the semi-magic (N= 50) nucleus 94Ru. Excited states in 94Ru were populated in the 58Ni(40Ca, 4p)94Ru* fusion-evaporation reaction at the Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL) accelerator complex. DSAM lifetime analysis was performed on the Doppler broadened line shapes in energy spectra obtained from ?-rays emitted while the residual nuclei were slowing down in a thick 6mg/cm^2 metallic 58Ni target. In total eight excited-state lifetimes in the angular momentum range I= (13 - 20) ? have been measured, five of which were determined for the first time. The corresponding B(M1) and B(E2) reduced transition strengths are discussed within the framework of large-scale shell model calculations to study the contribution of different particle-hole configurations, in particular for analyzing contributions from core-excited configurations. © 2018, SIF, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature., National Brain Research Centre Vetenskapsrådet Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse för Naturvetenskaplig och Medicinsk Forskning Firat University Scientific Research Projects Management Unit Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad Science and Technology Facilities Council, We thank the operators of the GANIL cyclotrons for providing the beam, their cooperation and technical support. We would also like to thank the EXOGAM, DIAMANT and Neutron Wall Collaborations. This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council under Grant Nos. 621-2014-5558, 621-2012-3805, and 621-2013-4323 and the Göran Gustafsson foundation, the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Istanbul University Project No. 47886 and 48101, the UK STFC under grant number ST/L005727/1, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under grant FPA2014-52823-C2-1-P and the program Severo Ochoa (SEV-2014-0398), the Polish National Research Centre contracts no. 2013/08/M/ST2 /00257 (LEA COPIGAL) and 2016/22/M/ST2/00269, the Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (Proj. no. 114F473). BMN, IK, ZD and JT acknowledge the financial support of GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00034. IK was supported by National Research, Development and Innovation Office NK-FIH, contract number PD 124717. The computations were performed on resources provided by the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at PDC, KTH, Stockholm.

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2018
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85. Pulsed laser diffusion of thin hole-barrier contacts in high purity germanium for gamma radiation detectors

Author

Gianluigi Maggioni, R. Milazzo, Walter Raniero, Sara Carturan, Virginia Boldrini, D. R. Napoli, D. De Salvador, Daniele Scarpa, Enrico Napolitani, Francesco Sgarbossa, S. Riccetto, and Alberto Andrighetto

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, business.industry, Annealing (metallurgy), Gamma ray, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, 02 engineering and technology, Sputter deposition, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Particle detector, Semiconductor detector, chemistry, Sputtering, 0103 physical sciences, Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, Spectroscopy, business
Abstract

A new method for the formation of hole-barrier contacts in high purity germanium (HPGe) is described, which consists in the sputter deposition of a Sb film on HPGe, followed by Sb diffusion produced through laser annealing of the Ge surface in the melting regime. This process gives rise to a very thin ( $ \le 100$ nm) n-doped layer, as determined by SIMS measurement, while preserving the defect-free morphology of HPGe surface. A small prototype of gamma ray detector with a Sb laser-diffused contact was produced and characterized, showing low leakage currents and good spectroscopy data with different gamma ray sources.

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2018

86. Study of isomeric states in $^{198,200,202,206}$Pb and $^{206}$Hg populated in fragmentation reactions

Author

A. Gottardo, P. Thöle, D. Bazzacco, R. Menegazzo, Dirk Rudolph, Jan Taprogge, E. Wilson, I. Burrows, C. Domingo-Pardo, Pavel Golubev, Claes Fahlander, D. Mengoni, H. J. Wollersheim, A. Pullia, K. Moschner, Herbert Hess, A. Jungclaus, Luis Sarmiento, Vicente González, P. Reiter, J. Eberth, C. Michelagnoli, O. Wieland, Begoña Quintana, F. Ameil, Eric Clément, Th Moeller, Zs. Podolyák, J. Simpson, A. Gadea, Anna Wendt, M. Reese, P. Désesquelles, T. Arici, M. Hackstein, B. Bruyneel, T. Habermann, I. Kojouharov, D. Ralet, E. Gregor, Zena Patel, C. Lizarazo, C. Louchart, Pushpendra Singh, A. Givechev, R. Stegmann, M. L. Cortés, O. Stezowski, J. J. Valiente Dobon, N. Kurz, M. Górska, C. Bauer, N. Lalović, T. Alexander, E. Merchan, Enrique Sanchis, N. Goel, Edward Simpson, J. Gerl, Jnaneswari Gellanki, Norbert Pietralla, M. Bowry, C. Stahl, M. Lettmann, D. R. Napoli, R. Kumar, G. Rainovski, G. Guastalla, J. Jolie, S. Pietri, B. Birkenbach, M. D. Salsac, M. A. Bentley, D. S. Judson, H. Schaffner, P. Boutachkov, P. H. Regan, R. Wood, Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AGATA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, isomeric decays, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Subatomic Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma spectroscopy, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, 010306 general physics, education, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, education.field_of_study, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear shell model, direct reactions, relativistic projectile fragmentation, electromagnetic transitions, nuclear shell model, AGATA, PreSPEC-AGATA, Atomic physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract

International audience; Isomeric states in isotopes in the vicinity of doubly-magic 208Pb were populatedfollowing reactions of a relativistic 208Pb primary beam impinging on a9Be fragmentation target. Secondary beams of 198,200,202,206Pb and 206Hg wereisotopically separated and implanted in a passive stopper positioned in thefocal plane of the GSI Fragment Separator. Delayed γ rays were detected withthe Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA). Decay schemes were reevaluatedand interpreted with shell-model calculations. The momentumdependentpopulation of isomeric states in the two-nucleon hole nuclei206Pb/206Hg was found to differ from the population of multi neutron-holeisomeric states in 198,200,202Pb.

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2018
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87. Lifetimes of excited states in triaxially deformed $^{107}$Tc and $^{109,111,113}$Rh

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Igor T. Čeliković, W. Rother, Jose Javier Valiente-Dobón, C. Louchart, Bertrand Jacquot, L. Grente, W. Korten, B. Sulignano, E. Sahin, C Theisen, A. Dijon, Emmanuel Clément, Andreas Görgen, Sunniva Siem, F. Recchia, C. Michelagnoli, M. D. Salsac, J. Ljungvall, O. Delaune, Thomas Braunroth, D. R. Napoli, B. Bruyneel, M. Hackstein, Trine Wiborg Hagen, F. Farget, Alfred Dewald, J. Litzinger, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, differential plunger, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Yrast, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, 100 region, fission fragments, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], high-spin structure, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, rotational bands, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, Atomic number, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Beam (structure)
Abstract

Lifetimes of excited states in 107Tc, 109Rh, 111Rh, and 113Rh were measured at GANIL using the Recoil-Distance Doppler Shift method. The neutron-rich nuclei were produced in fission reactions in inverse kinematics with a 238U beam impinging on a 9Be target. Fission fragments were identified event-by-event in the ray-tracing spectrometer VAMOS++ and correlated with prompt $\gamma$ rays observed around the target position with the EXOGAM Ge detector array. Several lifetimes were obtained for states in the positive-parity yrast bands in the four nuclei and compared to triaxial particle-rotor calculations. The results clarify the configuration for the strongest positive-parity band in 107Tc and suggest a gradual increase of triaxial deformation with atomic number Z, reaching almost maximum triaxiality for the neutron-rich Rh nuclei.

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2018
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88. Neutron effective single-particle energies above Ni78 : A hint from lifetime measurements in the N=51 isotones Se85 and Kr87

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S. Leoni, R. Menegazzo, C. Fransen, A. Gottardo, V. Vandone, E. Fioretto, L. Corradi, A. Dewald, Kamila Sieja, E. Sahin, L. Sengele, G. Duchêne, A. M. Stefanini, A. Bracco, G. Montagnoli, D. Mengoni, K. Kolos, E. Ellinger, M. Hackstein, S. Lunardi, S. Franchoo, D. R. Napoli, D. Montanari, F. Recchia, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, A. I. Morales, S. Bottoni, S. M. Lenzi, A. Goasduff, D. Verney, G. de Angelis, F. Didierjean, C. Michelagnoli, L. Grocutt, F. C. L. Crespi, D. Bazzacco, J. F. Smith, J. Litzinger, Suzana Szilner, F. Scarlassara, Megumi Niikura, R. Lozeva, O. Möller, E. Farnea, T. Mijatović, V. Modamio, C. A. Ur, Sibel Zehra Aydin, and F. Ibrahim

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Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear structure, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Particle identification, Recoil, Atomic orbital, 0103 physical sciences, Particle, Neutron, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

Background: While the $N=50$ shell-gap evolution towards $^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ is presently in the focus of nuclear structure research, experimental information on the neutron effective single-particle energy sequence above the $^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ core remain scarce. Direct nucleon-exchange reactions are indeed difficult with presently available post-accelerated radioactive-ion beams (especially for high orbital-momentum orbitals) in this exotic region.Purpose: In this study we probe the evolution of the $\ensuremath{\nu}1{g}_{7/2}$ effective single-particle energy which is a key to understanding the possible evolution of the spin-orbit splitting due to the proton-neutron interaction in the $^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ region. To achieve this goal, a method based on lifetime measurements is used for the first time. The obtained lifetimes of the $7/{2}_{1}^{+}$ states in $^{87}\mathrm{Kr}$ and $^{85}\mathrm{Se}$ are used to investigate the $\ensuremath{\nu}1{g}_{7/2}$ evolution.Method: Yrast and near-yrast states in the light $N=51$ isotones $^{85}\mathrm{Se}$ and $^{87}\mathrm{Kr}$ were populated via multinucleon transfer reactions, using a $^{82}\mathrm{Se}$ beam and a $^{238}\mathrm{U}$ target at the LNL tandem-ALPI facility. The prompt $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ rays were detected by the AGATA Demonstrator and particle identification was performed using the PRISMA spectrometer. Lifetime measurements were performed by using the Cologne plunger device for deep inelastic reactions and the Recoil Distance Doppler Shift technique.Results: We obtain ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{(7/{2}_{1}^{+})}=0.{4}_{\ensuremath{-}0.4}^{+1.6}$ ps for $^{87}\mathrm{Kr}$. In the case of $^{85}\mathrm{Se}$ an upper limit of 3(2) ps is obtained for the ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{7/{2}_{1}^{+}}$ value.Conclusion: For $^{87}\mathrm{Kr}$, the measured $(7/{2}_{1}^{+})$ lifetime is consistent with a core-coupled ${2}^{+}\ensuremath{\bigotimes}\ensuremath{\nu}2{d}_{5/2}$ configuration for this state. This result is consistent with that obtained by direct reaction, which validates our method. For $^{85}\mathrm{Se}$, the measured $7/{2}_{1}^{+}$ lifetime limit indicates a very small contribution of the $\ensuremath{\nu}1{g}_{7/2}$ configuration to the wave function of this state.

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2017
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90. High-spin structures in Xe132 and Xe133 and evidence for isomers along the N=79 isotones

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V. Karayonchev, E. Teruya, S. Szilner, E. Fioretto, Ching-Yen Wu, T. Mijatović, M. Queiser, N. Saed-Samii, P. Reiter, J. Eberth, A. O. Macchiavelli, S. J. Freeman, W. Gelletly, D. Cline, A. Blazhev, R. Hirsch, R. Teng, Andreas Görgen, A. B. Hayes, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, B. Siebeck, C. J. Pearson, K. Wolf, A. Gadea, Alberto Pullia, B. Birkenbach, Naotaka Yoshinaga, R. S. Chakrawarthy, F. Scarlassara, Agnese Giaz, O. Stezowski, Roberto Menegazzo, J. Jolie, W. Korten, B. Bruyneel, P. A. Söderström, K. Hadynska-Klek, M. Seidlitz, D. Mengoni, A. Gottardo, D. R. Napoli, B. Fu, A. Jungclaus, H. Hua, Robert Chapman, A. M. Stefanini, R. Hetzenegger, S. Lunardi, D. Montanari, E. Farnea, A. Vogt, A. Bracco, C. Wheldon, D. Bazzacco, P. H. Regan, G. Pollarolo, L. Kaya, J.-M. Régis, I. Y. Lee, M. Cromaz, Herbert Hess, C. A. Ur, L. Corradi, C. Michelagnoli, G. de Angelis, K. O. Zell, P. R. John, M. Siciliano, S. Leoni, G. Sletten, F. Recchia, K. Arnswald, G. Montagnoli, Ch. Fransen, C. Müller-Gatermann, Zs. Podolyák, F. C. L. Crespi, D. D. Warner, B. Szpak, J. F. Smith, X. Liang, E. Sahin, and P. Fallon

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Physics, Crystallography, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Gammasphere, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Spin (physics), 01 natural sciences
Abstract

Author(s): Vogt, A; Siciliano, M; Birkenbach, B; Reiter, P; Hadynska-Klȩk, K; Wheldon, C; Valiente-Dobon, JJ; Teruya, E; Yoshinaga, N; Arnswald, K; Bazzacco, D; Blazhev, A; Bracco, A; Bruyneel, B; Chakrawarthy, RS; Chapman, R; Cline, D; Corradi, L; Crespi, FCL; Cromaz, M; De Angelis, G; Eberth, J; Fallon, P; Farnea, E; Fioretto, E; Fransen, C; Freeman, SJ; Fu, B; Gadea, A; Gelletly, W; Giaz, A; Gorgen, A; Gottardo, A; Hayes, AB; Hess, H; Hetzenegger, R; Hirsch, R; Hua, H; John, PR; Jolie, J; Jungclaus, A; Karayonchev, V; Kaya, L; Korten, W; Lee, IY; Leoni, S; Liang, X; Lunardi, S; MacChiavelli, AO; Menegazzo, R; Mengoni, D; Michelagnoli, C; Mijatovic, T; Montagnoli, G; Montanari, D; Muller-Gatermann, C; Napoli, D; Pearson, CJ; Podolyak, Z; Pollarolo, G; Pullia, A; Queiser, M; Recchia, F; Regan, PH; Regis, JM; Saed-Samii, N; Sahin, E; Scarlassara, F; Seidlitz, M; Siebeck, B; Sletten, G; Smith, JF; Soderstrom, PA; Stefanini, AM; Stezowski, O; Szilner, S; Szpak, B; Teng, R; Ur, C; Warner, DD; Wolf, K; Wu, CY; Zell, KO | Abstract: The transitional nuclei Xe132 and Xe133 are investigated after multinucleon-transfer (MNT) and fusion-evaporation reactions. Both nuclei are populated (i) in Xe136+Pb208 MNT reactions employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA, (ii) in the Xe136+Pt198 MNT reaction employing the GAMMASPHERE spectrometer in combination with the gas-detector array CHICO, and (iii) as an evaporation residue after a Te130(α,xn)Xe134-xn fusion-evaporation reaction employing the HORUS γ-ray array at the University of Cologne. The high-spin level schemes are considerably extended above the Jπ=(7-) and (10+) isomers in Xe132 and above the 11/2- isomer in Xe133. The results are compared to the high-spin systematics of the Z=54 as well as the N=78 and N=79 chains. Furthermore, evidence is found for a long-lived (T1/2â‰1μs) isomer in Xe133 which closes a gap along the N=79 isotones. Shell-model calculations employing the SN100PN and PQM130 effective interactions reproduce the experimental findings and provide guidance to the interpretation of the observed high-spin features.

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2017
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91. High-spin states and lifetimes in S33 and shell-model interpretation in the sd−fp space

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N. Goutev, S. Lunardi, Tz K Marinov, D. Mengoni, R. Menegazzo, P. Petkov, E. Farnea, Pushpendra Singh, F. Kavillioglu, E. A. Stefanova, I. Deloncle, M. Ionescu-Bujor, T. Hüyük, D. Bazzacco, S. M. Lenzi, A. Gottardo, F. Haas, A. M. Bizzeti-Sona, M. S. Yavahchova, G. Tz. Gavrilov, P. G. Bizzeti, P. Pavlov, Dimitar Tonev, C. Michelagnoli, E. Sahin, H. Laftchiev, F. Recchia, G. de Angelis, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, D. R. Napoli, M. Bouhelal, B. I. Dimitrov, C. A. Ur, Sibel Zehra Aydin, and A. Gadea

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Physics, Spin states, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Attenuation, Nuclear Theory, Space (mathematics), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, medicine.anatomical_structure, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, symbols, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleus, Doppler effect, Beam (structure), Excitation, Spin-½
Abstract

The structure of the S33 nucleus was investigated in the Mg24(N14,αp) fusion-evaporation reaction using a 40-MeV N14 beam. The level scheme was extended up to an excitation energy of 11.7 MeV and spin 19/2+. Lifetimes of the intermediate- and high-spin states have been investigated by the Doppler shift attenuation method. Data were compared with different shell-model calculations where effective interactions involving two main shells, the sd and the fp, are used.

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2017
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92. Simultaneous investigation of the T=1(Jπ=0+) and T=0(Jπ=9+) β decays in Br70

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

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Physics, Spins, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Time decay, Prolate spheroid, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Pi, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Ground state, Excitation
Abstract

The $\beta$ decay of the odd-odd nucleus $^{70}$Br has been investigated with the BigRIPS and EURICA setups at the Radioactive Ion Beam Factory (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center. The $T=0$ ($J^{\pi}=9^+$) and $T=1$ ($J^{\pi}=0^+$) isomers have both been produced in in-flight fragmentation of $^{78}$Kr with ratios of 41.6(8)\% and 58.4(8)\%, respectively. A half-life of $t_{1/2}=2157^{+53}_{-49}$ ms has been measured for the $J^{\pi}=9^+$ isomer from $\gamma$-ray time decay analysis. Based on this result, we provide a new value of the half-life for the $J^{\pi}=0^+$ ground state of $^{70}$Br, $t_{1/2}=78.42\pm0.51$ ms, which is slightly more precise, and in excellent agreement, with the best measurement reported hitherto in the literature. For this decay, we provide the first estimate of the total branching fraction decaying through the $2^+_1$ state in the daughter nucleus $^{70}$Se, $R(2^+_1)=1.3\pm1.1\%$. We also report four new low-intensity $\gamma$-ray transitions at 661, 1103, 1561, and 1749 keV following the $\beta$ decay of the $J^{\pi}=9^+$ isomer. Based on their coincidence relationships, we tentatively propose two new excited states at 3945 and 4752 keV in $^{70}$Se with most probable spins and parities of $J^{\pi}=(6^+)$ and $(8^+)$, respectively. The observed structure is interpreted with the help of shell-model calculations, which predict a complex interplay between oblate and prolate configurations at low excitation energies.

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2017
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93. β -decay half-lives and β -delayed neutron emission probabilities for several isotopes of Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, and Bi, beyond N=126

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Yu. A. Litvinov, I. Dillmann, K. Steiger, Karl Smith, Hans Geissel, G. Cortes, Carlos Guerrero, E. Wilson, J. L. Tain, A. R. García, Roman Gernhäuser, E. Sokol, H. Schaffner, N. Kurz, A. Evdokimov, C. Domingo-Pardo, Helmut Weick, S. Pietri, J. Benlliure, M. Marta, D. Cano-Ott, L. Maier, R. Caballero-Folch, J. Agramunt, F. Calviño, J. Kurcewicz, F. Montes, A. Algora, M. Bowry, T. Martinez, A. Prochazka, A. V. Yeremin, C. Paradela, J. Marganiec, F. Ameil, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, D. Galaviz, R. Knöbel, Zs. Podolyák, Stephen Rice, B. Rubio, C. Nociforo, Bao-Hua Sun, I. Kojouharov, D. Testov, Yassid Ayyad, C. Scheidenberger, R. Wood, D. R. Napoli, Philip Woods, Matthias Heil, Ivan Mukha, W. Gelletly, F. Farinon, A. Riego, M. Takechi, C. Hinke, A. Estrade, J. S. Winfield, Thomas Faestermann, and Thomas Davinson

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Physics, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Ion, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron detection, r-process, Neutron, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, s-process, Delayed neutron
Abstract

Background: Previous measurements of Beta-delayed neutron emitters comprise around 230 nuclei, spanning from the 8He up to 150La. Apart from 210Tl, with a minuscule branching ratio of 0.07%, no other neutron emitter is measured yet beyond A = 150. Therefore new data are needed, particularly in the heavy mass region around N=126, in order to guide theoretical models and to understand the formation of the third r-process peak at A 195. Purpose: To measure both, Beta-decay half-lives and neutron branching ratios of several neutron-rich Au, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi isotopes beyond N = 126. Method: Ions of interest are produced by fragmentation of a 238U beam, selected and identifed via the GSI-FRS fragment separator. A stack of segmented silicon detectors (SIMBA) is used to measure ion-implants and -decays. An array of 30 3He tubes embedded in a polyethylene matrix (BELEN) is used to detect neutrons with high efficiency and selectivity. A self-triggered digital system is employed to acquire data and to enable time-correlations. The latter are analyzed with an analytical model and results for the half-lives and neutron-branching ratios are derived using the binned Maximum-Likelihood method. Results: Twenty new Beta-decay half-lives are reported for 204

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2017
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94. In-beam γ -ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich platinum isotope Pt200 toward the N=126 shell gap

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S. M. Lenzi, M. Bunce, A. Vogt, B. Birkenbach, A. M. Bizzeti-Sona, A. Gottardo, W. Korten, Michele Sferrazza, P. Reiter, A. Kusoglu, M. D. Salsac, J. Walshe, C. A. Ur, P. R. John, Fernando Scarlassara, F. Recchia, P. G. Bizzeti, D. Bazzacco, A. M. Stefanini, L. Corradi, A. Bracco, L. Grente, C. Wheldon, Roberto Menegazzo, G. Montagnoli, G. Pollarolo, D. Mengoni, Tz. Kokalova, T. Mijatović, V. Modamio, Tomás R. Rodríguez, Zs. Podolyák, A. Gadea, Herbert Hess, F. Browne, M. Barr, G. Benzoni, F. C. L. Crespi, Suzana Szilner, E. Fioretto, B. Melon, S. Leoni, M. Bowry, E. Farnea, C. Michelagnoli, S. Bottoni, S. Lunardi, D. Montanari, G. de Angelis, Oliver J. Roberts, Pär-Anders Söderström, E. Sahin, J. Ljungvall, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, N. I. Ashwood, D. R. Napoli, F. Camera, and T. Alexander

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Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Gamma ray, Order (ring theory), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, medicine.anatomical_structure, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Neutron, AGATA, Gamma spectroscopy, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nucleus
Abstract

The neutron-rich nucleus \nucleus{200}{Pt} is investigated via in-beam \gamma-ray spectroscopy in order to study the shape evolution in the neutron-rich platinum isotopes towards the N = 126 shell closure. The two-neutron transfer reaction \nucleus{198}{Pt}(\nucleus{82}{Se}, \nucleus{80}{Se})\nucleus{200}{Pt} is used to populate excited states of \nucleus{200}{Pt}. The Advanced Gamma Ray Tracking Array (AGATA) demonstrator coupled with the PRISMA spectrometer detects \gamma rays coincident with the \nucleus{80}{Se} recoils, the binary partner of \nucleus{200}{Pt}. The binary partner method is applied to extract the \gamma-ray transitions and build the level scheme of \nucleus{200}{Pt}. The level at 1884\,keV reported by Yates et. al [Phys. Rev. C 37, 1889] was confirmed to be at 1882.1\,keV and assigned as the (6^+_1) state. An additional \gamma ray was found and it presumably de-excites the (8^+_1) state. The results are compared with state-of-the-art beyond mean-field calculations, performed for the even-even \nucleus{190-204}{Pt} isotopes, revealing that \nucleus{200}{Pt} marks the transition from the \gamma-unstable behaviour of lighter Pt nuclei towards a more spherical one when approaching the N=126 shell closure.

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2017
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95. Shell Evolution towards Ni78 : Low-Lying States in Cu77

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Hirofumi Watanabe, Atsuko Odahara, Giuseppe Lorusso, D. Mengoni, Megumi Niikura, K. Matsui, Tomio Kubo, H. Schaffner, Zs. Vajta, I. Stefan, F. Browne, Takaharu Otsuka, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Z. H. Li, I. Kojouharov, M.-C. Delattre, D. Suzuki, Shin-Ichiro Nishimura, Hiroki Nishibata, G. de Angelis, K. Yoshinaga, T. Isobe, Dóra Sohler, Ryo Taniuchi, G. Gey, P. Morfouace, I. Matea, Yusuke Tsunoda, S. Franchoo, K. Hadyńska-Klȩk, H. S. Jung, Jan Taprogge, Zhengyu Xu, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, D. R. Napoli, V. Werner, Andreas Görgen, M. Yalcinkaya, Ayumi Yagi, E. Sahin, P. R. John, F. L. Bello Garrote, P. Doornenbal, P. A. Söderström, F. Naqvi, H. Baba, Jinguang Wu, and N. Kurz

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Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Center (category theory), Shell (structure), General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Ion, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Level structure, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy
Abstract

The level structure of the neutron-rich ^{77}Cu nucleus is investigated through β-delayed γ-ray spectroscopy at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory of the RIKEN Nishina Center. Ions of ^{77}Ni are produced by in-flight fission, separated and identified in the BigRIPS fragment separator, and implanted in the WAS3ABi silicon detector array, surrounded by Ge cluster detectors of the EURICA array. A large number of excited states in ^{77}Cu are identified for the first time by correlating γ rays with the β decay of ^{77}Ni, and a level scheme is constructed by utilizing their coincidence relationships. The good agreement between large-scale Monte Carlo shell model calculations and experimental results allows for the evaluation of the single-particle structure near ^{78}Ni and suggests a single-particle nature for both the 5/2_{1}^{-} and 3/2_{1}^{-} states in ^{77}Cu, leading to doubly magic ^{78}Ni.

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2017
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96. Kr369660 –Low- Z Boundary of the Island of Deformation at N=60

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J. Dudouet, A. Lemasson, G. Duchêne, M. Rejmund, E. Clément, C. Michelagnoli, F. Didierjean, A. Korichi, G. Maquart, O. Stezowski, C. Lizarazo, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, C. Andreoiu, G. de Angelis, A. Astier, C. Delafosse, I. Deloncle, Z. Dombradi, G. de France, A. Gadea, A. Gottardo, B. Jacquot, P. Jones, T. Konstantinopoulos, I. Kuti, F. Le Blanc, S. M. Lenzi, G. Li, R. Lozeva, B. Million, D. R. Napoli, A. Navin, C. M. Petrache, N. Pietralla, D. Ralet, M. Ramdhane, N. Redon, C. Schmitt, D. Sohler, D. Verney, D. Barrientos, B. Birkenbach, I. Burrows, L. Charles, J. Collado, D. M. Cullen, P. Désesquelles, C. Domingo Pardo, V. González, L. Harkness-Brennan, H. Hess, D. S. Judson, M. Karolak, W. Korten, M. Labiche, J. Ljungvall, R. Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, A. Pullia, F. Recchia, P. Reiter, M. D. Salsac, E. Sanchis, Ch. Theisen, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, and M. Zielińska

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Physics, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, Atomic orbital, Excited state, Neutron number, 0103 physical sciences, Quadrupole, Atomic number, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy
Abstract

Prompt γ-ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich $^{96}$Kr, produced in transfer- and fusion-induced fission reactions, has been performed using the combination of the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array and the VAMOS++ spectrometer. A second excited state, assigned to $J^π$ = $4^+$, is observed for the first time, and a previously reported level energy of the first 2+ excited state is confirmed. The measured energy ratio R4/2 = E($4^+$)/E($2^+$) = 2.12(1) indicates that this nucleus does not show a well-developed collectivity contrary to that seen in heavier N = 60 isotones. This new measurement highlights an abrupt transition of the degree of collectivity as a function of the proton number at Z = 36, of similar amplitude to that observed at N = 60 at higher Z values. A possible reason for this abrupt transition could be related to the insufficient proton excitations in the g9/2, d5/2, and s1/2 orbitals to generate strong quadrupole correlations or to the coexistence of competing different shapes. An unexpected continuous decrease of R4/2 as a function of the neutron number up to N = 60 is also evidenced. This measurement establishes the Kr isotopic chain as the low-Z boundary of the island of deformation for N = 60 isotones. A comparison with available theoretical predictions using different beyond mean-field approaches shows that these models fail to reproduce the abrupt transitions at N = 60 and Z = 36.

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2017
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97. Isomers and high-spin structures in the N=81 isotones Xe135 and Ba137

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L. Kaya, M. Siciliano, A. Gengelbach, B. Birkenbach, P. Fallon, Herbert Hess, Agnese Giaz, W. Korten, X. Liang, D. Bazzacco, A. Bracco, Luna Pellegri, V. Vandone, Roberto Menegazzo, S. Lunardi, N. Saed-Samii, B. Bruyneel, M. Bowry, D. Montanari, M. Cromaz, C. Y. Wu, A. Vogt, D. Cline, L. Corradi, P. H. Regan, P. Reiter, A. Blazhev, K. O. Zell, P. R. John, W. Gelletly, K. Arnswald, R. Hirsch, R. Teng, Alberto Pullia, G. Sletten, J. F. Smith, D. Schneiders, E. Sahin, A. Gadea, C. J. Pearson, K. Hadynska-Klek, Robert Chapman, G. Montagnoli, G. Pollarolo, F. Scarlassara, Naotaka Yoshinaga, C. Müller-Gatermann, O. Stezowski, M. Seidlitz, F. Radeck, E. Fioretto, S. Leoni, A. O. Macchiavelli, E. Teruya, T. Mijatović, M. Queiser, G. de Angelis, A. M. Stefanini, J. Eberth, L. Lewandowski, Zs. Podolyák, E. Farnea, A. Gottardo, R. S. Chakrawarthy, D. Rosiak, P. A. Söderström, Andreas Görgen, H. Hua, A. B. Hayes, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, C. Wheldon, D. R. Napoli, K. Geibel, D. Mengoni, B. Fu, J. Jolie, A. Jungclaus, S. Szilner, F. C. L. Crespi, D. D. Warner, S. J. Freeman, T. Steinbach, C. A. Ur, F. Recchia, B. Szpak, Andreas Wiens, I. Y. Lee, C. Michelagnoli, and B. Siebeck

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Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Quadrupole, SHELL model, Gammasphere, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Spin (physics), 01 natural sciences
Abstract

The high-spin structures of the N = 81 isotones 135Xe and 137Ba are investigated after multinucleontransfer (MNT) and fusion-evaporation reactions. Both nuclei are populated in (i) 136Xe+238U and (ii) 136Xe+208Pb MNT reactions employing the high-resolution Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA, (iii), in the 136Xe+198Pt MNT reaction employing the -ray array GAMMASPHERE in combination with the gas detector array Chico, and (iv) via a 11B+130Te fusion-evaporation reaction. The high-spin level schemes of 135Xe and 137Ba are considerably extended to higher energies. The 2058-keV (19=2 ) state in 135Xe is identified as an isomer, completing the systematics for the N = 81 isotones. Its half-life is measured to be 8.6(10) ns, corresponding to a transition probability of B(E2; 19=2 ! 15=2 ) = 0:539(69) W.u. Latest shell model calculations considering 132Sn as a closed core reproduce the experimental findings and provide guidance to the interpretation of the new levels. The experimentally deduced reduced quadrupole transition probabilities of the isomeric states are compared to shell-model predictions.

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2017
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98. Two-proton Radioactivity: the Interesting Case of \(^{67}\)Kr and Further Studies

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N. Fukuda, Y. Fujita, B. Blank, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Hiroyuki Takeda, P. A. Söderström, Toshiyuki Kubo, P. Ascher, Kathrin Wimmer, D. S. Ahn, S. Grévy, Shunji Nishimura, A. Boso, S. Yagi, R. B. Cakirli, Shintaro Go, W. Gelletly, C. Sidong, Shigeru Kubono, C. Borcea, Jin Wu, A. Algora, C. Magron, H. Suzuki, Gabor Kiss, J. Giovinazzo, H. Oikawa, J. Chiba, P. Doornenbal, Y. Takei, P. Aguilera, V. Guadilla, A. I. Morales, S.E.A. Orrigo, Daiki Nishimura, G. de Angelis, M. Gerbaux, Naohito Inabe, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, B. A. Brown, P. Vi, Y. Shimizu, F. Diel, D. R. Napoli, Berta Rubio, F. Molina, T. Kurtukian-Nieto, D. Lubos, Jorge Agramunt, M. Tanaka, E. Ganioglu, A. Montaner-Piza, T. Goigoux, 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), 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), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

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Physics, Isotope, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, Theoretical models, General Physics and Astronomy, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
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International audience; We report on the observation of 67Kr that has been produced in an experiment performed at the RIKEN/BigRIPS facility. The two-proton decay of 67Kr has been evidenced and this nucleus is thus the fourth observed long lived ground-state two-proton emitter, after 45Fe, 48Ni and 54Zn. In addition, the decay of several isotopes in the mass region has been investigated. While for previous cases of two-proton radioactivity, the theoretical models could reproduce the measured data, this is not the case anymore for 67Kr. Two interpretations have been proposed to explain this discrepancy: a transition between real two-proton and sequential decay or the influence of deformation. These hypotheses will be tested in future experiments by measuring the angular and energy correlations of the emitted protons.

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2020
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99. Pygmy dipole resonance in 124Sn populated by inelastic scattering of 17O

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A. Pullia, J. Eberth, Sunniva Siem, D. R. Napoli, N. Karkour, S. Lunardi, A. Giaz, D. S. Judson, K. Mazurek, Elena Litvinova, A. Gottardo, P. Molini, Roman Gernhäuser, F. Recchia, S. Ceruti, Begoña Quintana, R. Avigo, D. Bazzacco, R. Nicolini, P. Bednarczyk, Roberto Menegazzo, M. Kmiecik, D. Mengoni, A. Bracco, S. Brambilla, P. A. Söderström, L. Charles, M. Zieblinski, P. Désesquelles, A. I. Morales, Marco Bellato, J. Grebosz, G. Benzoni, Luna Pellegri, O. Wieland, B. Birkenbach, J. Simpson, C. Michelagnoli, O. Stezowski, C. A. Ur, Bo Cederwall, S. Leoni, M.D. Salsac, G. de Angelis, A. Maj, E. Farnea, Ch. Theisen, J. J. Valiente Dobon, Roberto Isocrate, C. Boiano, Herbert Hess, M. Krzysiek, F. Camera, M. Ciemala, Andreas Görgen, S. Bottoni, E. G. Lanza, N. Blasi, B. Siebeck, F. C. L. Crespi, A. Gadea, D. Bortolato, P. Reiter, V. Vandone, B. Million, J. Jolie, A. Jungclaus, and SCOAP

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Elastic scattering, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Isoscalar, Gamma ray, Inelastic scattering, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Resonance (particle physics), lcsh:QC1-999, Isospin character, Low-lying electric dipole excitations, Ion, Nuclear physics, Dipole, Low-lying electric dipole excitations 124Sn, 0103 physical sciences, AGATA, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, 124Sn, lcsh:Physics
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L. Pellegri et al. ; 5 pags. ; 6 figs. ; open access article under the CC BY license. Funded by SCOAP3, © 2014 The Authors. The γ decay from the high-lying states of 124Sn was measured using the inelastic scattering of 17O at 340 MeV. The emitted γ rays were detected with high resolution with the AGATA demonstrator array and the scattered ions were detected in two segmented δE-E silicon telescopes. The angular distribution was measured both for the γ rays and the scattered 17O ions. An accumulation of E1 strength below the particle threshold was found and compared with previous data obtained with (γ, γ') and (α, α'γ) reactions. The present results of elastic scattering, and excitation of E2 and E1 states were analysed using the DWBA approach. From this comprehensive description the isoscalar component of the 1- excited states was extracted. The obtained values are based on the comparison of the data with DWBA calculations including a form factor deduced using a microscopic transition density., Grant No. 2011/03/B/ST2/01894; (iii) the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at MSU; (iv) the US NSF Grant PHY-1204486; and the German BMBF under Grant 06KY9136.

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2014
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100. Decay properties of high spin states in Mn

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D. Bazzacco, J. A. Cameron, C. Rossi Alvarez, J. Sanchez-Solano, H. Grawe, A. Gadea, E. Farnea, S. M. Lenzi, F. Brandolini, D. Cano-Ott, M. De Poli, G. de Angelis, C. A. Ur, D. R. Napoli, J. Döring, M. Axiotis, C. A. Kalfas, E. Nâcher Gonzalez, Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo, Berta Rubio, S. Lunardi, R. Borcea, N. Marginean, J. L. Tain, T. Martinez, E. Roeckl, and C. Mazzocchi

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Physics, Recoil, Spin states, Spins, Attenuation, Detector, Shell (structure), Atomic physics, Coincidence
Abstract

The electromagnetic decay properties of high spin states in 52Mn have been studied through various experiments with the GASP and EUROBALL arrays plus the ISIS charged-particle detector, the Neutron-Wall and the Recoil Filter Detector. From 7-7-particles coincidence measurements, spins and parities of these states have been determined and using the Doppler-shift attenuation method the mean life of some of these states have been determined. These results are compared with large scale shell-model calculations in the full fp shell.

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2019
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