1. Weakly Bound Neutron-Rich Nuclei and Cosmic Phenomena
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Datta, Ushasi, Rahaman, A., Chakraborty, S., Agrawal, B. K., Aumann, T., Boretzky, K., Caesar, C., Emling, H., Geissel, H., Langer, C., Bleis, T. Le, Leifels, Y., Marganiec, J., Münzenberg, G., Nociforo, C., Plag, R., Reinferth, R., Ricciardi, V., Rossi, D., Scheidenberger, C., Simon, H., Typel, S., Volkov, V., Wamers, F., Winfield, J. S., Weick, H., Jonson, B., Johansson, H., Nilsson, T., Wagner, A., Angelis, G. De., Carlson, B. V., Kröll, T., Scheit, H., Krücken, R., Catford, W. N., Novo, S. Beceiro, Cortina, D., Fernandez, P. Diaz, Taylor, J., and Chartier, M.
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Nuclear Experiment ,Nuclear Theory - Abstract
The single particle and bulk properties of the neutron-rich nuclei constrain fundamental issues in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics like the limits of existence of quantum many body systems (atomic nuclei), the equation of state of neutron-rich matter, neutron star, nucleosynthesis, evolution of stars, neutron star merging etc.. The state of the art of Coulomb breakup of the neutron-rich nuclei has been used to explore those properties. Unambiguous information on detailed components of the ground-state wave-function along with quantum numbers of the valence neutron of the nuclei have been obtained from the measurement of threshold strength along with the $\gamma$-rays spectra of the core following Coulomb breakup. The shape of this threshold strength is a finger-print of the quantum numbers of the nucleon. We investigated the ground-state properties of the neutron-rich Na, Mg, Al nuclei around N $\sim$ 20 using this method at GSI, Darmstadt. Very clear evidence has been observed for melting and merging of long cherished magic shell gaps at N = 20, 28. The evanescent neutron-rich nuclei imprint their existence in stellar explosive scenarios (r-process etc.). Coulomb dissociation (CD) is one of the important indirect measurements of the capture cross-section which may provide valuable input to the model for star evolution process, particularly the r-process. Some valuable bulk properties of the neutron-rich nuclei like the density dependent symmetry energy,neutron skin etc. play a key role in understanding cosmic phenomena and these properties have been studied via electromagnetic excitation. Preliminary results of electromagnetic excitation of the neutron-rich nucleus, $^{32}$Mg are presented., Comment: Talk presented CIPANP2018. 9 pages, LaTeX, 10 eps figures
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- 2018