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N=82Shell Quenching of the Classicalr-Process 'Waiting-Point' NucleusCd130

Authors :
B. Pfeiffer
Ulli Köster
B. A. Brown
A. Wöhr
O. Arndt
D. Seweryniak
Morten Hjorth-Jensen
W. B. Walters
Karl Kratz
P. Hoff
I. Dillmann
J. Shergur
A. N. Ostrowski
Source :
Physical Review Letters. 91
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 2003.

Abstract

First $\ensuremath{\beta}$- and $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-spectroscopic decay studies of the $N=82$ $r$-process ``waiting-point'' nuclide $^{130}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{d}$ have been performed at CERN/ISOLDE using the highest achievable isotopic selectivity. Several nuclear-physics surprises have been discovered. The first one is the unanticipatedly high energy of 2.12 MeV for the [$\ensuremath{\pi}{g}_{9/2}\ensuremath{\bigotimes}\ensuremath{\nu}{g}_{7/2}]$ ${1}^{+}$ level in $^{130}\mathrm{I}\mathrm{n}$, which is fed by the main Gamow-Teller transition. The second surprise is the rather high ${Q}_{\ensuremath{\beta}}$ value of 8.34 MeV, which is in agreement only with recent mass models that include the phenomenon of $N=82$ shell quenching. Possible implications of these new results on the formation of the $A\ensuremath{\simeq}130$ $r$-process abundance peak are presented.

Details

ISSN :
10797114 and 00319007
Volume :
91
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........877000fa91fd7419f876680c4d8a9c80
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.91.162503