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1. Production and evaluation of 236gNp and reference materials for naturally occurring radioactive materials

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Larijani, C. and Regan, P. H.

Subjects
541
Abstract

This thesis is based on the development of a radiochemical separation scheme capable of separating both 236gNp and 236Pu from a uranium target of natural isotopic composition (~1 g uranium) and ~200 MBq of fission decay products. The isobaric distribution of fission residues produced following the bombardment of a natural uranium target with a beam of 25 MeV protons has been evaluated. Decay analysis of thirteen isobarically distinct fission residues were carried out using high-resolution γ-ray spectrometry at the UK National Physical Laboratory. Stoichiometric abundances were calculated via the determination of absolute activity concentrations associated with the longest-lived members of each isobaric chain. This technique was validated by computational modelling of likely sequential decay processes through an isobaric decay chain. The results were largely in agreement with previously published values for neutron bombardments on natural uranium at energies of 14 MeV. Higher relative yields of products with mass numbers A~110–130 were found, consistent with the increasing yield of these radionuclides as the bombarding energy is increased. Using literature values for the production cross-section for fusion of protons with uranium targets, it is estimated that an upper limit of approximately 250 Bq of activity from the 236Np ground state was produced in this experiment. Using a radiochemical separation scheme, Np and Pu fractions were separated from the produced fission decay products, with analyses of the target-based final reaction products made using Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and high-resolution α and γ-ray spectrometry. In a separate research theme, reliable measurement of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials is of significance in order to comply with environmental regulations and for radiological protection purposes. The thesis describes the standardisation of three reference materials, namely Sand, Tuff and TiO2 which can serve as quality control materials to achieve traceability, method validation and instrument calibration. The sample preparation, material characterization via γ, α and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and the assignment of values for both the 4n Thorium and 4n + 2 Uranium decay series are presented.

Published
2017

5. Lifetime measurement in neutron-rich A~100 nuclei

Author

Ansari S., Régis J-M., Jolie J., Saed-Samii N., Warr N., Korten W., Zielińska M., Salsac M.-D., Blanc A., Jentschel M., Köster U., Mutti P., Soldner T., Simpson G.S., Drouet F., Vancraeyenest A., de France G., Clément E., Stezowski O., Ur C.A., Urban W., Regan P.H., Podolyák Zs., Larijani C., Townsley C., Carroll R., Wilson E., Mach H., Fraile L.M., Paziy V., Olaizola B., Vedia V., Bruce A.M., Roberts O.J., Smith J.F., Scheck M., Kröll T., Hartig A.-L., Ignatov A., Ilieva S., Lalkovski S., Mărginean N., Otsuka T., Shimizu N., Togashi T., and Tsunoda Y.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Lifetimes of excited states of the 98;100;102Zr nuclei were measured by using the Generalized Centroid Difference Method. The nuclei of interest were populated via neutron-induced fission of 241Pu and 235U during the EXILL-FATIMA campaign. The obtained lifetimes were used to calculate the B(E2) transition strengths and β deformation parameters which were then compared with the recent theoretical predictions obtained with Monte Carlo Shell Model.

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2018
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6. EXILL—a high-efficiency, high-resolution setup for $\gamma$-spectroscopy at an intense cold neutron beam facility

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Jentschel, M., Blanc, A., De France, G., Köster, U., Leoni, S., Mutti, P., Simpson, G., Soldner, T., Ur, C., Urban, W., Ahmed, S., Astier, A., Augey, L., Back, T., Ba̧czyk, P., Bajoga, A., Balabanski, D., Belgya, T., Benzoni, G., Bernards, C., Biswas, D.C., Bocchi, G., Bottoni, S., Britton, R., Bruyneel, B., Burnett, J., Cakirli, R.B., Carroll, R., Catford, W., Cederwall, B., Celikovic, I., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Clement, E., Cooper, N., Crespi, F., Csatlos, M., Curien, D., Czerwiński, M., Danu, L.S., Davies, A., Didierjean, F., Drouet, F., Duchêne, G., Ducoin, C., Eberhardt, K., Erturk, S., Fraile, L.M., Gottardo, A., Grente, L., Grocutt, L., Guerrero, C., Guinet, D., Hartig, A.L., Henrich, C., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Ivanova, D., John, B.V., John, R., Jolie, J., Kisyov, S., Krticka, M., Konstantinopoulos, T., Korgul, A., Krasznahorkay, A., Kröll, T., Kurpeta, J., Kuti, I., Lalkovski, S., Larijani, C., Leguillon, R., Lica, R., Litaize, O., Lozeva, R., Magron, C., Mancuso, C., Martinez, E.Ruiz, Massarczyk, R., Mazzocchi, C., Melon, B., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Million, B., Mokry, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mulholland, K., Nannini, A., Napoli, D.R., Olaizola, B., Orlandi, R., Patel, Z., Paziy, V., Petrache, C., Pfeiffer, M., Pietralla, N., Podolyak, Z., Ramdhane, M., Redon, N., Regan, P., Regis, J.M., Regnier, D., Oliver, R.J., Rudigier, M., Runke, J., Rza̧ca-Urban, T., Saed-Samii, N., Salsac, M.D., Scheck, M., Schwengner, R., Sengele, L., Singh, P., Smith, J., Stezowski, O., Szpak, B., Thomas, T., Thürauf, M., Timar, J., Tom, A., Tomandl, I., Tornyi, T., Townsley, C., Tuerler, A., Valenta, S., Vancraeyenest, A., Vandone, V., Vanhoy, J., Vedia, V., Warr, N., Werner, V., Wilmsen, D., Wilson, E., Zerrouki, T., Zielinska, M., Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, 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), 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), 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), 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 Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 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), Institut Laue-Langevin ( ILL ), 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 ), 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 ), 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 ), 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 Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien ( IPHC ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Strasbourg ( UNISTRA ), Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble ( INPG ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), 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 ), Werner, Volker -- 0000-0003-4001-0150, Regnier, David -- 0000-0002-0345-7271, Britton, Richard -- 0000-0001-8532-8504, Cederwall, Bo -- 0000-0003-1771-2656, Valenta, Stanislav -- 0000-0003-2479-1380, Schwengner, Ronald -- 0000-0002-7620-8882, Olaizola, Bruno -- 0000-0003-1604-0640, nannini, adriana -- 0000-0003-0659-7648, Lica, Razvan -- 0000-0001-7066-9787, Petrache, Costel -- 0000-0001-8419-1390, Scheck, Marcus -- 0000-0002-9624-3909, Fraile, Luis M -- 0000-0002-6281-3635, Napoli, Daniel R. -- 0000-0002-8154-6958, Soldner, Torsten -- 0000-0003-2468-5182, GOTTARDO, Andrea -- 0000-0002-0390-5767, Belgya, Tamas -- 0000-0003-4281-5470, Wilson, Emma -- 0000-0003-2695-9853, Clement, Emmanuel -- 0000-0003-1887-717X, de France, Gilles -- 0000-0002-7439-1759, Vedia, Victoria -- 0000-0001-6671-3888, Celikovic, Igor -- 0000-0002-5642-4393, Lozeva, Radomira -- 0000-0002-0024-7068, Lalkovski, Stefan -- 0000-0003-3069-9708, Bottoni, Simone -- 0000-0003-2249-4825, [Jentschel, M. -- Blanc, A. -- Koster, U. -- Mutti, P. -- Soldner, T. -- Urban, W. -- Michelagnoli, C.] Inst Laue Langevin, 71 Ave Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble 9, France -- [de France, G. -- Celikovic, I. -- Clement, E. -- Michelagnoli, C.] GANIL, Bvd Becquerel,BP 55027, F-14076 Caen 05, France -- [Leoni, S. -- Benzoni, G. -- Bocchi, G. -- Bottoni, S. -- Crespi, F. -- Million, B. -- Vandone, V.] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milan, Italy -- [Simpson, G.] Univ Grenoble Alpes, LPSC, F-38026 Grenoble, France -- [Ur, C.] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis, Via F Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy -- [Ur, C. -- Balabanski, D.] ELI NP, IFIN HH30, Bucharest 077125, Romania -- [Urban, W. -- Czerwinski, M. -- Korgul, A. -- Kurpeta, J. -- Mazzocchi, C.] Univ Warsaw, Fac Phys, Ul Pasteura 5, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland -- [Pfeiffer, M. -- Regis, J. M. -- Saed-Samii, N. -- Thomas, T. -- Warr, N.] Univ Cologne, IKP, Zulpicher Str 77, D-50937 Cologne, Germany -- [Astier, A. -- Konstantinopoulos, T. -- Lozeva, R. -- Petrache, C. -- Zerrouki, T.] Univ Paris Saclay, CNRS, IN2P3, CSNSM, F-91405 Orsay, France -- [Augey, L. -- Guinet, D. -- Redon, N. -- Stezowski, O.] Lyon Univ Claude Bernard, IPN, 43 Blvd 11 Nov 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France -- [Back, T. -- Cederwall, B.] KTH, Phys Dept, Roslagstullsbacken 21, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden -- [Bajoga, A. -- Britton, R. -- Carroll, R. -- Catford, W. -- Davies, A. -- Lalkovski, S. -- Patel, Z. -- Podolyak, Z. -- Regan, P. -- Rudigier, M. -- Tom, A.] Univ Surrey, Dept Phys, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England -- [Balabanski, D.] INRNE Sofia, 72 Tzarigradsko Shaussee, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria -- [Belgya, T.] Hungarian Acad Sci CER, Konkoly T St 29-33, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary -- [Bernards, C. -- Cooper, N. -- Werner, V.] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, POB 208120, New Haven, CT 06520 USA -- [Biswas, D. C. -- Danu, L. S. -- John, B. V. -- Mukhopadhyay, S.] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Nucl Phys Div, Mumbai 400085, Maharashtra, India -- [Bruyneel, B. -- Grente, L. -- Salsac, M. D. -- Zielinska, M.] CEA Saclay ORME Merisiers, DSM IRFU SPHN, Bat 703, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France -- [Burnett, J.] AWE PLC, Reading RG7 4PR, Berks, England -- [Cakirli, R. B.] Istanbul Univ, Dept Phys, TR-34134 Istanbul, Turkey -- [Cieplicka-Oryn'czak, N. -- Szpak, B.] Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland -- [Csatlos, M. -- Krasznahorkay, A. -- Kuti, I. -- Timar, J. -- Tornyi, T.] Hungarian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary -- [Curien, D. -- Didierjean, F. -- Duche'ne, G. -- Lozeva, R. -- Sengele, L.] Univ Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France -- [Drouet, F. -- Vancraeyenest, A.] INPG PHELMA, 3 Parvis Louis Neel BP 257, F-38000 Grenoble 1, France -- [Eberhardt, K. -- Mokry, C. -- Runke, J.] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Kernchem, Fritz Strassmann Weg 2, D-55128 Mainz, Germany -- [Erturk, S.] Nigde Univ, Merkez Yerleske Bor Yolu Uzeri, TR-51240 Nigde, Turkey -- [Fraile, L. M. -- Olaizola, B. -- Paziy, V. -- Vedia, V.] Univ Complutense, Grp Fis Nucl, Fis Avda Complutense, Madrid 28040, Spain -- [Gottardo, A. -- Napoli, D. R. -- Wilson, E.] INFN, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Vialle Univ 2, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy -- [Grocutt, L. -- Mulholland, K. -- Scheck, M. -- Smith, J.] Univ West Scotland, High St, Paisley PA1 2BE, Renfrew, Scotland -- [Guerrero, C.] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland -- [Hartig, A. -L. -- Henrich, C. -- Ignatov, A. -- Ilieva, S. -- Kroell, T. -- Pietralla, N. -- Thuerauf, M. -- Werner, V.] Tech Univ Darmstadt, IKP, Schlossgartenstr 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany -- [Ivanova, D. -- Kisyov, S.] Univ Sofia, Fac Phys, 5 James Bourchier Blvd, Sofia 1126, Bulgaria -- [John, R. -- Massarczyk, R. -- Schwengner, R.] Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, POB 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany -- [Larijani, C.] Natl Phys Lab, Teddington Queens Rd, Teddington, Middx, England -- [Leguillon, R. -- Orlandi, R.] JAEA, Tokai Shirakata Shirane 2-4 Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 3191195, Japan -- [Lica, R.] IFIN HH, Bucharest Str Atomistilor 407,POB MG 6, Bucharest 76900, Romania -- [Litaize, O. -- Regnier, D.] CEA Cadarache, F-13108 St Paul Les Durance, France -- [Magron, C.] Univ Bordeaux, CENBG Bordeaux, 1 Le Haut Vigneau, F-33170 Gradignan, France -- [Magron, C.] Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy -- [Melon, B.] INFN, Sez Firenze, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy -- [Ramdhane, M.] LPSC Grenoble, 53 Ave Martyrs, F-38026 Grenoble, France -- [Oliver, R. J.] Univ Brighton, Sch Environm & Technol, Lewes Rd, Brighton, E Sussex BN2 4GJ, England -- [Singh, P.] Tata Inst Fundamental Res, Homi Bhabha Rd, Mumbai 400005, Maharashtra, India -- [Tomandl, I.] ASCR, Nucl Phys Inst, Rez 25068, Czech Republic -- [Townsley, C.] Univ Sussex, Sch Sci & Technol, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex, England -- [Tuerler, A.] Univ Bern, Dept Chem & Biochem, Freiestr 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland -- [Krticka, M. -- Valenta, S.] Prague Charles Univ, Fac Math & Phys, Ke Karlovu 5, Prague 12116, Czech Republic -- [Vanhoy, J.] US Naval Acad, Dept Phys, 572C Holloway Rd, Annapolis, MD 21402 USA, 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 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), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-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)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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]), 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), 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
Instrumentation for neutron sources, Spectrometers, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc), [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
Abstract

WOS: 000414625700003, In the EXILL campaign a highly efficient array of high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors was operated at the cold neutron beam facility PF1B of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) to carry out nuclear structure studies, via measurements of gamma-rays following neutron-induced capture and fission reactions. The setup consisted of a collimation system producing a pencil beam with a thermal capture equivalent flux of about 10(8) ns(-1)cm(2) at the target position and negligible neutron halo. The targetwas surrounded by an array of eight to ten anti-Compton shielded EXOGAMClover detectors, four to six anti-Compton shielded large coaxial GASP detectors and two standard Clover detectors. For a part of the campaign the array was combined with 16 LaBr3:(Ce) detectors from the FATIMA collaboration. The detectorswere arranged in an array of rhombicuboctahedron geometry, providing the possibility to carry out very precise angular correlation and directional-polarization correlation measurements. The triggerless acquisition system allowed a signal collection rate of up to 6 x 10(5) Hz. The data allowed to set multi-fold coincidences to obtain decay schemes and in combination with the FATIMA array of LaBr3:(Ce) detectors to analyze half-lives of excited levels in the pico-to microsecond range. Precise energy and efficiency calibrations of EXILL were performed using standard calibration sources of Ba-133, Co-60 and Eu-152 as well as data from the reactions Al-27(n, gamma)Al-28 and Cl-35(n,gamma)Cl-36 in the energy range from 30 keV up to 10MeV., U.S. DOE grant [DE-FG02-91ER40609]; NUPNET; German BMBF [O5P12PKNUF, 05P15RDFN1, 05P12RDNUP]; German DFG contract [KR 1796/2-1]; Polish National Science Centre [DEC-2013/09/B/ST2/03485], This work has been partly supported by the Polish National Science Centre under contract DEC-2013/09/B/ST2/03485, the U.S. DOE grant No. DE-FG02-91ER40609, the NUPNET and the German BMBF under contracts O5P12PKNUF, 05P15RDFN1 and 05P12RDNUP and the German DFG contract KR 1796/2-1.

Published
2017

7. Experimental study of the lifetime and phase transition in neutron-rich 98,100,102Zr

Author

Ansari, S, Régis, J-M, Jolie, J, Saed-Samii, N, Warr, N, Korten, W, Zielińska, M, Salsac, M-D, Blanc, A, Jentschel, M, Köster, U, Mutti, P, Soldner, T, Simpson, GS, Drouet, F, Vancraeyenest, A, de France, G, Clément, E, Stezowski, O, Ur, CA, Urban, W, Regan, PH, Podolyák, Zs, Larijani, C, Townsley, C, Carroll, R, Wilson, E, Mach, H, Fraile, LM, Paziy, V, Olaizola, B, Vedia, V, Bruce, AM, Roberts, OJ, Smith, JF, Scheck, M, Kröll, T, Hartig, A-L, Ignatov, A, Ilieva, S, Lalkovski, S, Mărginean, N, Otsuka, Taka, Shimizu, N, Togashi, T, and Tsunoda, Y

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Rapid shape changes are observed for neutron-rich nuclei with A around 100. In particular, a sudden onset of ground-state deformation is observed in the Zr and Sr isotopic chains at N = 60: Low-lying states in N≤58 nuclei are nearly spherical, while those with N≥60 have a rotational character. Nuclear lifetimes as short as a few picoseconds can be measured using fast-timing techniques with LaBr3(Ce) scintillators, yielding a key ingredient in the systematic study of the shape evolution in this region. We used neutron-induced fission of 241Pu and 235U to study lifetimes of excited states in fission fragments in the A∼100 region with the EXILL-FATIMA array located at the PF1B cold neutron beam line at the Institut Laue-Langevin. In particular, we applied the generalized centroid difference method to deduce lifetimes of low-lying states for the nuclei 98Zr (N = 58), 100Zr, and 102Zr (N≥60). The results are discussed in the context of the presumed phase transition in the Zr chain by comparing the experimental transition strengths with the theoretical calculations using the interacting boson model and the Monte Carlo shell model. ispartof: Physical Review C vol:96 issue:5 status: published

Published
2017

8. EXILL—a high-efficiency, high-resolution setup for γ-spectroscopy at an intense cold neutron beam facility

Author

Jentschel, M., Blanc, A., de France, G., Köster, U., Leoni, S., Mutti, P., Simpson, G., Soldner, T., Ur, C., Urban, W., Ahmed, S., Astier, A., Augey, L., Back, T., Ba̧czyk, P., Bajoga, A., Balabanski, D., Belgya, T., Benzoni, G., Bernards, C., Biswas, D.C., Bocchi, G., Bottoni, S., Britton, R., Bruyneel, B., Burnett, J., Cakirli, R.B., Carroll, R., Catford, W., Cederwall, B., Celikovic, I., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Clement, E., Cooper, N., Crespi, F., Csatlos, M., Curien, D., Czerwiński, M., Danu, L.S., Davies, A., Didierjean, F., Drouet, F., Duchêne, G., Ducoin, C., Eberhardt, K., Erturk, S., Fraile, L.M., Gottardo, A., Grente, L., Grocutt, L., Guerrero, C., Guinet, D., Hartig, A.-L., Henrich, C., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Ivanova, D., John, B.V., John, R., Jolie, J., Kisyov, S., Krticka, M., Konstantinopoulos, T., Korgul, A., Krasznahorkay, A., Kröll, T., Kurpeta, J., Kuti, I., Lalkovski, S., Larijani, C., Leguillon, R., Lica, R., Litaize, O., Lozeva, R., Magron, C., Mancuso, C., Martinez, E. Ruiz, Massarczyk, R., Mazzocchi, C., Melon, B., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Million, B., Mokry, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mulholland, K., Nannini, A., Napoli, D.R., Olaizola, B., Orlandi, R., Patel, Z., Paziy, V., Petrache, C., Pfeiffer, M., Pietralla, N., Podolyak, Z., Ramdhane, M., Redon, N., Regan, P., Regis, J.M., Regnier, D., Oliver, R. J., Rudigier, M., Runke, J., Rza̧ca-Urban, T., Saed-Samii, N., Salsac, M.D., Scheck, M., Schwengner, R., Sengele, L., Singh, P., Smith, J., Stezowski, O., Szpak, B., Thomas, T., Thürauf, M., Timar, J., Tom, A., Tomandl, I., Tornyi, T., Townsley, C., Türler, Andreas, Valenta, S., Vancraeyenest, A., Vandone, V., Vanhoy, J., Vedia, V., Warr, N., Werner, V., Wilmsen, D., Wilson, E., Zerrouki, T., and Zielinska, M.

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 540 Chemistry, 570 Life sciences, biology
Abstract

In the EXILL campaign a highly efficient array of high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors was operated at the cold neutron beam facility PF1B of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) to carry out nuclear structure studies, via measurements of γ-rays following neutron-induced capture and fission reactions. The setup consisted of a collimation system producing a pencil beam with a thermal capture equivalent flux of about 108 n s−1cm−2 at the target position and negligible neutron halo. The target was surrounded by an array of eight to ten anti-Compton shielded EXOGAM Clover detectors, four to six anti-Compton shielded large coaxial GASP detectors and two standard Clover detectors. For a part of the campaign the array was combined with 16 LaBr3:(Ce) detectors from the FATIMA collaboration. The detectors were arranged in an array of rhombicuboctahedron geometry, providing the possibility to carry out very precise angular correlation and directional-polarization correlation measurements. The triggerless acquisition system allowed a signal collection rate of up to 6 × 105 Hz. The data allowed to set multi-fold coincidences to obtain decay schemes and in combination with the FATIMA array of LaBr3:(Ce) detectors to analyze half-lives of excited levels in the pico- to microsecond range. Precise energy and efficiency calibrations of EXILL were performed using standard calibration sources of 133Ba, 60Co and 152Eu as well as data from the reactions 27Al(n,γ)28Al and 35Cl(n,γ)36Cl in the energy range from 30 keV up to 10 MeV.

Published
2017

9. Abrupt shape transition at neutron number N = 60 : B ( E 2 ) values in $^{ 94 , 96 , 98}$Sr from fast $\gamma − \gamma$ timing

Author

Régis, M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Pfeiffer, M., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Köster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G.S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., De France, G., Clément, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, A., Urban, W., Regan, H., Podolyák, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Fraile, M., Mach, H., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Scheck, M., Kröll, T., Hartig, A., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Lalkovski, S., Korten, W., Mărginean, N., Otsuka, T., Shimizu, N., Togashi, T., Tsunoda, Y., 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]), 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 de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

International audience; Lifetimes of low-lying yrast states in neutron-rich 94,96,98Sr have been measured by Germanium-gated γ−γ fast timing with LaBr3(Ce) detectors using the EXILL&FATIMA spectrometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin. Sr fission products were generated using cold-neutron-induced fission of 235U and stopped almost instantaneously within the thick target. The experimental B(E2) values are compared with results of Monte Carlo shell-model calculations made without truncation on the occupation numbers of the orbits spanned by eight proton and eight neutron orbits and show good agreement. Similarly to the Zr isotopes, the abrupt shape transition in the Sr isotopes near neutron number N=60 is identified as being caused by many-proton excitations to its g9/2 orbit.

Published
2017

10. EXILL - a high efficiency, high resolution setup for γ-spectroscopy at an intense cold neutron beam

Author

Jentschel, M., Blanca, A., France, G., Köster, U., Leoni, S., Mutti, P., Simpson, G., Soldner, T., Ur, C., Urban, W., Ahmed, S., Astieri, A., Augey, L., Back, T., Baczyk, P., Bajoga, A., Balabanski, D., Belgya, T., Benzoni, G., Bernards, C., Biswas, D., Bocchi, G., Bottoni, S., Britton, R., Bruyneel, B., Burnett, J., Cakirli, R. B., Carroll, R., Catford, W., Cederwall, B., Celikovic, I., Cieplicka, N., Clement, E., Cooper, N., Crespic, F., Csatlos, M., Czerwinski, M., Danu, L., Davies, A., Didierjean, F., Drouet, F., Duchene, G., Ducoin, C., Eberhardt, K., Erturk, S., Fraile, L. M., Gottardo, A., Grente, L., Grocutt, L., Guerrero, C., Guinet, D., Hartig, A.-L., Henrich, C., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Ivanova, D., John, B., John, R., Jolie, J., Kisyov, S., Konstantinopoulos, T., Korgul, A., Krasznahorkay, A., Kröll, T., Kurpeta, J., Kutiu, I., Lalkovski, S., Larijani, C., Leguillon, R., Lica, R., Litaize, O., Magron, C., Mancuso, C., Ruiz Martinez, E., Massarczyk, R., Mazzocchi, C., Melon, B., Mengoni, D., Million, B., Mokry, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mulholland, K., Nannini, A., Napoli, D. R., Olaizola, B., Orlandi, R., Patel, Z., Paziy, V., Petrache, C., Pfeiffer, M., Podolyak, Z., Ramdhane, M., Redon, N., Regan, P., Regis, J. M., Regnier, D., Oliver, R. J., Rudigier, M., Runke, J., Rzaca-Urban, T., Saed-Samii, N., Salsacq, M. D., Scheck, M., Schwengner, R., Sengele, L., Singh, P., Smith, J., Stezowski, O., Szpak, B., Thomas, T., Thürauf, M., Timaru, J., Toml, A., Tomandl, I., Tornyi, T., Townsley, C., Tuerler, A., Valenta, S., Vancraeyenest, A., Vandone, V., Vanhoy, J., Vedia, V., Warr, N., Werner, V., Wilmsen, D., Wilson, E., Zerrouki, T., and Zielinska, M.

Subjects
235U, Ge detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, neutron-induced fission, multiple-γ coincidences, (n,γ)-reactions, 241Pu, angular correlations
Abstract

In the EXILL campaign a highly efficient array of HPGe detectors was operated at the cold neutron beam instrument PF1B of the Institut Laue-Langevin to carry out nuclear structure studies, via measurements of -rays following neutron-induced capture and fission reactions. The setup consisted of a collimation system producing a pencil beam with a thermal capture equivalent flux of about 108 s-1 cm-2 at the target position and negligible neutron halo. The target was surrounded by an array of eight to ten anti-Compton shielded EXOGAM clover detectors, four to six anti-Compton shielded large coaxial GASP detectors and two smaller clover detectors. The detectors were arranged in an array of rhombicuboctahedron geometry, providing the possibility to carry out very precise angular correlation and directional-polarization correlation measurements. The trigger-less acquisition system allowed an event collection rate of up to 6 × 105 Hz. From triggerless collected data it was possible to construct decay schemes and in combination with the FATIMA array of LaBr3 detectors to analyze half-lives of excited levels in the pico- to micro-second range. Precise energy and efficiency calibrations of EXILL were performed using 27Al(n,γ)28Al and 35Cl(n,γ)36Cl reactions in the energy range from 30 keV up to 10 MeV.

Published
2017

11. Experimental study of the lifetime and phase transition in neutron-rich $^{98,100,102}\mathrm{Zr}$

Author

Ansari, S, Régis, J.-M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Korten, W., Zielinska, M., Salsac, M.-D., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Köster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G.S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clément, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C.A., Urban, W., Regan, P.H., Podolyák, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Mach, H., Fraile, L.M., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A.M., Roberts, O.J., Smith, J.F., Scheck, M., Kröll, T., Hartig, A.-L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Lalkovski, S., Marginean, N., Otsuka, T., Shimizu, N., Togashi, T., Tsunoda, Y., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), 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 ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 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 de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), 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), 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), 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), and 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])

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

International audience; Rapid shape changes are observed for neutron-rich nuclei with A around 100. In particular, a sudden onset of ground-state deformation is observed in the Zr and Sr isotopic chains at N = 60: Low-lying states in N 58 nuclei are nearly spherical, while those with N 60 have a rotational character. Nuclear lifetimes as short as a few picoseconds can be measured using fast-timing techniques with LaBr3(Ce) scintillators, yielding a key ingredient in the systematic study of the shape evolution in this region.We used neutron-induced fission of 241Pu and 235U to study lifetimes of excited states in fission fragments in the A ∼ 100 region with the EXILL-FATIMA array located at the PF1B cold neutron beam line at the Institut Laue-Langevin. In particular, we applied the generalized centroid difference method to deduce lifetimes of low-lying states for the nuclei 98Zr (N = 58), 100Zr,and 102Zr (N 60). The results are discussed in the context of the presumed phase transition in the Zr chain by comparing the experimental transition strengths with the theoretical calculations using the interacting boson model and the Monte Carlo shell model.

Published
2017

12. EXILL - a high-efficiency, high-resolution setup for gamma-spectroscopy at an intense cold neutron beam facility

Author

Jentschel, M., Blanc, A., de France, G., Koster, U., Leoni, S., Mutti, P., Simpson, G., Soldner, T., Ur, C., Urban, W., Ahmed, S., Astier, A., Augey, L., Back, T., Baczyk, P., Bajoga, A., Balabanski, D., Belgya, T., Benzoni, G., Bernards, C., Biswas, D. C., Bocchi, G., Bottoni, S., Britton, R., Bruyneel, B., Burnett, J., Cakirli, R. B., Carroll, R., Catford, W., Cederwall, Bo, Celikovic, I., Cieplicka-Oryn'czak, N., Clement, E., Cooper, N., Crespi, F., Csatlos, M., Curien, D., Czerwinski, M., Danu, L. S., Davies, A., Didierjean, F., Drouet, F., Duche'ne, G., Ducoin, C., Eberhardt, K., Erturk, S., Fraile, L. M., Gottardo, A., Grente, L., Grocutt, L., Guerrero, C., Guinet, D., Hartig, A. -L, Henrich, C., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Ivanova, D., John, B. V., John, R., Jolie, J., Kisyov, S., Krticka, M., Konstantinopoulos, T., Korgul, A., Krasznahorkay, A., Kroell, T., Kurpeta, J., Kuti, I., Lalkovski, S., Larijani, C., Leguillon, R., Lica, R., Litaize, O., Lozeva, R., Magron, C., Mancuso, C., Martinez, E. Ruiz, Massarczyk, R., Mazzocchi, C., Melon, B., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Million, B., Mokry, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mulholland, K., Nannini, A., Napoli, D. R., Olaizola, B., Orlandi, R., Patel, Z., Paziy, V., Petrache, C., Pfeiffer, M., Pietralla, N., Podolyak, Z., Ramdhane, M., Redon, N., Regan, P., Regis, J. M., Regnier, D., Oliver, R. J., Rudigier, M., Runke, J., Rzaca-Urban, T., Saed-Samii, N., Salsac, M. D., Scheck, M., Schwengner, R., Sengele, L., Singh, P., Smith, J., Stezowski, O., Szpak, B., Thomas, T., Thuerauf, M., Timar, J., Tom, A., Tomandl, I., Tornyi, T., Townsley, C., Tuerler, A., Valenta, S., Vancraeyenest, A., Vandone, V., Vanhoy, J., Vedia, V., Warr, N., Werner, V., Wilmsen, D., Wilson, E., Zerrouki, T., Zielinska, M., Jentschel, M., Blanc, A., de France, G., Koster, U., Leoni, S., Mutti, P., Simpson, G., Soldner, T., Ur, C., Urban, W., Ahmed, S., Astier, A., Augey, L., Back, T., Baczyk, P., Bajoga, A., Balabanski, D., Belgya, T., Benzoni, G., Bernards, C., Biswas, D. C., Bocchi, G., Bottoni, S., Britton, R., Bruyneel, B., Burnett, J., Cakirli, R. B., Carroll, R., Catford, W., Cederwall, Bo, Celikovic, I., Cieplicka-Oryn'czak, N., Clement, E., Cooper, N., Crespi, F., Csatlos, M., Curien, D., Czerwinski, M., Danu, L. S., Davies, A., Didierjean, F., Drouet, F., Duche'ne, G., Ducoin, C., Eberhardt, K., Erturk, S., Fraile, L. M., Gottardo, A., Grente, L., Grocutt, L., Guerrero, C., Guinet, D., Hartig, A. -L, Henrich, C., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Ivanova, D., John, B. V., John, R., Jolie, J., Kisyov, S., Krticka, M., Konstantinopoulos, T., Korgul, A., Krasznahorkay, A., Kroell, T., Kurpeta, J., Kuti, I., Lalkovski, S., Larijani, C., Leguillon, R., Lica, R., Litaize, O., Lozeva, R., Magron, C., Mancuso, C., Martinez, E. Ruiz, Massarczyk, R., Mazzocchi, C., Melon, B., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Million, B., Mokry, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mulholland, K., Nannini, A., Napoli, D. R., Olaizola, B., Orlandi, R., Patel, Z., Paziy, V., Petrache, C., Pfeiffer, M., Pietralla, N., Podolyak, Z., Ramdhane, M., Redon, N., Regan, P., Regis, J. M., Regnier, D., Oliver, R. J., Rudigier, M., Runke, J., Rzaca-Urban, T., Saed-Samii, N., Salsac, M. D., Scheck, M., Schwengner, R., Sengele, L., Singh, P., Smith, J., Stezowski, O., Szpak, B., Thomas, T., Thuerauf, M., Timar, J., Tom, A., Tomandl, I., Tornyi, T., Townsley, C., Tuerler, A., Valenta, S., Vancraeyenest, A., Vandone, V., Vanhoy, J., Vedia, V., Warr, N., Werner, V., Wilmsen, D., Wilson, E., Zerrouki, T., and Zielinska, M.

Abstract

In the EXILL campaign a highly efficient array of high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors was operated at the cold neutron beam facility PF1B of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) to carry out nuclear structure studies, via measurements of gamma-rays following neutron-induced capture and fission reactions. The setup consisted of a collimation system producing a pencil beam with a thermal capture equivalent flux of about 10(8) ns(-1)cm(2) at the target position and negligible neutron halo. The targetwas surrounded by an array of eight to ten anti-Compton shielded EXOGAMClover detectors, four to six anti-Compton shielded large coaxial GASP detectors and two standard Clover detectors. For a part of the campaign the array was combined with 16 LaBr3:(Ce) detectors from the FATIMA collaboration. The detectorswere arranged in an array of rhombicuboctahedron geometry, providing the possibility to carry out very precise angular correlation and directional-polarization correlation measurements. The triggerless acquisition system allowed a signal collection rate of up to 6 x 10(5) Hz. The data allowed to set multi-fold coincidences to obtain decay schemes and in combination with the FATIMA array of LaBr3:(Ce) detectors to analyze half-lives of excited levels in the pico-to microsecond range. Precise energy and efficiency calibrations of EXILL were performed using standard calibration sources of Ba-133, Co-60 and Eu-152 as well as data from the reactions Al-27(n, gamma)Al-28 and Cl-35(n,gamma)Cl-36 in the energy range from 30 keV up to 10MeV., QC 20171121

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2017
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13. Abrupt shape transition at neutron number N=60: B(E2) values in Sr-94,Sr-96,Sr-98 from fast gamma-gamma timing

Author

Regis, J. -M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Pfeiffer, M., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Koster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G. S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clement, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyak, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Fraile, L. M., Mach, H., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Scheck, M., Kroell, T., Hartig, A. -L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Lalkovski, S., Korten, W., Marginean, N., Otsuka, T., Shimizu, N., Togashi, T., Tsunoda, Y., Regis, J. -M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Pfeiffer, M., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Koster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G. S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clement, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyak, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Fraile, L. M., Mach, H., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Scheck, M., Kroell, T., Hartig, A. -L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Lalkovski, S., Korten, W., Marginean, N., Otsuka, T., Shimizu, N., Togashi, T., and Tsunoda, Y.

Abstract

Lifetimes of low-lying yrast states in neutron-rich Sr-94,Sr-96,Sr-98 have been measured by Germanium-gated gamma-gamma fast timing with LaBr3(Ce) detectors using the EXILL& FATIMA spectrometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin. Sr fission products were generated using cold-neutron-induced fission of 235U and stopped almost instantaneously within the thick target. The experimental B(E2) values are compared with results of Monte Carlo shell-model calculations made without truncation on the occupation numbers of the orbits spanned by eight proton and eight neutron orbits and show good agreement. Similarly to the Zr isotopes, the abrupt shape transition in the Sr isotopes near neutron number N = 60 is identified as being caused by many-proton excitations to its g(9/2) orbit.

Published
2017

14. Experimental study of the lifetime and phase transition in neutron-rich Zr-98,Zr-100,Zr-102

Author

Ansari, S., Regis, J. -M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Korten, W., Zielinska, M., Salsac, M. -D., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Koster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G. S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clement, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyak, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Mach, H., Fraile, L. M., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Scheck, M., Kroell, T., Hartig, A. -L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Lalkovski, S., Marginean, N., Otsuka, T., Shimizu, N., Togashi, T., Tsunoda, Y., Ansari, S., Regis, J. -M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Korten, W., Zielinska, M., Salsac, M. -D., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Koster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G. S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clement, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyak, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Mach, H., Fraile, L. M., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Scheck, M., Kroell, T., Hartig, A. -L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Lalkovski, S., Marginean, N., Otsuka, T., Shimizu, N., Togashi, T., and Tsunoda, Y.

Abstract

Rapid shape changes are observed for neutron-rich nuclei with A around 100. In particular, a sudden onset of ground-state deformation is observed in the Zr and Sr isotopic chains at N = 60: Low-lying states in N <= 58 nuclei are nearly spherical, while those with N >= 60 have a rotational character. Nuclear lifetimes as short as a few picoseconds can be measured using fast-timing techniques with LaBr3(Ce) scintillators, yielding a key ingredient in the systematic study of the shape evolution in this region. We used neutron-induced fission of Pu-241 and U-235 to study lifetimes of excited states in fission fragments in the A similar to 100 region with the EXILL-FATIMA array located at the PF1B cold neutron beam line at the Institut Laue-Langevin. In particular, we applied the generalized centroid difference method to deduce lifetimes of low-lying states for the nuclei Zr-98 (N = 58), Zr-100, and Zr-102 (N >= 60). The results are discussed in the context of the presumed phase transition in the Zr chain by comparing the experimental transition strengths with the theoretical calculations using the interacting boson model and the Monte Carlo shell model.

Published
2017

15. Experimental study of the lifetime and phase transition in neutron-rich Zr98,100,102

Author

Ansari, S., primary, Régis, J.-M., additional, Jolie, J., additional, Saed-Samii, N., additional, Warr, N., additional, Korten, W., additional, Zielińska, M., additional, Salsac, M.-D., additional, Blanc, A., additional, Jentschel, M., additional, Köster, U., additional, Mutti, P., additional, Soldner, T., additional, Simpson, G. S., additional, Drouet, F., additional, Vancraeyenest, A., additional, de France, G., additional, Clément, E., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Ur, C. A., additional, Urban, W., additional, Regan, P. H., additional, Podolyák, Zs., additional, Larijani, C., additional, Townsley, C., additional, Carroll, R., additional, Wilson, E., additional, Mach, H., additional, Fraile, L. M., additional, Paziy, V., additional, Olaizola, B., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Bruce, A. M., additional, Roberts, O. J., additional, Smith, J. F., additional, Scheck, M., additional, Kröll, T., additional, Hartig, A.-L., additional, Ignatov, A., additional, Ilieva, S., additional, Lalkovski, S., additional, Mărginean, N., additional, Otsuka, T., additional, Shimizu, N., additional, Togashi, T., additional, and Tsunoda, Y., additional

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2017
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16. EXILL—a high-efficiency, high-resolution setup for γ-spectroscopy at an intense cold neutron beam facility

Author

Jentschel, M., primary, Blanc, A., additional, de France, G., additional, Köster, U., additional, Leoni, S., additional, Mutti, P., additional, Simpson, G., additional, Soldner, T., additional, Ur, C., additional, Urban, W., additional, Ahmed, S., additional, Astier, A., additional, Augey, L., additional, Back, T., additional, Ba̧czyk, P., additional, Bajoga, A., additional, Balabanski, D., additional, Belgya, T., additional, Benzoni, G., additional, Bernards, C., additional, Biswas, D.C., additional, Bocchi, G., additional, Bottoni, S., additional, Britton, R., additional, Bruyneel, B., additional, Burnett, J., additional, Cakirli, R.B., additional, Carroll, R., additional, Catford, W., additional, Cederwall, B., additional, Celikovic, I., additional, Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., additional, Clement, E., additional, Cooper, N., additional, Crespi, F., additional, Csatlos, M., additional, Curien, D., additional, Czerwiński, M., additional, Danu, L.S., additional, Davies, A., additional, Didierjean, F., additional, Drouet, F., additional, Duchêne, G., additional, Ducoin, C., additional, Eberhardt, K., additional, Erturk, S., additional, Fraile, L.M., additional, Gottardo, A., additional, Grente, L., additional, Grocutt, L., additional, Guerrero, C., additional, Guinet, D., additional, Hartig, A.-L., additional, Henrich, C., additional, Ignatov, A., additional, Ilieva, S., additional, Ivanova, D., additional, John, B.V., additional, John, R., additional, Jolie, J., additional, Kisyov, S., additional, Krticka, M., additional, Konstantinopoulos, T., additional, Korgul, A., additional, Krasznahorkay, A., additional, Kröll, T., additional, Kurpeta, J., additional, Kuti, I., additional, Lalkovski, S., additional, Larijani, C., additional, Leguillon, R., additional, Lica, R., additional, Litaize, O., additional, Lozeva, R., additional, Magron, C., additional, Mancuso, C., additional, Martinez, E. Ruiz, additional, Massarczyk, R., additional, Mazzocchi, C., additional, Melon, B., additional, Mengoni, D., additional, Michelagnoli, C., additional, Million, B., additional, Mokry, C., additional, Mukhopadhyay, S., additional, Mulholland, K., additional, Nannini, A., additional, Napoli, D.R., additional, Olaizola, B., additional, Orlandi, R., additional, Patel, Z., additional, Paziy, V., additional, Petrache, C., additional, Pfeiffer, M., additional, Pietralla, N., additional, Podolyak, Z., additional, Ramdhane, M., additional, Redon, N., additional, Regan, P., additional, Regis, J.M., additional, Regnier, D., additional, Oliver, R. J., additional, Rudigier, M., additional, Runke, J., additional, Rza̧ca-Urban, T., additional, Saed-Samii, N., additional, Salsac, M.D., additional, Scheck, M., additional, Schwengner, R., additional, Sengele, L., additional, Singh, P., additional, Smith, J., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Szpak, B., additional, Thomas, T., additional, Thürauf, M., additional, Timar, J., additional, Tom, A., additional, Tomandl, I., additional, Tornyi, T., additional, Townsley, C., additional, Tuerler, A., additional, Valenta, S., additional, Vancraeyenest, A., additional, Vandone, V., additional, Vanhoy, J., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Warr, N., additional, Werner, V., additional, Wilmsen, D., additional, Wilson, E., additional, Zerrouki, T., additional, and Zielinska, M., additional

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2017
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19. Erratum: Abrupt shape transition at neutron number N=60 : B(E2) values in Sr94,96,98 from fast γ−γ timing [Phys. Rev. C 95 , 054319 (2017)]

Author

Régis, J.-M., primary, Jolie, J., additional, Saed-Samii, N., additional, Warr, N., additional, Pfeiffer, M., additional, Blanc, A., additional, Jentschel, M., additional, Köster, U., additional, Mutti, P., additional, Soldner, T., additional, Simpson, G. S., additional, Drouet, F., additional, Vancraeyenest, A., additional, de France, G., additional, Clément, E., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Ur, C. A., additional, Urban, W., additional, Regan, P. H., additional, Podolyák, Zs., additional, Larijani, C., additional, Townsley, C., additional, Carroll, R., additional, Wilson, E., additional, Fraile, L. M., additional, Mach, H., additional, Paziy, V., additional, Olaizola, B., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Bruce, A. M., additional, Roberts, O. J., additional, Smith, J. F., additional, Scheck, M., additional, Kröll, T., additional, Hartig, A.-L., additional, Ignatov, A., additional, Ilieva, S., additional, Lalkovski, S., additional, Korten, W., additional, Mărginean, N., additional, Otsuka, T., additional, Shimizu, N., additional, Togashi, T., additional, and Tsunoda, Y., additional

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2017
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20. Abrupt shape transition at neutron number N=60 : B(E2) values in Sr94,96,98 from fast γ−γ timing

Author

Régis, J.-M., primary, Jolie, J., additional, Saed-Samii, N., additional, Warr, N., additional, Pfeiffer, M., additional, Blanc, A., additional, Jentschel, M., additional, Köster, U., additional, Mutti, P., additional, Soldner, T., additional, Simpson, G. S., additional, Drouet, F., additional, Vancraeyenest, A., additional, de France, G., additional, Clément, E., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Ur, C. A., additional, Urban, W., additional, Regan, P. H., additional, Podolyák, Zs., additional, Larijani, C., additional, Townsley, C., additional, Carroll, R., additional, Wilson, E., additional, Fraile, L. M., additional, Mach, H., additional, Paziy, V., additional, Olaizola, B., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Bruce, A. M., additional, Roberts, O. J., additional, Smith, J. F., additional, Scheck, M., additional, Kröll, T., additional, Hartig, A.-L., additional, Ignatov, A., additional, Ilieva, S., additional, Lalkovski, S., additional, Korten, W., additional, Mărginean, N., additional, Otsuka, T., additional, Shimizu, N., additional, Togashi, T., additional, and Tsunoda, Y., additional

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2017
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21. Publisher's Note: Half-life of the 15/2+ state of I135 : A test of E2 seniority relations [Phys. Rev. C 95 , 021302(R) (2017)]

Author

Spagnoletti, P., primary, Simpson, G. S., additional, Carroll, R., additional, Régis, J.-M., additional, Blanc, A., additional, Jentschel, M., additional, Köster, U., additional, Mutti, P., additional, Soldner, T., additional, de France, G., additional, Ur, C. A., additional, Urban, W., additional, Bruce, A. M., additional, Drouet, F., additional, Fraile, L. M., additional, Gaffney, L. P., additional, Ghită, D. G., additional, Ilieva, S., additional, Jolie, J., additional, Korten, W., additional, Kröll, T., additional, Larijani, C., additional, Lalkovski, S., additional, Lică, R., additional, Mach, H., additional, Mărginean, N., additional, Paziy, V., additional, Podolyák, Zs., additional, Regan, P. H., additional, Scheck, M., additional, Saed-Samii, N., additional, Thiamova, G., additional, Townsley, C., additional, Vancraeyenest, A., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Gargano, A., additional, and Van Isacker, P., additional

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2017
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22. $B(E2; 2_1^+ \to 0_1^+)$ value in $^{90}Kr$

Author

Régis, J.-M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Pfeiffer, M., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Köster, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G.S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clément, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyák, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Fraile, L. M., Mach, H., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Kröll, T., Hartig, A.-L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Thürauf, M., Lalkovski, S., Ivanova, D., Kisyov, S., Korten, W., Salsac, M.-D., Zielińska, M., Mărginean, N., Ghită, D. G., Lică, R., Petrache, C. M., Astier, A., Leguillon, R., Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-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), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), 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, CSNSM SNO, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), 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)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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)-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)-Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), and 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)

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; A smooth onset of collectivity in Kr-88,Kr-92,Kr-94,Kr-96 has been determined from reported B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) and E(2(1)(+)) values. This is in contrast to the sudden onset in even-even Zr, Mo, and Sr isotopes. Our objective was to complete the systematics by determining the B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) value in Kr-90, which was produced by cold-neutron-induced fission of U-235. The lifetime of the 2(1)(+) state in Kr-90 was measured via the electronic gamma-gamma timing technique using the EXILL and FATIMA spectrometers. Based on themeasured mean lifetime of tau = 15(10) ps, the B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) value of 13(-5)(+26) W.u. in Kr-90 is determined for the first time and the smooth onset of deformation in the even-even Kr isotopes beyond neutron number N = 50 is confirmed.

Published
2014

24. Development of NANA: A Fast-Scintillator, Coincidence Gamma-ray Array for Radioactive Source Characterisation and Absolute Activity Measurements at the UK National Physical Laboratory

Author

Regan, P H, primary, Shearman, R, additional, Judge, S M, additional, Lorusso, G, additional, Main, P, additional, Bell, S, additional, Collins, S M, additional, Ivanov, P, additional, Jerome, S M, additional, Keightley, J D, additional, Larijani, C, additional, Lotay, G, additional, and Pearce, A K, additional

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2015
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25. B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) value in Kr-90

Author

Regis, J. -M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Pfeiffer, M., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Koester, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G. S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clement, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyak, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Fraile, L. M., Mach, H., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Kroell, T., Hartig, A. -L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Thuerauf, M., Lalkovski, S., Ivanova, D., Kisyov, S., Korten, W., Salsac, M. -D., Zielinska, M., Marginean, N., Ghita, D. G., Lica, R., Petrache, C. M., Astier, A., Leguillon, R., Regis, J. -M., Jolie, J., Saed-Samii, N., Warr, N., Pfeiffer, M., Blanc, A., Jentschel, M., Koester, U., Mutti, P., Soldner, T., Simpson, G. S., Drouet, F., Vancraeyenest, A., de France, G., Clement, E., Stezowski, O., Ur, C. A., Urban, W., Regan, P. H., Podolyak, Zs., Larijani, C., Townsley, C., Carroll, R., Wilson, E., Fraile, L. M., Mach, H., Paziy, V., Olaizola, B., Vedia, V., Bruce, A. M., Roberts, O. J., Smith, J. F., Kroell, T., Hartig, A. -L., Ignatov, A., Ilieva, S., Thuerauf, M., Lalkovski, S., Ivanova, D., Kisyov, S., Korten, W., Salsac, M. -D., Zielinska, M., Marginean, N., Ghita, D. G., Lica, R., Petrache, C. M., Astier, A., and Leguillon, R.

Abstract

A smooth onset of collectivity in Kr-88,Kr-92,Kr-94,Kr-96 has been determined from reported B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) and E(2(1)(+)) values. This is in contrast to the sudden onset in even-even Zr, Mo, and Sr isotopes. Our objective was to complete the systematics by determining the B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) value in Kr-90, which was produced by cold-neutron-induced fission of U-235. The lifetime of the 2(1)(+) state in Kr-90 was measured via the electronic gamma-gamma timing technique using the EXILL and FATIMA spectrometers. Based on themeasured mean lifetime of tau = 15(10) ps, the B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(1)(+)) value of 13(-5)(+26) W.u. in Kr-90 is determined for the first time and the smooth onset of deformation in the even-even Kr isotopes beyond neutron number N = 50 is confirmed.

Published
2014

26. B(E2;21+→01+)value inKr90

Author

Régis, J.-M., primary, Jolie, J., additional, Saed-Samii, N., additional, Warr, N., additional, Pfeiffer, M., additional, Blanc, A., additional, Jentschel, M., additional, Köster, U., additional, Mutti, P., additional, Soldner, T., additional, Simpson, G. S., additional, Drouet, F., additional, Vancraeyenest, A., additional, de France, G., additional, Clément, E., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Ur, C. A., additional, Urban, W., additional, Regan, P. H., additional, Podolyák, Zs., additional, Larijani, C., additional, Townsley, C., additional, Carroll, R., additional, Wilson, E., additional, Fraile, L. M., additional, Mach, H., additional, Paziy, V., additional, Olaizola, B., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Bruce, A. M., additional, Roberts, O. J., additional, Smith, J. F., additional, Kröll, T., additional, Hartig, A.-L., additional, Ignatov, A., additional, Ilieva, S., additional, Thürauf, M., additional, Lalkovski, S., additional, Ivanova, D., additional, Kisyov, S., additional, Korten, W., additional, Salsac, M.-D., additional, Zielińska, M., additional, Mărginean, N., additional, Ghită, D. G., additional, Lică, R., additional, Petrache, C. M., additional, Astier, A., additional, and Leguillon, R., additional

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2014
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27. Progress on the chemical separation of fission fragments from 236Np produced by proton irradiation of natural uranium target.

Author

Larijani, C., Jerome, S.M., Lorusso, G., Ivanov, P., Russell, B., Pearce, A.K., and Regan, P.H.

Subjects
*URANIUM, *RADIOCHEMICAL separation, *PHOTON beams, *RADIOCHEMISTRY, *INDUCTIVELY coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Abstract

The aim of the current work is to develop and validate a radiochemical separation scheme capable of separating both 236g Np and 236 Pu from a uranium target of natural isotopic composition (~1 g uranium) and ~200 MBq of fission decay products. A target containing 1.2 g of UO 2 was irradiated with a beam of 25 MeV protons with a typical beam current of 30 μA for 19 h in December 2013 at the University of Birmingham Cyclotron facility. Using literature values for the production cross-section for fusion of protons with uranium targets, we estimate that an upper limit of approximately 250 Bq of activity from the 236 Np ground state was produced in this experiment. Using a radiochemical separation scheme, Np and Pu fractions were separated from the produced fission decay products, with analyses of the target-based final reaction products made using Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and high-resolution α particle and γ-ray spectrometry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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28. Consensus evaluation of radioactivity-in-soil reference materials in the context of an NPL Environmental Radioactivity Proficiency Test Exercise.

Author

Dean J, Collins S, Garcia Miranda M, Ivanov P, Larijani C, and Woods S

Abstract

The development of two radioactivity-in-soil reference materials is described - one for peat and one for soil with high sand content. Each bulk material was processed, subdivided and measured before being sent to participants in an NPL Environmental Radioactivity Proficiency Test Exercise. Activity concentrations of radionuclides in each material were determined by 'consensus' evaluations of participants' results using two weighted mean methods. The project demonstrated the use of such exercises in delivering reference materials to the user community., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2017
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29. Advancements in NORM metrology - Results and impact of the European joint research project MetroNORM.

Author

Josef Maringer F, Baumgartner A, Cardellini F, Cassette P, Crespo T, Dean J, Wiedner H, Hůlka J, Hult M, Jerome S, Kabrt F, Kovář P, Larijani C, Lutter G, Marouli M, Mauring A, Mazánová M, Michalik B, Michielsen N, Peyres V, Pierre S, Pöllänen R, Pommé S, Reis M, Stietka M, Szücs L, and Vodenik B

Abstract

The results of the three years European Metrology Research Programme's (EMRP) joint research project 'Metrology for processing materials with high natural radioactivity' (MetroNORM) are presented. In this project, metrologically sound novel instruments and procedures for laboratory and in-situ NORM activity measurements have been developed. Additionally, standard reference materials and sources for traceable calibration and improved decay data of natural radionuclides have been established., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2017
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30. Preparation of proton rich radionuclides in support of radiochemical analysis.

Author

Jerome S, Larijani C, and Parker D

Subjects
Half-Life, Internationality, Protons, Radiation Dosage, Radiochemistry standards, Reference Standards, Reference Values, Isotope Labeling methods, Isotope Labeling standards, Plutonium chemistry, Plutonium standards, Technetium chemistry, Technetium standards
Abstract

The production of proton rich radionuclides supports a wide range of radiochemical analyses via radioactive yield tracers ((95m)Tc and (236)Pu). In recent years, NPL and the University of Birmingham cyclotron have collaborated to produce these, and other, radionuclides., (Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

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2012
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