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1. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the $N=Z+1$ nucleus $^{87}_{43}$Tc$^{\ }_{44}$

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Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, Ö., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clément, E., de France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I., Nyakó, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Nyberg, A. Ataç, Bäck, T., de Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timár, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I., Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C. L., Cullen, D. M., Désesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Ertürk, S., González, V., Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyàk, Zs., Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., and Zielińska, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient $N=Z+1$ nucleus $^{87}_{43}$Tc$^{\ }_{44}$ have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction $^{54}$Fe($^{36}$Ar, $2n1p$)$^{87}$Tc at the Grand Acc\'el\'erateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt $\gamma$-rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of $^{87}$Tc from the (9/2$^{+}_{g.s.}$) state to the (33/2$^{+}_{1}$) state was established based on 6 mutually coincident $\gamma$-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at $\hbar\omega\approx 0.50$ MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around $N=44$ is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the $N=Z$ line.

Published
2021

2. Lifetime Measurements in the Even-Even $^{102-108}$Cd Isotopes

Author

Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Goasduff, A., Rodríguez, T. R., Bazzacco, D., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Clément, E., Crespi, F. C. L., de France, G., Doncel, M., Ertürk, S., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Kuti, I., Lemasson, A., Li, H., Lopez-Martens, A., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatović, T., Müller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D. R., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Pérez-Vidal, R. M., Sayği, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, S., and Testov, D.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The heaviest N=Z doubly-magic nucleus, $^{100}$Sn, and the neighboring nuclei offer unique opportunities to investigate the properties of nuclear interaction in extreme conditions. In particular, the Cd isotopes are expected to present features similar to those found in the Sn isotopic chain, since they have only two proton holes in the Z=50 shell. In this manuscript, the lifetime measurements of low-lying states in the even-mass $^{102-108}$Cd is presented. Thanks to the powerful detection capabilities of AGATA array and VAMOS++ spectrometer, the unusual employment of multi-nucleon transfer reactions permitted to investigate the first 2$^+$ and 4$^+$ states in all these nuclei, together with various deformed bands in $^{106}$Cd. The results were interpreted in the context of new state-of-the-art beyond-mean-field calculations, using the symmetry-conserving configuration-mixing approach. Despite the similarities in the electromagnetic properties of the low-lying states, there is a fundamental structural difference between the ground-state bands in the Z=48 and Z=50 isotopes. The comparison between experimental and theoretical results revealed a rotational character of the Cd nuclei, which have prolate-deformed ground states with $\beta_2 \approx 0.2$. At this deformation Z=48 becomes a closed-shell configuration, which is favored with respect to the spherical one., Comment: V1 : 14 pages, 12 figures. V2 : 16 pages, 11 figures. V3 : 16 pages, 11 figures (figure 11 corrected); triaxiality evaluated with "quadrupole sum rule". submitted to Phys.Rev.C

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2021
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3. Pairing-quadrupole interplay in the neutron-deficient tin nuclei: first lifetime measurements of low-lying states in $^{106,108}$Sn

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Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Goasduff, A., Nowacki, F., Zuker, A. P., Bazzacco, D., Lopez-Martens, A., Clément, E., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Crespi, F. C. L., de France, G., Doncel, M., Ertürk, S., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Kuti, I., Lemasson, A., Li, H., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatović, T., Müller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D. R., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Pérez-Vidal, R. M., Sayği, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, S., Testov, D., Barrientos, D., Birkenbach, B., Boston, H. C., Boston, A. J., Cederwall, B., Cullen, D. M., Collado, J., Désesquelles, P., Dudouet, J., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Egea-Canet, F. J., González, V., Judson, D. S., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Hess, H., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Labiche, M., Lefevre, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Stezowski, O., Theisen, Ch., and Zielińska, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The lifetimes of the low-lying excited states $2^+$ and $4^+$ have been directly measured in the neutron-deficient $^{106,108}$Sn isotopes. The nuclei were populated via a deep-inelastic reaction and the lifetime measurement was performed employing a differential plunger device. The emitted $\gamma$ rays were detected by the AGATA array, while the reaction products were uniquely identified by the VAMOS++ magnetic spectrometer. Large-Scale Shell-Model calculations with realistic forces indicate that, independently of the pairing content of the interaction, the quadrupole force is dominant in the $B(E2; 2_1^+ \to 0_{g.s.}^+)$ values and it describes well the experimental pattern for $^{104-114}$Sn; the $B(E2; 4_1^+ \to 2_1^+)$ values, measured here for the first time, depend critically on a delicate pairing-quadrupole balance, disclosed by the very precise results in $^{108}$Sn. This result provides insight in the hitherto unexplained $B(E2; 4_1^+ \to 2_1^+)/B(E2; 2_1^+ \to 0_{g.s.}^+) < 1$ anomaly., Comment: V1: 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, theoretical interpretation described in detail in the arXiv paper of A.P.Zuker (cross-reference) V2: added reference to A.P. Zuker paper (arXiv:1905.11479)

Published
2019
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4. High resolution $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy using GALILEO array

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Testov, D., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Mengoni, D., Recchia, F., Goasduff, A., Boso, A., Lenzi, S., de Angelis, G., Bakes, S., Boiano, C., Cederwall, B., Colucci, G., Cicerchia, M., Čolović, P., Didierjean, F., Doncel, M., {n}as, J. A. Due\, Galtarossa, F., Gozzelino, A., Hadyńska-Klȩk, K., Isocrate, R., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Liu, H., Lunardi, S., Menegazzo, R., Mentana, A., Modamio, V., Nannini, A., Napoli, D. R., Palacz, M., Pasqualato, G., Rocchini, M., Riccetto, S., Saygi, B., Sahin, E., Siciliano, M., Sobolev, Yu., and Szilner, S.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The GALILEO $\gamma$-ray spectrometer has been constructed at the Legnaro National Laboratory of INFN (LNL-INFN). It can be coupled to advanced ancillary devices which allows nuclear structure studies employing the variety of in-beam $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy methods. Such studies benefit from reactions induced by the intense stable beams delivered by the Tandem-ALPI-PIAVE accelerator complex and by the radioactive beams which will be provided by the SPES facility. In this paper we outline two experiments performed within the experimental campaign at GALILEO coupled to the EUCLIDES Si-ball and the Neutron Wall array. The first one was aimed at spectroscopic studies in A=31 mirror nuclei and the second one at measurements of lifetimes of excited states in nuclei in the vicinity of $^{100}$Sn., Comment: The IX International Symposium on EXOtic Nuclei (EXON-2018)

Published
2019

5. DIAMANT — on Board with NEEDLE

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Kuti, I., primary, Molnár, J., additional, Jaworski, G., additional, Palacz, M., additional, Goasduff, A., additional, Abraham, T., additional, Antczak, M., additional, Ciemała, M., additional, Colucci, G., additional, Fijałkowska, A., additional, Grębosz, J., additional, Kisieliński, M., additional, Hadyńska-Klęk, K., additional, Komorowska, M., additional, Kopeć, M., additional, Kopik, R., additional, Kowalczyk, M., additional, Kowalska, J., additional, Krakó, A., additional, Kruzsicz, B., additional, Malinowski, A., additional, Matuszewski, M., additional, Nyakó, B.M., additional, Piętka, I., additional, Sekrecka, P., additional, Sohler, D., additional, Stolarz, A., additional, and Timár, J., additional

Published
2024
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6. Structure of Low-spin States in \(^{45}\)Sc Studied via Coulomb Excitation

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Matejska-Minda, M., primary, Napiorkowski, P.J., additional, Sieja, K., additional, Bednarczyk, P., additional, Abraham, T., additional, Agarwal, A., additional, Ahmed, I., additional, Bhattacharya, S., additional, Bhowmik, R.K., additional, Doherty, D.T., additional, Dutt, S., additional, Hadyńska-Klęk, K., additional, Iwanicki, J., additional, Jhingan, A., additional, Kaur, J., additional, Kicińska-Habior, M., additional, Kisieliński, M., additional, Komorowska, M., additional, Kowalczyk, M., additional, Kumar, M., additional, Kumar, R., additional, Kumar, S., additional, Kumar, D., additional, Maj, A., additional, Marchlewski, T., additional, Matuszczak, P., additional, Nanal, V., additional, Nannini, A., additional, Palacz, M., additional, Palit, R., additional, Próchniak, L., additional, Rai, N.K., additional, Rocchini, M., additional, Saxena, M., additional, Satuła, W., additional, Shuaib, M., additional, Siciliano, M., additional, Sood, A., additional, Srebrny, J., additional, Stolarz, A., additional, Styczeń, J., additional, Trivedi, T., additional, Tyagi, A.K., additional, Wasilewska, B., additional, Wollersheim, H.J., additional, Wrzosek-Lipska, K., additional, and Zielińska, M., additional

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2024
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7. Identification and rejection of scattered neutrons in AGATA

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Şenyiğit, M., Ataç, A., Akkoyun, S., Kaşkaş, A., Bazzacco, D., Nyberg, J., Recchia, F., Brambilla, S., Camera, F., Crespi, F. C. L., Farnea, E., Giaz, A., Gottardo, A., Kempley, R., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Million, B., Palacz, M., Pellegri, L., Riboldi, S., Şahin, E., Söderström, P. A., Dobon, J. J. Valiente, and collaboration, the AGATA

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Gamma rays and neutrons, emitted following spontaneous fission of 252Cf, were measured in an AGATA experiment performed at INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro in Italy. The setup consisted of four AGATA triple cluster detectors (12 36-fold segmented high-purity germanium crystals), placed at a distance of 50 cm from the source, and 16 HELENA BaF2 detectors. The aim of the experiment was to study the interaction of neutrons in the segmented high-purity germanium detectors of AGATA and to investigate the possibility to discriminate neutrons and gamma rays with the gamma-ray tracking technique. The BaF2 detectors were used for a time-of-flight measurement, which gave an independent discrimination of neutrons and gamma rays and which was used to optimise the gamma-ray tracking-based neutron rejection methods. It was found that standard gamma-ray tracking, without any additional neutron rejection features, eliminates effectively most of the interaction points due to recoiling Ge nuclei after elastic scattering of neutrons. Standard tracking rejects also a significant amount of the events due to inelastic scattering of neutrons in the germanium crystals. Further enhancements of the neutron rejection was obtained by setting conditions on the following quantities, which were evaluated for each event by the tracking algorithm: energy of the first and second interaction point, difference in the calculated incoming direction of the gamma ray, figure-of-merit value. The experimental results of tracking with neutron rejection agree rather well with Geant4 simulations.

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2013
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8. $\gamma$-ray linear polarization measurements and $(g_{9/2})^{-3}$ neutron alignment in $^{91}$Ru

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Zheng, Y., de France, G., Clément, E., Dijon, A., Cederwall, B., Wadsworth, R., Bäck, T., Moradi, F. Ghazi, Jaworski, G., Nyakó, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Al-Azri, H., de Angelis, G., Atac, A., Aktaş, Ö., Bhattacharyya, S., Brock, T., Davies, P. J., Di Nitto, A., Dombradi, Zs., Gadea, A., Gal, J., Joshi, P., Juhasz, K., Julin, R., Jungclaus, A., Kalinka, G., Kownacki, J., La Rana, G., Lenzi, S. M., Molnar, J., Moro, R., Napoli, D. R., Singh, B. S. Nara, Persson, A., Recchia, F., Sandzelius, M., Scheurer, J. -N., Sletten, G., Sohler, D., Söderström, P. -A., Taylor, M. J., Timar, J., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., and Vardaci, E.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Linear polarization measurements have been performed for $\gamma$-rays in $^{91}$Ru produced with the $^{58}$Ni($^{36}$Ar, $2p1n$$\gamma$)$^{91}$Ru reaction at a beam energy of 111 MeV. The EXOGAM Ge clover array has been used to measure the $\gamma$-$\gamma$ coincidences, $\gamma$-ray linear polarization and $\gamma$-ray angular distributions. The polarization sensitivity of the EXOGAM clover detectors acting as Compton polarimeters has been determined in the energy range 0.3$-$1.3 MeV. Several transitions have been observed for the first time. Measurements of linear polarization and angular distribution have led to the firm assignments of spin differences and parity of high-spin states in $^{91}$Ru. More specifically, calculations using a semi-empirical shell model were performed to understand the structures of the first and second (21/2$^{+}$) and (17/2$^{+}$) levels. The results are in good agreement with the experimental data, supporting the interpretation of the non yrast (21/2$^{+}$) and (17/2$^{+}$) states in terms of the $J_{\rm max}$ and $J_{\rm max}-2$ members of the seniority-three $\nu(g_{9/2})^{-3}$ multiplet., Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables

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2013
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9. Core-coupled states and split proton-neutron quasi-particle multiplets in 122-126Ag

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Lalkovski, S., Bruce, A. M., Jungclaus, A., Gorska, M., Pfutzner, M., Caceres, L., Naqvi, F., Pietri, S., Podolyak, Zs., Simpson, G. S., Andgren, K., Bednarczyk, P., Beck, T., Benlliure, J., Benzoni, G., Casarejos, E., Cederwall, B., Crespi, F. C. L., Cuenca-Garcia, J. J., Cullen, I. J., Bacelar, A. M. Denis, Detistov, P., Doornenbal, P., Farrelly, G. F., Garnsworthy, A. B., Geissel, H., Gelletly, W., Gerl, J., Grebosz, J., Hadinia, B., Hellstrom, M., Hinke, C., Hoischen, R., Ilie, G., Jaworski, G., Jolie, J., Khaplanov, A., Kisyov, S., Kmiecik, M., Kojouharov, I., Kumar, R., Kurz, N., Maj, A., Mandal, S., Modamio, V., Montes, F., Myalski, S., Palacz, M., Prokopowicz, W., Reiter, P., Regan, P. H., Rudolph, D., Schaffner, H., Sohler, D., Steer, S. J., Tashenov, S., Walker, J., Walker, P. M., Weick, H., Werner-Malento, E., Wieland, O., Wollersheim, H. J., and Zhekova, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutron-rich silver isotopes were populated in the fragmentation of a 136Xe beam and the relativistic fission of 238U. The fragments were mass analyzed with the GSI Fragment separator and subsequently implanted into a passive stopper. Isomeric transitions were detected by 105 HPGe detectors. Eight isomeric states were observed in 122-126Ag nuclei. The level schemes of 122,123,125Ag were revised and extended with isomeric transitions being observed for the first time. The excited states in the odd-mass silver isotopes are interpreted as core-coupled states. The isomeric states in the even-mass silver isotopes are discussed in the framework of the proton-neutron split multiplets. The results of shell-model calculations, performed for the most neutron-rich silver nuclei are compared to the experimental data.

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2012
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10. Neutron detection and [formula omitted]-ray suppression using artificial neural networks with the liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537

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Söderström, P.-A., Jaworski, G., Valiente Dobón, J.J., Nyberg, J., Agramunt, J., de Angelis, G., Carturan, S., Egea, J., Erduran, M.N., Ertürk, S., de France, G., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., González, V., Hadyńska-Klȩk, K., Hüyük, T., Modamio, V., Moszynski, M., Di Nitto, A., Palacz, M., Pietralla, N., Sanchis, E., Testov, D., Triossi, A., and Wadsworth, R.

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2019
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11. Single-particle isomeric states in 121Pd and 117Ru

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Lalkovski, S., Bruce, A. M., Bacelar, A. M. Denis, Gorska, M., Pietri, S., Podolyak, Zs., Bednarczyk, P., Caceres, L., Casarejos, E., Cullen, I. J., Doornenbal, P., Farrelly, G. F., Garnsworthy, A. B., Geissel, H., Gelletly, W., Gerl, J., Grcebosz, J., Hinke, C., Ilie, G., Jaworski, G., Kisyov, S., Kojouharov, I., Kurz, N., Myalski, S., Palacz, M., Prokopowicz, W., Regan, P. H., Schaffner, H., Steer, S., Tashenov, S., Walker, P. M., Wollersheim, H. J., and Zhekova, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutron-rich nuclei were populated in a relativistic fission of 238U. Gamma-rays with energies of 135 keV and 184 keV were associated with two isomeric states in 121Pd and 117Ru. Half-lives of 0.63(5) microseconds and 2.0(3) micrisecondss were deduced and the isomeric states were interpreted in terms of deformed single-particle states.

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2011
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12. AGATA - Advanced Gamma Tracking Array

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Akkoyun, S., Algora, A., Alikhani, B., Ameil, F., de Angelis, G., Arnold, L., Astier, A., Ataç, A., Aubert, Y., Aufranc, C., Austin, A., Aydin, S., Azaiez, F., Badoer, S., Balabanski, D. L., Barrientos, D., Baulieu, G., Baumann, R., Bazzacco, D., Beck, F. A., Beck, T., Bednarczyk, P., Bellato, M., Bentley, M. A., Benzoni, G., Berthier, R., Berti, L., Beunard, R., Bianco, G. Lo, Birkenbach, B., Bizzeti, P. G., Bizzeti-Sona, A. M., Blanc, F. Le, Blasco, J. M., Blasi, N., Bloor, D., Boiano, C., Borsato, M., Bortolato, D., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Bourgault, P., Boutachkov, P., Bouty, A., Bracco, A., Brambilla, S., Brawn, I. P., Brondi, A., Broussard, S., Bruyneel, B., Bucurescu, D., Burrows, I., Bürger, A., Cabaret, S., Cahan, B., Calore, E., Camera, F., Capsoni, A., Carrió, F., Casati, G., Castoldi, M., Cederwall, B., Cercus, J. -L., Chambert, V., Chambit, M. El, Chapman, R., Charles, L., Chavas, J., Clément, E., Cocconi, P., Coelli, S., Coleman-Smith, P. J., Colombo, A., Colosimo, S., Commeaux, C., Conventi, D., Cooper, R. J., Corsi, A., Cortesi, A., Costa, L., Crespi, F. C. L., Cresswell, J. R., Cullen, D. M., Curien, D., Czermak, A., Delbourg, D., Depalo, R., Descombes, T., Désesquelles, P., Detistov, P., Diarra, C., Didierjean, F., Dimmock, M. R., Doan, Q. T., Domingo-Pardo, C., Doncel, M., Dorangeville, F., Dosme, N., Drouen, Y., Duchêne, G., Dulny, B., Eberth, J., Edelbruck, P., Egea, J., Engert, T., Erduran, M. N., Ertürk, S., Fanin, C., Fantinel, S., Farnea, E., Faul, T., Filliger, M., Filmer, F., Finck, Ch., de France, G., Gadea, A., Gast, W., Geraci, A., Gerl, J., Gernhäuser, R., Giannatiempo, A., Giaz, A., Gibelin, L., Givechev, A., Goel, N., González, V., Gottardo, A., Grave, X., Grȩbosz, J., Griffiths, R., Grint, A. N., Gros, P., Guevara, L., Gulmini, M., Görgen, A., Ha, H. T. M., Habermann, T., Harkness, L. J., Harroch, H., Hauschild, K., He, C., Hernández-Prieto, A., Hervieu, B., Hess, H., Hüyük, T., Ince, E., Isocrate, R., Jaworski, G., Johnson, A., Jolie, J., Jones, P., Jonson, B., Joshi, P., Judson, D. S., Jungclaus, A., Kaci, M., Karkour, N., Karolak, M., Kaşkaş, A., Kebbiri, M., Kempley, R. S., Khaplanov, A., Klupp, S., Kogimtzis, M., Kojouharov, I., Korichi, A., Korten, W., Kröll, Th., Krücken, R., Kurz, N., Ky, B. Y., Labiche, M., Lafay, X., Lavergne, L., Lazarus, I. H., Leboutelier, S., Lefebvre, F., Legay, E., Legeard, L., Lelli, F., Lenzi, S. M., Leoni, S., Lermitage, A., Lersch, D., Leske, J., Letts, S. C., Lhenoret, S., Lieder, R. M., Linget, D., Ljungvall, J., Lopez-Martens, A., Lotodé, A., Lunardi, S., Maj, A., van der Marel, J., Mariette, Y., Marginean, N., Marginean, R., Maron, G., Mather, A. R., Mȩczyński, W., Mendéz, V., Medina, P., Melon, B., Menegazzo, R., Mengoni, D., Merchan, E., Mihailescu, L., Michelagnoli, C., Mierzejewski, J., Milechina, L., Million, B., Mitev, K., Molini, P., Montanari, D., Moon, S., Morbiducci, F., Moro, R., Morrall, P. S., Möller, O., Nannini, A., Napoli, D. R., Nelson, L., Nespolo, M., Ngo, V. L., Nicoletto, M., Nicolini, R., Noa, Y. Le, Nolan, P. J., Norman, M., Nyberg, J., Obertelli, A., Olariu, A., Orlandi, R., Oxley, D. C., Özben, C., Ozille, M., Oziol, C., Pachoud, E., Palacz, M., Palin, J., Pancin, J., Parisel, C., Pariset, P., Pascovici, G., Peghin, R., Pellegri, L., Perego, A., Perrier, S., Petcu, M., Petkov, P., Petrache, C., Pierre, E., Pietralla, N., Pietri, S., Pignanelli, M., Piqueras, I., Podolyak, Z., Pouhalec, P. Le, Pouthas, J., Pugnére, D., Pucknell, V. F. E., Pullia, A., Quintana, B., Raine, R., Rainovski, G., Ramina, L., Rampazzo, G., La Rana, G., Rebeschini, M., Recchia, F., Redon, N., Reese, M., Reiter, P., Regan, P. H., Riboldi, S., Richer, M., Rigato, M., Rigby, S., Ripamonti, G., Robinson, A. P., Robin, J., Roccaz, J., Ropert, J. -A., Rossé, B., Alvarez, C. Rossi, Rosso, D., Rubio, B., Rudolph, D., Saillant, F., Şahin, E., Salomon, F., Salsac, M. -D., Salt, J., Salvato, G., Sampson, J., Sanchis, E., Santos, C., Schaffner, H., Schlarb, M., Scraggs, D. P., Seddon, D., Şenyiğit, M., Sigward, M. -H., Simpson, G., Simpson, J., Slee, M., Smith, J. F., Sona, P., Sowicki, B., Spolaore, P., Stahl, C., Stanios, T., Stefanova, E., Stézowski, O., Strachan, J., Suliman, G., Söderström, P. -A., Tain, J. L., Tanguy, S., Tashenov, S., Theisen, Ch., Thornhill, J., Tomasi, F., Toniolo, N., Touzery, R., Travers, B., Triossi, A., Tripon, M., Tun-Lanoë, K. M. M., Turcato, M., Unsworth, C., Ur, C. A., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Vandone, V., Vardaci, E., Venturelli, R., Veronese, F., Veyssiere, Ch., Viscione, E., Wadsworth, R., Walker, P. M., Warr, N., Weber, C., Weisshaar, D., Wells, D., Wieland, O., Wiens, A., Wittwer, G., Wollersheim, H. J., Zocca, F., Zamfir, N. V., Ziȩbliński, M., and Zucchiatti, A.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European project to develop and operate the next generation gamma-ray spectrometer. AGATA is based on the technique of gamma-ray energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium crystals. This technique requires the accurate determination of the energy, time and position of every interaction as a gamma ray deposits its energy within the detector volume. Reconstruction of the full interaction path results in a detector with very high efficiency and excellent spectral response. The realization of gamma-ray tracking and AGATA is a result of many technical advances. These include the development of encapsulated highly-segmented germanium detectors assembled in a triple cluster detector cryostat, an electronics system with fast digital sampling and a data acquisition system to process the data at a high rate. The full characterization of the crystals was measured and compared with detector-response simulations. This enabled pulse-shape analysis algorithms, to extract energy, time and position, to be employed. In addition, tracking algorithms for event reconstruction were developed. The first phase of AGATA is now complete and operational in its first physics campaign. In the future AGATA will be moved between laboratories in Europe and operated in a series of campaigns to take advantage of the different beams and facilities available to maximize its science output. The paper reviews all the achievements made in the AGATA project including all the necessary infrastructure to operate and support the spectrometer., Comment: This version contains a correction of a typing error in the caption of Fig. 2. The DOI to the article published in Nucl. Instr. Meth A was also added

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2011
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13. Evidence for a spin-aligned neutron-proton paired phase from the level structure of $^{92}$Pd

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Cederwall, B., Moradi, F. Ghazi, Bäck, T., Johnson, A., Blomqvist, J., Clément, E., de France, G., Wadsworth, R., Andgren, K., Lagergren, K., Dijon, A., Jaworski, G., Liotta, R., Qi, C., Nyakó, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Al-Azri, H., Algora, A., de Angelis, G., Ataç, A., Bhattacharyya, S., Brock, T., Brown, J. R., Davies, P., Di Nitto, A., Dombrádi, Zs., Gadea, A., Gál, J., Hadinia, B., Johnston-Theasby, F., Joshi, P., Juhász, K., Julin, R., Jungclaus, A., Kalinka, G., Kara, S. O., Khaplanov, A., Kownacki, J., La Rana, G., Lenzi, S. M., Molnár, J., Moro, R., Napoli, D. R., Singh, B. S. Nara, Persson, A., Recchia, F., Sandzelius, M., Scheurer, J. -N., Sletten, G., Sohler, D., Söderström, P. -A., Taylor, M. J., Timár, J., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Vardaci, E., and Williams, S.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The general phenomenon of shell structure in atomic nuclei has been understood since the pioneering work of Goeppert-Mayer, Haxel, Jensen and Suess.They realized that the experimental evidence for nuclear magic numbers could be explained by introducing a strong spin-orbit interaction in the nuclear shell model potential. However, our detailed knowledge of nuclear forces and the mechanisms governing the structure of nuclei, in particular far from stability, is still incomplete. In nuclei with equal neutron and proton numbers ($N = Z$), the unique nature of the atomic nucleus as an object composed of two distinct types of fermions can be expressed as enhanced correlations arising between neutrons and protons occupying orbitals with the same quantum numbers. Such correlations have been predicted to favor a new type of nuclear superfluidity; isoscalar neutron-proton pairing, in addition to normal isovector pairing (see Fig. 1). Despite many experimental efforts these predictions have not been confirmed. Here, we report on the first observation of excited states in $N = Z = 46$ nucleus $^{92}$Pd. Gamma rays emitted following the $^{58}$Ni($^{36}$Ar,2$n$)$^{92}$Pd fusion-evaporation reaction were identified using a combination of state-of-the-art high-resolution {\gamma}-ray, charged-particle and neutron detector systems. Our results reveal evidence for a spin-aligned, isoscalar neutron-proton coupling scheme, different from the previous prediction. We suggest that this coupling scheme replaces normal superfluidity (characterized by seniority coupling) in the ground and low-lying excited states of the heaviest N = Z nuclei. The strong isoscalar neutron- proton correlations in these $N = Z$ nuclei are predicted to have a considerable impact on their level structures, and to influence the dynamics of the stellar rapid proton capture nucleosynthesis process., Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures

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2011
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16. Investigations on the Process of Lead Removal from Cu-Pb Alloys During their Melting in Vacuum Induction Furnace

Author

Siwiec G., Buliński P., Palacz M., Smołka J., and Blacha L.

Subjects
VIM technology, evaporation, Cu-Pb alloys, Mining engineering. Metallurgy, TN1-997, Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials, TA401-492
Abstract

The paper presents analysis and assessment of operating power of vacuum induction furnace in relation to the efficiency of lead removal from Cu-Pb alloy in VIM (vacuum induction melting) technology. Thermodynamic analysis of the process is performed as well.

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2017
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18. Lifetimes of core-excited states in semi-magic 95Rh

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Ertoprak, A., Qi, C., Cederwall, B., Doncel, M., Jakobsson, U., Nyakó, B. M., Jaworski, G., Davies, P., de France, G., Kuti, I., Napoli, D. R., Wadsworth, R., Ghugre, S. S., Raut, R., Akkus, B., Al Azri, H., Algora, A., de Angelis, G., Atac, A., Bäck, T., Boso, A., Clément, E., Debenham, D. M., Dombrádi, Zs., Ertürk, S., Gadea, A., Ghazi Moradi, F., Gottardo, A., Hüyük, T., Ideguchi, E., Li, H., Michelagnoli, C., Modamio, V., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Petrache, C. M., Recchia, F., Sandzelius, M., Siciliano, M., Sohler, D., Timár, J., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., and Xiao, Z. G.

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2020
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19. NEEDLE — the New Setup to Study Neutron-deficient Nuclei

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Jaworski, G., primary, Palacz, M., additional, Goasduff, A., additional, Kowalczyk, M., additional, Kulessa, P., additional, Kuti, I., additional, Matuszewski, M., additional, Radomyski, B., additional, Toniolo, N., additional, Abraham, T., additional, Colucci, G., additional, Fijałkowska, A., additional, Hadyńska-Klęk, K., additional, Komorowska, M., additional, Kopik, R., additional, Lappo, L., additional, Malinowski, A., additional, Napiorkowski, P.J., additional, Okliński, W., additional, Otręba, A., additional, Panasenko, S., additional, Poklepa, W., additional, Samorajczyk-Pyśk, J., additional, Wrzosek-Lipska, K., additional, and Zdunek, K., additional

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2023
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20. Digital pulse-timing technique for the neutron detector array NEDA

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Modamio, V., Valiente-Dobón, J.J., Jaworski, G., Hüyük, T., Triossi, A., Egea, J., Di Nitto, A., Söderström, P.-A., Agramunt Ros, J., de Angelis, G., de France, G., Erduran, M.N., Ertürk, S., Gadea, A., González, V., Kownacki, J., Moszynski, M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Sanchis, E., and Wadsworth, R.

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2015
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23. Effect Of Turbulence Modelling In Numerical Analysis Of Melting Process In An Induction Furnace

Author

Buliński P., Smołka J., Golak S., Przyłucki R., Blacha L., Białecki R., Palacz M., and Siwiec G.

Subjects
induction furnace, crucible, coupled model, CFD, electromagnetism, Mining engineering. Metallurgy, TN1-997, Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials, TA401-492
Abstract

In this paper, the velocity field and turbulence effects that occur inside a crucible of a typical induction furnace were investigated. In the first part of this work, a free surface shape of the liquid metal was measured in a ceramic crucible. Then a numerical model of aluminium melting process was developed. It took into account coupling of electromagnetic and thermofluid fields that was performed using commercial codes. In the next step, the sensitivity analysis of turbulence modelling in the liquid domain was performed. The obtained numerical results were compared with the measurement data. The performed analysis can be treated as a preliminary approach for more complex mathematical modelling for the melting process optimisation in crucible induction furnaces of different types.

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2015
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24. Evidence for spherical-oblate shape coexistence in Tc87

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Liu, X., primary, Cederwall, B., additional, Qi, C., additional, Wyss, R. A., additional, Aktas, Ö., additional, Ertoprak, A., additional, Zhang, W., additional, Clément, E., additional, de France, G., additional, Ralet, D., additional, Gadea, A., additional, Goasduff, A., additional, Jaworski, G., additional, Kuti, I., additional, Nyakó, B. M., additional, Nyberg, J., additional, Palacz, M., additional, Wadsworth, R., additional, Valiente-Dobón, J. J., additional, Al-Azri, H., additional, Ataç Nyberg, A., additional, Bäck, T., additional, de Angelis, G., additional, Doncel, M., additional, Dudouet, J., additional, Gottardo, A., additional, Jurado, M., additional, Ljungvall, J., additional, Mengoni, D., additional, Napoli, D. R., additional, Petrache, C. M., additional, Sohler, D., additional, Timár, J., additional, Barrientos, D., additional, Bednarczyk, P., additional, Benzoni, G., additional, Birkenbach, B., additional, Boston, A. J., additional, Boston, H. C., additional, Burrows, I., additional, Charles, L., additional, Ciemala, M., additional, Crespi, F. C. L., additional, Cullen, D. M., additional, Désesquelles, P., additional, Domingo-Pardo, C., additional, Eberth, J., additional, Erduran, N., additional, Ertürk, S., additional, González, V., additional, Goupil, J., additional, Hess, H., additional, Huyuk, T., additional, Jungclaus, A., additional, Korten, W., additional, Lemasson, A., additional, Leoni, S., additional, Maj, A., additional, Menegazzo, R., additional, Million, B., additional, Perez-Vidal, R. M., additional, Podolyàk, Zs., additional, Pullia, A., additional, Recchia, F., additional, Reiter, P., additional, Saillant, F., additional, Salsac, M. D., additional, Sanchis, E., additional, Simpson, J., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Theisen, C., additional, and Zielińska, M., additional

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2022
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26. M1 and E2 transition rates from core-excited states in semi-magic 94Ru

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Ertoprak, A., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Doncel, M., Jakobsson, U., Nyakó, B. M., Jaworski, G., Davies, P., de France, G., Kuti, I., Napoli, D. R., Wadsworth, R., Ghugre, S. S., Raut, R., Akkus, B., Al Azri, H., Algora, A., de Angelis, G., Atac, A., Bäck, T., Boso, A., Clément, E., Debenham, D. M., Dombrádi, Zs., Ertürk, S., Gadea, A., Ghazi Moradi, F., Gottardo, A., Hüyük, T., Ideguchi, E., Li, H., Michelagnoli, C., Modamio, V., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Petrache, C. M., Recchia, F., Sandzelius, M., Siciliano, M., Timár, J., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., and Xiao, Z. G.

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2018
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27. Evidence for spherical-oblate shape coexistence in Tc-87

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Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, O., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clement, E., de France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I, Nyako, B. M., Nyberg, Johan, Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Nyberg, A. Atac, Back, T., de Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timar, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I, Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C. L., Cullen, D. M., Desesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Erturk, S., Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., Zielinska, M., Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, O., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clement, E., de France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I, Nyako, B. M., Nyberg, Johan, Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Nyberg, A. Atac, Back, T., de Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timar, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I, Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C. L., Cullen, D. M., Desesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Erturk, S., Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., and Zielinska, M.

Abstract

Excited states in the neutron-deficient nucleus Tc-87 have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction 54Fe(36Ar, 2n1p) Tc-87 at 115 MeV beam energy. The AGATA gamma-ray spectrometer coupled to the DIAMANT, NEDA, and Neutron Wall detector arrays for light-particle detection was used to measure the prompt coincidence of gamma rays and light particles. Six transitions from the deexcitation of excited states belonging to a new band in Tc-87 were identified by comparing gamma-ray intensities in the spectra gated under different reaction channel selection conditions. The constructed level structure was compared with the shell model and total Routhian surface calculations. The results indicate that the new band structure in 87Tc is built on a spherical configuration, which is different from that assigned to the previously identified oblate yrast rotational band.

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2022
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29. Evidence for spherical-oblate shape coexistence in $^{87}\mathrm{Tc}$

Author

Liu, X, Cederwall, B, Qi, C, Wyss, R A, Aktas, Ö, Ertoprak, A, Zhang, W, Clément, E, de France, G, Ralet, D, Gadea, A, Goasduff, A, Jaworski, G, Kuti, I, Nyakó, B M, Nyberg, J, Palacz, M, Wadsworth, R, Valiente-Dobón, J J, Al-Azri, H, Nyberg, A Ataç, Bäck, T, de Angelis, G, Doncel, M, Dudouet, J, Gottardo, A, Jurado, M, Ljungvall, J, Mengoni, D, Napoli, D R, Petrache, C M, Sohler, D, Timár, J, Barrientos, D, Bednarczyk, P, Benzoni, G, Birkenbach, B, Boston, A J, Boston, H C, Burrows, I, Charles, L, Ciemala, M, Crespi, F C L, Cullen, D M, Désesquelles, P, Domingo-Pardo, C, Eberth, J, Erduran, N, Ertürk, S, González, V, Goupil, J, Hess, H, Huyuk, T, Jungclaus, A, Korten, W, Lemasson, A, Leoni, S, Maj, A, Menegazzo, R, Million, B, Perez-Vidal, R M, Podolyàk, Zs, Pullia, A, Recchia, F, Reiter, P, Saillant, F, Salsac, M D, Sanchis, E, Simpson, J, Stezowski, O, Theisen, C, Zielinska, M, 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 des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), 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), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 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 Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; Excited states in the neutron-deficient nucleus $^{87}$Tc have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction $^{54}$Fe($^{36}$Ar, 2$n$1p) $^{87}$Tc at 115 MeV beam energy. The AGATA γ -ray spectrometer coupled to the DIAMANT, NEDA, and Neutron Wall detector arrays for light-particle detection was used to measure the prompt coincidence of $\gamma$ rays and light particles. Six transitions from the deexcitation of excited states belonging to a new band in $^{87}$Tc were identified by comparing $\gamma$-ray intensities in the spectra gated under different reaction channel selection conditions. The constructed level structure was compared with the shell model and total Routhian surface calculations. The results indicate that the new band structure in $^{87}$Tc is built on a spherical configuration, which is different from that assigned to the previously identified oblate yrast rotational band.

Published
2022

30. Numerical Investigation of the Expansion Devices Applied in Modern Vapour Compression Refrigeration Unit Considering Specific Entropy and Entropy Generation Analyses

Author

Fingas, R., Haida, M., Smolka, J., Besagni, G., Palacz, M., Bodys, J., and Nowak, A. J.

Subjects
Refrigeration, Hydrocarbon, Natural Refrigeration, Ejector, R744, Two‐phase Ejector, Irreversibility Analysis, Entropy Generation, Irreversibility Analysis, Heat Pump, Refrigeration, Hydrocarbon, R744, Two‐phase Ejector, Natural Refrigeration, CFD, Entropy Generation, Heat Pump
Published
2022

31. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the $N=Z+1$ nucleus $_{43}^{87}\mathrm{Tc}_{44}$

Author

Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R.A., Aktas, Ö., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clément, E., De France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I., Nyakó, B.M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobón, J.J., Al-Azri, H., Ataç Nyberg, A., Bäck, T., De Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D.R., Petrache, C.M., Sohler, D., Timár, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A.J., Boston, H.C., Burrows, I., Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F.C.L., Cullen, D.M., Désesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Ertürk, S., González, V., Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R.M., Podolyàk, Zs., Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M.D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., Zielińska, M., 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), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 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), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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

The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient $N = Z + 1$ nucleus $^{87}_{43}$Tc$_{44}$ have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction $^{54}$Fe $(^{36}Ar, 2n1p)$ $^{87}$Tc at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt γ rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of $^{87}$Tc from the $(9/2^+_{g.s})$ state to the $( 33 / 2^+_1$) state was established based on six mutually coincident γ -ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at $ℏω ≈ 0.50$ MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around $N=44$ is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the $N=Z$ line. The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient $N=Z+1$ nucleus $^{87}_{43}$Tc$^{\ }_{44}$ have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction $^{54}$Fe($^{36}$Ar, $2n1p$)$^{87}$Tc at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt $\gamma$-rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of $^{87}$Tc from the (9/2$^{+}_{g.s.}$) state to the (33/2$^{+}_{1}$) state was established based on 6 mutually coincident $\gamma$-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at $\hbar\omega\approx 0.50$ MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around $N=44$ is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the $N=Z$ line.

Published
2021

32. NEDA—NEutron Detector Array

Author

Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Jaworski, G., Goasduff, A., Egea, F. J., Modamio, V., Hüyük, T., Triossi, A., Jastrząb, M., Söderström, P. A., Di Nitto, A., de Angelis, G., de France, G., Erduran, N., Gadea, A., Moszyński, M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Aliaga, R., Aufranc, C., Bézard, M., Baulieu, G., Bissiato, E., Boujrad, A., Burrows, I., Carturan, S., Cocconi, P., Colucci, G., Conventi, D., Cordwell, M., Coudert, S., Deltoro, J. M., Ducroux, L., Dupasquier, T., Ertürk, S., Fabian, X., González, V., Grant, A., Hadyńska-Klęk, K., Illana, A., Jurado-Gomez, M. L., Kogimtzis, M., Lazarus, I., Legeard, L., Ljungvall, J., Pasqualato, G., Pérez-Vidal, R. M., Raggio, A., Ralet, D., Redon, N., Saillant, F., Sayğı, B., Sanchis, E., Scarcioffolo, M., Siciliano, M., Testov, D., Stezowski, O., Tripon, M., Zanon, I., 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 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), 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), Valiente-Dobón, J.J., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Jaworski, G., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Goasduff, A., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Egea, F.J., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad deValencia, E-46980 Paterna (Valencia), Spain -- Modamio, V., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, N-0316, Norway -- Hüyük, T., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad deValencia, E-46980 Paterna (Valencia), Spain -- Triossi, A., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, CERN, Switzerland -- Jastrzab, M., Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland -- Söderström, P.A., Extreme Light Infrastructureuclear Physics (ELI-NP), 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania -- Di Nitto, A., Helmholtz Institute Mainz and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschund, Darmstadt, Germany -- de Angelis, G., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- de France, G., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Erduran, N., Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, 34303, Turkey -- Gadea, A., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad deValencia, E-46980 Paterna (Valencia), Spain -- Moszynski, M., National Centre for Nuclear Research, 05-400 Otwock-Swierk, Poland -- Nyberg, J., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden -- Palacz, M., Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland -- Wadsworth, R., Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD York, United Kingdom -- Aliaga, R., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad deValencia, E-46980 Paterna (Valencia), Spain -- Aufranc, C., Université Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3, IPN Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France -- Bézard, M., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Baulieu, G., Université Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3, IPN Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France -- Bissiato, E., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Boujrad, A., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Burrows, I., STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, United Kingdom -- Carturan, S., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Cocconi, P., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Colucci, G., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Conventi, D., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Cordwell, M., STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, United Kingdom -- Coudert, S., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Deltoro, J.M., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Ducroux, L., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Dupasquier, T., Université Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3, IPN Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France -- Ertürk, S., Department of Physics, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Nigde, 51240, Turkey -- Fabian, X., Université Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3, IPN Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France -- González, V., Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad de Valencia. Avda. Universidad s/n, Burjassot, 46100, Spain -- Grant, A., STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, United Kingdom -- Hadynska-Klek, K., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom -- Illana, A., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Jurado-Gomez, M.L., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad deValencia, E-46980 Paterna (Valencia), Spain -- Kogimtzis, M., STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, United Kingdom -- Lazarus, I., STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, United Kingdom -- Legeard, L., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Ljungvall, J., CSNSM, CNRS, IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, F-91405, France -- Pasqualato, G., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Pérez-Vidal, R.M., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad deValencia, E-46980 Paterna (Valencia), Spain -- Raggio, A., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Ralet, D., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Redon, N., Université Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3, IPN Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France -- Saillant, F., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Sayğı, B., Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ege, Izmir, 35100, Turkey -- Sanchis, E., Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad de Valencia. Avda. Universidad s/n, Burjassot, 46100, Spain -- Scarcioffolo, M., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Siciliano, M., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy -- Testov, D., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Stezowski, O., Université Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3, IPN Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France -- Tripon, M., GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd. Henri Becquerel, Caen, 14076, France -- Zanon, I., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, 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)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), 0-Belirlenecek, Ege Üniversitesi, Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Jaworski, G., Goasduff, A., Egea, F. J., Modamio, V., Hüyük, T., Triossi, A., Jastrząb, M., Söderström, P. A., Di Nitto, A., de Angelis, G., de France, G., Erduran, N., Gadea, A., Moszyński, M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Aliaga, R., Aufranc, C., Bézard, M., Baulieu, G., Bissiato, E., Boujrad, A., Burrows, I., Carturan, S., Cocconi, P., Colucci, G., Conventi, D., Cordwell, M., Coudert, S., Deltoro, J. M., Ducroux, L., Dupasquier, T., Ertürk, S., Fabian, X., González, V., Grant, A., Hadyńska-Klęk, K., Illana, A., Jurado-Gomez, M. L., Kogimtzis, M., Lazarus, I., Legeard, L., Ljungvall, J., Pasqualato, G., Pérez-Vidal, R. M., Raggio, A., Ralet, D., Redon, N., Saillant, F., Sayğı, B., Sanchis, E., Scarcioffolo, M., Siciliano, M., Testov, D., Stezowski, O., Tripon, M., and Zanon, I.

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Neutron-gamma discrimination, Liquid scintillator, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutron detector, Digital electronic, NEDA, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 16. Peace & justice, Digital electronics, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear structure, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physic
Abstract

Millan, Vicente Gonzalez/0000-0001-6014-2586; Huyuk, Tayfun/0000-0003-0597-9767; GOASDUFF, Alain/0000-0003-3453-3297; carturan, sara maria/0000-0002-6702-2867; Sison, Andres Illana/0000-0003-0274-3388; SAYGI, BAHADIR/0000-0001-5406-506X; Jaworski, Grzegorz/0000-0003-2241-0329; Aliaga, Ramon J./0000-0002-2513-7711; Vidal, Rosa Maria Perez/0000-0002-4075-4152; Di Nitto, Antonio/0000-0002-9319-366X; Lazarus, Ian/0000-0003-1235-4984; Hadynska Klek, Katarzyna/0000-0003-1244-9561; Sanchis Peris, Enrique/0000-0002-9689-9131; Moszynski, Marek/0000-0002-1267-2838; Soderstrom, Par-Anders/0000-0002-9504-2814, WOS: 000462142700010, The NEutron Detector Array, NEDA, will form the next generation neutron detection system that has been designed to be operated in conjunction with gamma-ray arrays, such as the tracking-array AGATA, to aid nuclear spectroscopy studies. NEDA has been designed to be a versatile device, with high-detection efficiency, excellent neutron-gamma discrimination, and high rate capabilities. It will be employed in physics campaigns in order to maximise the scientific output, making use of the different stable and radioactive ion beams available in Europe. the first implementation of the neutron detector array NEDA with AGATA 1 pi was realised at GANIL. This manuscript reviews the various aspects of NEDA., Swedish Research Council, SwedenSwedish Research Council [VR 2014-6644]; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [117F114, 114F473]; Polish National Science Centre, Poland [2017/25/B/ST2/01569, 2016/22/M/ST2/00269 COPIN-IN2P3]; COPIGAL projects, Poland; UK STFCScience & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) [ST/J000124/1, ST/L005727/1, STL005735/1, ST/P003885/1]; Generalitat ValencianaGeneralitat Valenciana [PROMETEO II/2014/019, FPA2017-84756-C4]; MICIU, Spain [PROMETEO II/2014/019, FPA2017-84756-C4]; Severo Ochoa, Spain [SEV-2014-0398]; E.C. FEDER, Spain funds, This study is supported by the Swedish Research Council, Sweden (contract number VR 2014-6644), the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project No: 117F114 and 114F473), the Polish National Science Centre, Poland, grants nos. 2017/25/B/ST2/01569 and 2016/22/M/ST2/00269 COPIN-IN2P3 and COPIGAL projects, Poland, the UK STFC under grant nos. (ST/J000124/1, ST/L005727/1, STL005735/1, ST/P003885/1), the Generalitat Valenciana and MICIU, Spain, grants PROMETEO II/2014/019, FPA2017-84756-C4, Severo Ochoa, Spain SEV-2014-0398 and by the E.C. FEDER, Spain funds.

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2019

33. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N = Z+1 nucleus Tc-87(43)44

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Liu, X, Cederwall, B, Qi, C, Wyss, RA, Aktas, O, Ertoprak, A, Zhang, W, Clement, E, de France, G, Ralet, D, Gadea, A, Goasduff, A, Jaworski, G, Kuti, I, Nyako, BM, Nyberg, J, Palacz, M, Wadsworth, R, Valiente-Dobon, JJ, Al-Azri, H, Nyberg, A Atac, Back, T, de Angelis, G, Doncel, M, Dudouet, J, Gottardo, A, Jurado, M, Ljungvall, J, Mengoni, D, Napoli, DR, Petrache, CM, Sohler, D, Timar, J, Barrientos, D, Bednarczyk, P, Benzoni, G, Birkenbach, B, Boston, AJ, Boston, HC, Burrows, I, Charles, L, Ciemala, M, Crespi, FCL, Cullen, DM, Desesquelles, P, Domingo-Pardo, C, Eberth, J, Erduran, N, Erturk, S, Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J, Hess, H, Huyuk, T, Jungclaus, A, Korten, W, Lemasson, A, Leoni, S, Maj, A, Menegazzo, R, Million, B, Perez-Vidal, RM, Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A, Recchia, F, Reiter, P, Saillant, F, Salsac, MD, Sanchis, E, Simpson, J, Stezowski, O, Theisen, C, and Zielinska, M

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2021

34. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N=Z+1 nucleus 87Tc

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Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clément, E., De France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I., Nyakó, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Ataç Nyberg, A., Bäck, T., De Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timár, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I., Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C.L., Cullen, D. M., Désesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Ertürk, S., González, V., Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyàk, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., and Zielińska, M.

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N=Z+1 nucleus Tc444387 have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe54(Ar36, 2n1p)Tc87 at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt γ rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of Tc87 from the (9/2g.s.+) state to the (33/21+) state was established based on six mutually coincident γ-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at ω≈0.50 MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around N=44 is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the N=Z line.

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2021

35. Lifetime measurements in the even-even Cd102–108 isotopes

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Siciliano, M., primary, Valiente-Dobón, J. J., additional, Goasduff, A., additional, Rodríguez, T. R., additional, Bazzacco, D., additional, Benzoni, G., additional, Braunroth, T., additional, Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., additional, Clément, E., additional, Crespi, F. C. L., additional, de France, G., additional, Doncel, M., additional, Ertürk, S., additional, Fransen, C., additional, Gadea, A., additional, Georgiev, G., additional, Goldkuhle, A., additional, Jakobsson, U., additional, Jaworski, G., additional, John, P. R., additional, Kuti, I., additional, Lemasson, A., additional, Li, H., additional, Lopez-Martens, A., additional, Marchi, T., additional, Mengoni, D., additional, Michelagnoli, C., additional, Mijatović, T., additional, Müller-Gatermann, C., additional, Napoli, D. R., additional, Nyberg, J., additional, Palacz, M., additional, Pérez-Vidal, R. M., additional, Sayği, B., additional, Sohler, D., additional, Szilner, S., additional, and Testov, D., additional

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2021
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36. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N=Z+1 nucleus Tc444387

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Liu, X., primary, Cederwall, B., additional, Qi, C., additional, Wyss, R. A., additional, Aktas, Ö., additional, Ertoprak, A., additional, Zhang, W., additional, Clément, E., additional, de France, G., additional, Ralet, D., additional, Gadea, A., additional, Goasduff, A., additional, Jaworski, G., additional, Kuti, I., additional, Nyakó, B. M., additional, Nyberg, J., additional, Palacz, M., additional, Wadsworth, R., additional, Valiente-Dobón, J. J., additional, Al-Azri, H., additional, Ataç Nyberg, A., additional, Bäck, T., additional, de Angelis, G., additional, Doncel, M., additional, Dudouet, J., additional, Gottardo, A., additional, Jurado, M., additional, Ljungvall, J., additional, Mengoni, D., additional, Napoli, D. R., additional, Petrache, C. M., additional, Sohler, D., additional, Timár, J., additional, Barrientos, D., additional, Bednarczyk, P., additional, Benzoni, G., additional, Birkenbach, B., additional, Boston, A. J., additional, Boston, H. C., additional, Burrows, I., additional, Charles, L., additional, Ciemala, M., additional, Crespi, F. C. L., additional, Cullen, D. M., additional, Désesquelles, P., additional, Domingo-Pardo, C., additional, Eberth, J., additional, Erduran, N., additional, Ertürk, S., additional, González, V., additional, Goupil, J., additional, Hess, H., additional, Huyuk, T., additional, Jungclaus, A., additional, Korten, W., additional, Lemasson, A., additional, Leoni, S., additional, Maj, A., additional, Menegazzo, R., additional, Million, B., additional, Perez-Vidal, R. M., additional, Podolyàk, Zs., additional, Pullia, A., additional, Recchia, F., additional, Reiter, P., additional, Saillant, F., additional, Salsac, M. D., additional, Sanchis, E., additional, Simpson, J., additional, Stezowski, O., additional, Theisen, C., additional, and Zielińska, M., additional

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2021
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37. High-spin intruder states in the mirror nuclei S31 and P31

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Testov, D. A., primary, Boso, A., additional, Lenzi, S. M., additional, Nowacki, F., additional, Recchia, F., additional, de Angelis, G., additional, Bazzacco, D., additional, Colucci, G., additional, Cottini, M., additional, Galtarossa, F., additional, Goasduff, A., additional, Gozzelino, A., additional, Hadyńska-Klęk, K., additional, Jaworski, G., additional, John, P. R., additional, Lunardi, S., additional, Menegazzo, R., additional, Mengoni, D., additional, Mentana, A., additional, Modamio, V., additional, Nannini, A., additional, Napoli, D. R., additional, Palacz, M., additional, Rocchini, M., additional, Siciliano, M., additional, and Valiente-Dobón, J. J., additional

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2021
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38. Lifetime measurements in the even-even isotopes

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Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Goasduff, A., Rodriguez, T. R., Bazzacco, D., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Cieplicka-Orynczak, N., Clement, E., Crespi, F. C. L., de France, G., Doncel, M., Erturk, S., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Kuti, I., Lemasson, A., Li, H., Lopez-Martens, A., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatovic, T., Muller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D. R., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Saygi, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, S., and Testov, D.

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2021

39. Lifetime measurements in the even-even Cd102-108 isotopes

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Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobon, J.J., Goasduff, A., Rodriguez, T.R., Bazzacco, D., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Cieplicka-Orynczak, N., Clement, E., Crespi, F.C.L., de France, G., Doncel, M., Erturk, S., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P.R., Kuti, I., Lemasson, A., Li, H., Lopez-Martens, A., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatović, Tea, Muller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D.R., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Perez-Vidal, R.M., Saygi, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, Suzana, and Testov, D.

Subjects
transfer reactions, nuclear structure, lifetimes
Abstract

Background: The heaviest Tz=0 doubly-magic nucleus, 100Sn, and the neighboring nuclei offer unique opportunities to investigate the properties of nuclear interaction. For instance, the structure of light-Sn nuclei has been shown to be affected by the delicate balance between nuclear-interaction components, such as pairing and quadrupole correlations. From Cd to Te, many common features and phenomena have been observed experimentally along the isotopic chains, leading to theoretical studies devoted to a more general and comprehensive study of the region. In this context, having only two proton holes in the Z=50 shell, the Cd isotopes are expected to present properties similar to those found in the Sn isotopic chain. Purpose: The aim of this work was to measure lifetimes of excited states in neutron-deficient nuclei in the vicinity of 100Sn. Methods: The neutron-deficient nuclei in the N≈Z≈50 region were populated using a multinucleon transfer reaction with a 106Cd beam and a 92Mo target. The beamlike products were identified by the VAMOS++ spectrometer, while the γ rays were detected using the AGATA array. Lifetimes of excited states were determined using the recoil distance Doppler-shift method, employing the Cologne differential plunger. Results: Lifetimes of low-lying states were measured in the even-mass 102–108Cd isotopes. In particular, multiple states with excitation energy up to ≈3 MeV, belonging to various bands, were populated in 106Cd via inelastic scattering. The transition strengths corresponding to the measured lifetimes were compared with those resulting from state-of-the-art beyond-mean-field calculations using the symmetry-conserving configuration-mixing approach. Conclusions: Despite the similarities in the electromagnetic properties of the low-lying states, there is a fundamental structural difference between the ground-state bands in the Z=48 and Z=50 isotopes. The comparison between experimental and theoretical results revealed a rotational character of the Cd nuclei, which have prolate-deformed ground states with β2≈0.2. At this deformation Z=48 becomes a closed-shell configuration, which is favored with respect to the spherical one.

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2021

40. High-spin intruder states in the mirror nuclei S 31 and P 31

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Testov, D. A., Boso, A., Lenzi, S. M., Nowacki, F., Recchia, F., De Angelis, G., Bazzacco, D., Colucci, G., Cottini, M., Galtarossa, F., Goasduff, A., Gozzelino, A., Hadynska-Klek, K., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Lunardi, S., Menegazzo, R., Mengoni, D., Mentana, A., Modamio, V., Nannini, A., Napoli, D. R., Palacz, M., Rocchini, M., Siciliano, M., and Valiente-Dobon, J. J.

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2021

41. High-spin intruder states in the mirror nuclei $^{31}\mathrm{S}$ and $^{31}\mathrm{P}$

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Testov, D.A., Boso, A., Lenzi, S.M., Nowacki, F., Recchia, F., De Angelis, G., Bazzacco, D., Colucci, G., Cottini, M., Galtarossa, F., Goasduff, A., Gozzelino, A., Hadyńska-Klęk, K., Jaworski, G., John, P.R., Lunardi, S., Menegazzo, R., Mengoni, D., Mentana, A., Modamio, V., Nannini, A., Napoli, D.R., Palacz, M., Rocchini, M., Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobón, J.J., 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 Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]
Abstract

International audience; Mirror energy differences (MED) between excited states in the A=31, T=1/2 mirror pair S31 and P31 have been measured up to high spin yrast states of positive and negative parity. The mirror nuclei were populated in the Mg24(C12, αn) and Mg24(C12, αp) reactions, respectively. For the first time the MED are described in the framework of the shell model in a valence space that includes three main shells. The theoretical MED values as a function of angular momentum indicate that the main contribution arises from the Coulomb interaction, however, the isospin symmetry breaking term is not at all negligible and needs to be considered to reproduce the experimental findings.

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2021

42. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N=Z+1 nucleus Tc44 4387

Author

Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, Ó, Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clément, E., De France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, Andrés, Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I., Nyakó, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Ataç Nyberg, A., Bäck, T., De Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D.R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timár, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I., Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F.C.L., Cullen, D.M., Désesquelles, P., Domingo Pardo, César, Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Ertürk, S., González, V., Goupil, J., Hess, H., Hüyük, T., Jungclaus, Andrea, Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyàk, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., Zielińska, M., Swedish Research Council, European Commission, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), National Science Centre (Poland), National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, and China Scholarship Council

Abstract

5 pags., 4 figs., The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N=Z+1 nucleus Tc444387 have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe54(Ar36, 2n1p)Tc87 at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt γ rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of Tc87 from the (9/2g.s.+) state to the (33/21+) state was established based on six mutually coincident γ-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at ω≈0.50 MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around N=44 is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the N=Z line., This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council under Grants No. 621-2014-5558 and No. 2019-04880, the EU 7th Framework Programme, Integrating Activities Transnational Access, Project No. 262010 ENSAR, the UK STFC under Grants No. ST/L005727/1 and No. ST/P003885/1, the Polish National Science Centre, Grants No. 2017/25/B/ST2/01569, No. COPIN-INFN, No. COPIN-IN2P3, and No. COPIGAL projects, the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary (Project No. K128947), the European Regional Development Fund (Contract No. GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00034), the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office - NKFIH, Contract No. PD124717, the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Generalitat Valenciana, Spanish, under Grants No. SEV-2014-0398, No. FPA2017-84756-C4, and No. PROMETEO/2019/005 and by the EU FEDER funds. X.L. gratefully acknowledges support from the China Scholarship Council, Grant No. 201700260183 for his stay in Sweden.

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2021

43. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the levelstructure of the N= Z+ 1 nucleus 8743Tc44

Author

Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, O., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clement, E., de France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I, Nyako, B. M., Nyberg, Johan, Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Nyberg, A. Atac, Back, T., de Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timar, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I, Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C. L., Cullen, D. M., Desesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Erturk, S., Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., and Zielinska, M.

Subjects
Subatomär fysik, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics, Nuclear Theory, Subatomic Physics, Atom- och molekylfysik och optik, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N = Z + 1 nucleus (87)(43)Tcc(44) have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe-54(Ar-36, 2n1p)Tc-87 at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt gamma rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of Tc-87 from the (9/2(g.s.)(+)) state to the (33/2(1)(+)) state was established based on six mutually coincident gamma-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at (h) over bar omega approximate to 0.50 MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around N = 44 is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the N = Z line. Title in WoS: Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N = Z+1 nucleus Tc-87(43)44

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2021

44. Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N = Z+1 nucleus Tc-87(43)44

Author

Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, O., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clement, E., de France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I, Nyako, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Nyberg, A. Atac, Back, T., de Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timar, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I, Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C. L., Cullen, D. M., Desesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Erturk, S., Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., Zielinska, M., Liu, X., Cederwall, B., Qi, C., Wyss, R. A., Aktas, O., Ertoprak, A., Zhang, W., Clement, E., de France, G., Ralet, D., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., Jaworski, G., Kuti, I, Nyako, B. M., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Wadsworth, R., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Al-Azri, H., Nyberg, A. Atac, Back, T., de Angelis, G., Doncel, M., Dudouet, J., Gottardo, A., Jurado, M., Ljungvall, J., Mengoni, D., Napoli, D. R., Petrache, C. M., Sohler, D., Timar, J., Barrientos, D., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Birkenbach, B., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Burrows, I, Charles, L., Ciemala, M., Crespi, F. C. L., Cullen, D. M., Desesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Eberth, J., Erduran, N., Erturk, S., Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J., Hess, H., Huyuk, T., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Lemasson, A., Leoni, S., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Saillant, F., Salsac, M. D., Sanchis, E., Simpson, J., Stezowski, O., Theisen, C., and Zielinska, M.

Abstract

The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N = Z + 1 nucleus (87)(43)Tcc(44) have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe-54(Ar-36, 2n1p)Tc-87 at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt gamma rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of Tc-87 from the (9/2(g.s.)(+)) state to the (33/2(1)(+)) state was established based on six mutually coincident gamma-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at (h) over bar omega approximate to 0.50 MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around N = 44 is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the N = Z line.

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2021

45. Lifetime measurements in the even-even 102-108Cd isotopes

Author

Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Goasduff, A., Rodriguez, T. R., Bazzacco, D., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Cieplicka-Orynczak, N., Clement, E., Crespi, F. C. L., de France, G., Doncel, M., Erturk, S., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Kuti, I, Lemasson, A., Li, H., Lopez-Martens, A., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatovic, T., Mueller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D. R., Nyberg, Johan, Palacz, M., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Saygi, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, S., Testov, D., Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Goasduff, A., Rodriguez, T. R., Bazzacco, D., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Cieplicka-Orynczak, N., Clement, E., Crespi, F. C. L., de France, G., Doncel, M., Erturk, S., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P. R., Kuti, I, Lemasson, A., Li, H., Lopez-Martens, A., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatovic, T., Mueller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D. R., Nyberg, Johan, Palacz, M., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Saygi, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, S., and Testov, D.

Abstract

Background: The heaviest T-z = 0 doubly-magic nucleus, Sn-100, and the neighboring nuclei offer unique opportunities to investigate the properties of nuclear interaction. For instance, the structure of light-Sn nuclei has been shown to be affected by the delicate balance between nuclear-interaction components, such as pairing and quadrupole correlations. From Cd to Te, many common features and phenomena have been observed experimentally along the isotopic chains, leading to theoretical studies devoted to a more general and comprehensive study of the region. In this context, having only two proton holes in the Z = 50 shell, the Cd isotopes are expected to present properties similar to those found in the Sn isotopic chain. Purpose: The aim of this work was to measure lifetimes of excited states in neutron-deficient nuclei in the vicinity of Sn-100. Methods: The neutron-deficient nuclei in the N approximate to Z approximate to 50 region were populated using a multinucleon transfer reaction with a Cd-106 beam and a Mo-92 target. The beamlike products were identified by the VAMOS++ spectrometer, while the gamma rays were detected using the AGATA array. Lifetimes of excited states were determined using the recoil distance Doppler-shift method, employing the Cologne differential plunger. Results: Lifetimes of low-lying states were measured in the even-mass Cd-102-(108) isotopes. In particular, multiple states with excitation energy up to MeV, belonging to various bands, were populated in approximate to 3 Cd-106 via inelastic scattering. The transition strengths corresponding to the measured lifetimes were compared with those resulting from state-of-the-art beyond-mean-field calculations using the symmetry-conserving configuration-mixing approach. Conclusions: Despite the similarities in the electromagnetic properties of the low-lying states, there is a fundamental structural difference between the ground-state bands in the Z = 48 and Z = 50 isotopes. The comparison between

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2021
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46. Pairing-quadrupole interplay in the neutron-deficient tin nuclei: First lifetime measurements of low-lying states in 106,108Sn

Author

Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobón, J.J., Goasduff, A., Nowacki, F., Zuker, A.P., Bazzacco, D., Lopez-Martens, A., Clément, E., Benzoni, G., Braunroth, T., Crespi, F.C.L., Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Doncel, M., Ertürk, S., de France, G., Fransen, C., Gadea, A., Georgiev, G., Goldkuhle, A., Jakobsson, U., Jaworski, G., John, P.R., Kuti, I., Lemasson, A., Marchi, T., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatović, T., Müller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D.R., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Pérez-Vidal, R.M., Sayği, B., Sohler, D., Szilner, S., Testov, D., Zielińska, M., Barrientos, D., Birkenbach, B., Boston, H.C., Boston, A.J., Cederwall, B., Collado, J., Cullen, D.M., Désesquelles, P., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dudouet, J., Eberth, J., Egea-Canet, F.J., González, V., Harkness-Brennan, L.J., Hess, H., Judson, D.S., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Labiche, M., Lefevre, A., Leoni, S., Li, H., Maj, A., Menegazzo, R., Million, B., Pullia, A., Recchia, F., Reiter, P., Salsac, M.D., Sanchis, E., Stezowski, O., and Theisen, Ch.

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2020
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47. Neutron detection and γ-ray suppression using artificial neural networks with the liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537

Author

Söderström, P. A., Jaworski, G., Valiente Dobón, J. J., Nyberg, J., Agramunt, J., de Angelis, G., Carturan, S., Egea, J., Erduran, M. N., Ertürk, S., de France, G., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., González, V., Hadyńska-Klȩk, K., Hüyük, T., Modamio, V., Moszynski, M., Di Nitto, A., Palacz, M., Pietralla, N., Sanchis, E., Testov, D., Triossi, A., Wadsworth, R., Söderström, P. -A., Jaworski, G., Valiente Dobón, J. J., Nyberg, J., Agramunt, J., de Angelis, G., Carturan, S., Egea, J., Erduran, M. N., Ertürk, S., de France, G., Gadea, A., Goasduff, A., González, V., Hadyńska-Klȩk, K., Hüyük, T., Modamio, V., Moszynski, M., Di Nitto, A., Palacz, M., Pietralla, N., Sanchis, E., Testov, D., Triossi, A., and Wadsworth, R.

Subjects
Liquid scintillator, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BC-537, BC-501A, Digital pulse-shape discrimination, Fast-neutron detection, Instrumentation, Neural network, Nuclear and High Energy Physic
Abstract

In this work we present a comparison between the two liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537 in terms of their performance regarding the pulse-shape discrimination between neutrons and γ rays. Special emphasis is put on the application of artificial neural networks. The results show a systematically higher γ-ray rejection ratio for BC-501A compared to BC-537 applying the commonly used charge comparison method. Using the artificial neural network approach the discrimination quality was improved to more than 95% rejection efficiency of γ rays over the energy range 150 to 1000 keV for both BC-501A and BC-537. However, due to the larger light output of BC-501A compared to BC-537, neutrons could be identified in BC-501A using artificial neural networks down to a recoil proton energy of 800 keV compared to a recoil deuteron energy of 1200 keV for BC-537. We conclude that using artificial neural networks it is possible to obtain the same γ-ray rejection quality from both BC-501A and BC-537 for neutrons above a low-energy threshold. This threshold is, however, lower for BC-501A, which is important for nuclear structure spectroscopy experiments of rare reaction channels where low-energy interactions dominates.

Published
2019

48. Neutron detection and ?-ray suppression using artificial neural networks with the liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537

Author

Söderström P.-A., Jaworski G., Valiente Dobón J.J., Nyberg J., Agramunt J., de Angelis G., Carturan S., Egea J., Erduran M.N., Ertürk S., de France G., Gadea A., Goasduff A., González V., Hadynska-Kl?k K., Hüyük T., Modamio V., Moszynski M., Di Nitto A., Palacz M., Pietralla N., Sanchis E., Testov D., Triossi A., Wadsworth R., and Söderström, P.-A., Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Bucharest-Magurele, 077125, Romania, Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, D-64289, Germany, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, 64291, Germany, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75120, Sweden -- Jaworski, G., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Koszykowa 75, Warszawa, 00-662, Poland, Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5A, Warszawa, 02-093, Poland -- Valiente Dobón, J.J., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- Nyberg, J., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75120, Sweden -- Agramunt, J., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain -- de Angelis, G., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- Carturan, S., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- Egea, J., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain -- Erduran, M.N., Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Istanbul, Turkey -- Ertürk, S., Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Fen-Edebiyat Falkültesi, Fizik Bölümü, Niğde, Turkey -- de France, G., GANIL, CEA/DSAM and CNRS/IN2P3, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, Cedex 05, Caen, F-14076, France -- Gadea, A., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain -- Goasduff, A., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- González, V., Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain -- Hadynska-Kl?k, K., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- Hüyük, T., Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain -- Modamio, V., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- Moszynski, M., National Centre for Nuclear Research, A. Soltana 7, Otwock-Swierk, PL 05-400, Poland -- Di Nitto, A., INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, I-80126, Italy, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, 55099, Germany -- Palacz, M., Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5A, Warszawa, 02-093, Poland -- Pietralla, N., Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, D-64289, Germany -- Sanchis, E., Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, E-46071, Spain -- Testov, D., Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy -- Triossi, A., Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020, Italy -- Wadsworth, R., Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Subjects
Liquid scintillator, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BC-537, BC-501A, Digital pulse-shape discrimination, Fast-neutron detection, Neural networks
Abstract

In this work we present a comparison between the two liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537 in terms of their performance regarding the pulse-shape discrimination between neutrons and ? rays. Special emphasis is put on the application of artificial neural networks. The results show a systematically higher ?-ray rejection ratio for BC-501A compared to BC-537 applying the commonly used charge comparison method. Using the artificial neural network approach the discrimination quality was improved to more than 95% rejection efficiency of ? rays over the energy range 150 to 1000 keV for both BC-501A and BC-537. However, due to the larger light output of BC-501A compared to BC-537, neutrons could be identified in BC-501A using artificial neural networks down to a recoil proton energy of 800 keV compared to a recoil deuteron energy of 1200 keV for BC-537. We conclude that using artificial neural networks it is possible to obtain the same ?-ray rejection quality from both BC-501A and BC-537 for neutrons above a low-energy threshold. This threshold is, however, lower for BC-501A, which is important for nuclear structure spectroscopy experiments of rare reaction channels where low-energy interactions dominates. © 2018, National Brain Research Centre Science and Technology Facilities Council European Social Fund Science and Technology Facilities Council Generalitat Valenciana, This work was partially financed by the Swedish Research Council , UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) under grant numbers ST/J000124/1 , ST/L005727/1 , and ST/L005735/1 , NuSTAR.DA BMBF 05P15RDFN1 , 114F473 for TUBITAK , and the Polish National Research Centre (grants 2017/25/B/ST2/01569 , 2016/22/M/ST2/00269 , 2014/14/M/ST2/00738 ), COPIN-IN2P3 , COPIGAL, POLITA projects . A. Gadea activity has been partially supported by MINECO and Generalitat Valenciana, Spain , grants FPA2014-57196-C5 , Severo Ochoa and PROMETEO II/2014/019 and by the E.C. FEDER funds . G. Jaworski acknowledges the support of the framework of the European Social Fund through the Warsaw University of Technology Development Programme, realized by the Center for Advance Studies. We would also like to thank Mr. A. Grant and Mr. I. Burrows from the STFC Daresbury Laboratory for the CAD drawings used for Fig. 1 .

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2019

49. Lifetimes of core-excited states in semi-magic Rh-95

Author

Ertoprak, A., Qi, C., Cederwall, B., Doncel, M., Jakobsson, U., Nyako, B. M., Jaworski, G., Davies, P., de France, G., Kuti, I., Napoli, D. R., Wadsworth, R., Ghugre, S. S., Raut, R., Akkus, B., Al Azri, H., Algora, A., de Angelis, G., Atac, A., Bäck, T., Boso, A., Clement, E., Debenham, D. M., Dombradi, Zs., Ertürk, S., Gadea, A., Ghazi Moradi, F., Gottardo, A., Hüyük, T., Ideguchi, E., Li, H., Michelagnoli, C., Modamio, V., Nyberg, Johan, Palacz, M., Petrache, C. M., Recchia, F., Sandzelius, M., Siciliano, M., Sohler, D., Timar, J., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Xiao, Z. G., and Department of Chemistry

Subjects
Subatomär fysik, Subatomic Physics, Nuclear Theory, TRANSITIONS, Nuclear Experiment, 114 Physical sciences, SHIFT ATTENUATION METHOD
Abstract

Lifetimes of negative-parity states have been determined in the neutron deficient semi-magic (N = 50) nucleus Rh-95. The fusion-evaporation reaction Ni-58(Ca-40, 3p) was used to populate high-spin states in Rh-95 at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) accelerator facility. The results were obtained using the Doppler Shift Attenuation Method (DSAM) based on the Doppler broadened line shapes produced during the slowing down process of the residual nuclei in a thick 6 mg/cm(2) metallic target. B(M1) and B(E2) reduced transition strengths are compared with predictions from large-scale shell-model calculations. state-of-the-art theory. Remarkably, the structural features up to moderate angular momentum of nuclei immediately below the N = Z = 50 shell closures can be described with high accuracy in a very simple way by shell-model calculations including only the g(9/2) and p(1/2) subshells. Of special interest is the neutron-proton pair coupling scheme which is expected to appear in the heaviest N=Z nuclei [1,2] and the seniority structure of the N = 50 isotones [3-7]. However, multiple core-excited states have been observed in the semi-magic nuclei of the Sn-100 region [8-10]. The theoretical study of those states is a challenging task, which requires a significantly larger model space for their interpretation. Transition probabilities between nuclear states provide important constraints for theoretical modelling of the structure of the nuclei of interest. Our previous lifetime study of the semimagic (N = 50) nucleus Ru-94 [ 11,12] provided information on the electromagnetic decay properties of neutron-core excited states. We now address lifetime measurements in its closest, more neutron deficient, isotone Rh-95 using the same DSAM technique. The experimental results have been interpreted within the framework of large-scale shell-model (LSSM) calculations.

Published
2020

50. Lifetimes of core-excited states in semi-magic $^{95}$Rh

Author

Ertoprak, A., Qi, C., Cederwall, B., Doncel, M., Jakobsson, U., Nyakó, B. M., Jaworski, G., Davies, P., de France, G., Kuti, I., Napoli, D. R., Wadsworth, R., Ghugre, S. S., Raut, R., Akkus, B., Al Azri, H., Algora, A., de Angelis, G., Atac, A., Bäck, T., Boso, A., Clément, E., Debenham, D. M., Dombrádi, Zs, Ertürk, S., Gadea, A., Ghazi Moradi, F., Gottardo, A., Hüyük, T., Ideguchi, E., Li, H., Michelagnoli, C., Modamio, V., Nyberg, J., Palacz, M., Petrache, C. M., Recchia, F., Sandzelius, M., Siciliano, M., Sohler, D., Timár, J., Valiente-Dobón, J. J., Xiao, Z. G., 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), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
lifetimes, core-excited states, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], ydinfysiikka, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

Lifetimes of negative-parity states have been determined in the neutron deficient semi-magic (N = 50) nucleus 95Rh. The fusion-evaporation reaction 58Ni(40Ca,3p) was used to populate high-spin states in 95Rh at the Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL) accelerator facility. The results were obtained using the Doppler Shift Attenuation Method (DSAM) based on the Doppler broadened line shapes produced during the slowing down process of the residual nuclei in a thick 6mg/cm2 metallic target. B(M1) and B(E2) reduced transition strengths are compared with predictions from large-scale shell-model calculations. peerReviewed

Published
2020

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