Search

Your search keyword '"S. M. Lenzi"' showing total 330 results
Start Over Author "S. M. Lenzi"
330 results on '"S. M. Lenzi"'

1. Heavy-ion induced two-neutron transfer reactions and the role of pairing

Author

M. Cavallaro, C. Agodi, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone, J.L. Ferreira, A. Foti, V. N. Garcia, A. Gargano, S. M. Lenzi, R. Linares, J. Lubian, and G. Santagati

Subjects
iones pesados, reacciones de transferencia, transferencia de neutrones, espectróometros magnéticos, aceleradores van de graaf, espectros de energía, Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920
Abstract

Heavy-ion induced two-neutron transfer reactions (18O,16O) at 84 MeV were studied on several targets up to high excitation energy of the residual nucleus thanks to the use of the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer to detect the ejectiles. The obtained results indicate of the important role played by the nuclear paring.

Published
2019

3. First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in Zn74 : Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the N=40 Island of Inversion

Author

M. Rocchini, P. E. Garrett, M. Zielińska, S. M. Lenzi, D. D. Dao, F. Nowacki, V. Bildstein, A. D. MacLean, B. Olaizola, Z. T. Ahmed, C. Andreoiu, A. Babu, G. C. Ball, S. S. Bhattacharjee, H. Bidaman, C. Cheng, R. Coleman, I. Dillmann, A. B. Garnsworthy, S. Gillespie, C. J. Griffin, G. F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, M. Hanley, A. Illana, S. Jones, A. T. Laffoley, K. G. Leach, R. S. Lubna, J. McAfee, C. Natzke, S. Pannu, C. Paxman, C. Porzio, A. J. Radich, M. M. Rajabali, F. Sarazin, K. Schwarz, S. Shadrick, S. Sharma, J. Suh, C. E. Svensson, D. Yates, and T. Zidar

Subjects
General Physics and Astronomy
Published
2023
Full Text
View/download PDF

4. In-beam $$\gamma $$-ray spectroscopy of $$^{94}$$Ag

Author

X. Pereira-López, M. A. Bentley, R. Wadsworth, P. Ruotsalainen, S. M. Lenzi, U. Forsberg, K. Auranen, A. Blazhev, B. Cederwall, T. Grahn, P. Greenlees, A. Illana, D. G. Jenkins, R. Julin, H. Jutila, S. Juutinen, X. Liu, R. Llewelyn, M. Luoma, K. Moschner, C. Müller-Gatermann, B. S. Nara Singh, F. Nowacki, J. Ojala, J. Pakarinen, P. Papadakis, P. Rahkila, J. Romero, M. Sandzelius, J. Sarén, H. Tann, S. Uthayakumaar, J. Uusitalo, J. G. Vega-Romero, J. M. Vilhena, R. Yajzey, W. Zhang, and G. Zimba

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Abstract

A recoil-beta-tagging experiment has been performed to study the excited $$T=0$$ T = 0 and $$T=1$$ T = 1 states in the odd–odd $$N=Z$$ N = Z nucleus $$^{94}$$ 94 Ag, populated via the $$^{40}$$ 40 Ca($$^{58}$$ 58 Ni,1p3n)$$^{94}$$ 94 Ag reaction. The experiment was conducted using the MARA recoil separator and JUROGAM3 array at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä. Through correlating fast, high-energy beta decays at the MARA focal plane with prompt $$\gamma $$ γ rays emitted at the reaction target, a number of transitions between excited states in $$^{94}$$ 94 Ag have been identified. The timing characteristics of these transitions confirm that they fall within decay sequences that feed the short-lived $$T=1$$ T = 1 ground state of $$^{94}$$ 94 Ag. The transitions are proposed to proceed within and between the sets of states with $$T=0$$ T = 0 and $$T=1$$ T = 1 . Possible correspondence between some of these transitions from analog states in $$^{94}$$ 94 Pd has been discussed, and shell-model calculations including multipole and monopole electromagnetic effects have been presented, in order to enable predictions of the decay patterns between the $$T=0$$ T = 0 and $$T=1$$ T = 1 states and to allow a theoretical set of Coulomb energy differences to be calculated for the $$A = 94$$ A = 94 $$T=1$$ T = 1 analog states.

Published
2023
Full Text
View/download PDF

5. Spectroscopic quadrupole moments in Xe124

Author

E. Clément, A. Lemasson, M. Rejmund, B. Jacquot, D. Ralet, C. Michelagnoli, D. Barrientos, P. Bednarczyk, G. Benzoni, A. J. Boston, A. Bracco, B. Cederwall, M. Ciemala, J. Collado, F. Crespi, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Dudouet, H. J. Eberth, G. de France, A. Gadea, V. Gonzalez, A. Gottardo, L. Harkness, H. Hess, A. Jungclaus, A. Kaşkaş, W. Korten, S. M. Lenzi, S. Leoni, J. Ljungvall, R. Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, B. Million, D. R. Napoli, J. Nyberg, Zs. Podolyak, A. Pullia, B. Quintana Arnés, F. Recchia, N. Redon, P. Reiter, M. D.Salsac, E. Sanchis, M. Şenyiğit, M. Siciliano, D. Sohler, O. Stezowski, C. Theisen, J. J. Valiente Dobón, 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 Laue-Langevin (ILL), 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), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Department of Energy (US), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, and Clément, E.

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

9 pags., 8 figs., 4 tabs., Background: The Xe isotopic chain with four valence protons above the Z=50 shell closure is an ideal laboratory for the study of the evolution of nuclear deformation. At the N=82 shell closure, Xe136 presents all characteristics of a doubly closed shell nucleus with a spherical shape. In the very neutron-deficient isotopes close to N=50, the α-decay chain of Xe was investigated to probe the radioactive decay properties near the drip-line and the magicity of Sn100. Additionally, the Xe isotopes present higher order symmetries in the nuclear deformation such as the octupole degree of freedom near N=60 and N=90 or O(6) symmetry in stable isotopes. Purpose: The relevance of the O(6) symmetry has been investigated by measuring the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of the first excited states in Xe124. In the O(6) symmetry limit, the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of collective states is expected to be null. Method: A stable Xe124 beam with energies of 4.03A MeV and 4.11A MeV was used to bombard a natW target at the GANIL facility. Excited states were populated via the safe Coulomb excitation reaction. The collision of the heavy ions with a large Z at low energy make this reaction sensitive to the diagonal E2 matrix element of the excited states. The recoils were detected in the VAMOS++ magnetic spectrometer and the γ rays in the AGATA tracking array. The least squares fitting code gosia was used for the analysis to extract both E2 and M1 transitional and E2 diagonal matrix elements. Results: The rotational ground state band was populated up to the 81+ state as well as the 22+ and 42+ states. Using high precision spectroscopic data to constrain the gosia fit, the spectroscopic quadrupole moments of the 21+, 41+, and 61+ states were determined for the first time. Conclusions: The spectroscopic quadrupole moments were found to be negative, large, and constant in the ground state band underlining the prolate axially deformed ground state band of Xe124. The present experimental data confirm that the O(6) symmetry is substantially broken in Xe124., This work was supported by STFC(UK). This research was also supported by the OASIS Project No. ANR-17-CE31-0026, by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under contract number DE-AC02-06CH11357, by the European Regional Development Fund with Contract No. GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00034 and by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion under contract PID2020-118265GB-C41. Work partially supported by Grants FPA2017-84756-C4, PID2020- 118265GB-C4 by MCIN/ AEI /10.13039/501100011033, PROMETEO/2019/005 by Generalitat Valenciana and by the FEDER EU funds.

Published
2023
Full Text
View/download PDF

6. Level scheme study of Mo92 : Searching for evidence of core excitation

Author

Z. Huang, G. X. Zhang, G. L. Zhang, S. P. Hu, S. M. Lenzi, D. Mengoni, J. L. Ferreira, Y. F. Lv, J. B. Lu, B. Paes, E. N. Cardozo, H. Q. Zhang, H. B. Sun, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, D. Testov, A. Goasduff, D. Bazzacco, P. R. John, D. R. Napoli, F. Galtarossa, F. Recchia, G. de. Angelis, M. Siciliano, R. Menegazzo, and J. Lubian

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

7. Spectroscopy of the T=32 A=47 and A=45 mirror nuclei via one- and two-nucleon knockout reactions

Author

S. Uthayakumaar, M. A. Bentley, E. C. Simpson, T. Haylett, R. Yajzey, S. M. Lenzi, W. Satuła, D. Bazin, J. Belarge, P. C. Bender, P. J. Davies, B. Elman, A. Gade, H. Iwasaki, D. Kahl, N. Kobayashi, B. Longfellow, S. J. Lonsdale, E. Lunderberg, L. Morris, D. R. Napoli, T. G. Parry, X. Pereira-Lopez, F. Recchia, J. A. Tostevin, R. Wadsworth, and D. Weisshaar

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

8. Structure of As83, As85, and As87 : From semimagicity to γ softness

Author

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

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

9. Mirror energy differences above the 0f7/2 shell: First γ-ray spectroscopy of the Tz = −2 nucleus 56Zn

Author

N. Imai, A. Jungclaus, M. A. Bentley, M.L. Cortés, T. Arici, S. Pigliapoco, Brenden Longfellow, D. R. Napoli, Victor Vaquero, R. Lozeva, X. Pereira-Lopez, Megumi Niikura, B. Mauss, P. Doornenbal, R. Yajzey, Dirk Rudolph, R. Taniuchi, Kathrin Wimmer, F. Recchia, Panu Ruotsalainen, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, F. Browne, N. Kitamura, S. Uthayakumaar, R. Wadsworth, A. Álvarez Fernández, T. Koiwai, S. M. Lenzi, Alfredo Poves, Spanish National Research Council [Madrid] (CSIC), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (INFN, Sezione di Padova), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science [Wako] (RIKEN RNC), RIKEN - Institute of Physical and Chemical Research [Japon] (RIKEN), 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), Université Paris-Saclay, UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Swedish Research Council, and Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, sinkki (metallit), QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, 01 natural sciences, nucleon removal, mirror nuclei, 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, medicine, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, radioactive ion beams, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleons, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], isotoopit, Valence (chemistry), Isovector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, Física, Symmetry Breaking, medicine.anatomical_structure, isospin symmetry, shell-model calculations, Excited state, Energy Difference, Atomic physics, Multipole expansion, ydinfysiikka, Nucleus, Beam (structure)
Abstract

5 pags., 4 figs., Excited states in Zn were populated following one-neutron removal from a Zn beam impinging on a Be target at intermediate energies in an experiment conducted at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN. Three γ rays were observed and tentatively assigned to the 6→4→2→0 yrast sequence. This turns Zn into the heaviest T=−2 nucleus in which excited states are known. The excitation-energy differences between these levels and the isobaric analogue states in the T=+2 mirror partner, Fe, are compared with large-scale shell-model calculations considering the full pf valence space and various isospin-breaking contributions. This comparison, together with an analysis of the mirror energy differences in the A=58, T=±1 pair Zn and Ni, provides valuable information with respect to the size of the monopole radial and the isovector multipole isospin-breaking terms in the region above doubly-magic Ni., We thank the RIKEN Nishina Center accelerator staff and the BigRIPS team for providing excellent beams to the experiment. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Inno- vación under contracts FPA2017-84756-C4-2-P, PGC-2018-94583, and SEV-2016-0597, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskap- srådet, VR 2016-3969), and the UK Science and Technology Facil- ities Council (STFC) under grants ST/L005727/1 and ST/P003885/1. FB is supported by the RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher Pro- gram

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

10. Spectroscopy of the T = 2 mirror nuclei 48Fe/48Ti using mirrored knockout reactions

Author

F. Recchia, H. Iwasaki, Edward Simpson, D. Bazin, T. Haylett, E. Lunderberg, D. Kahl, R. Yajzey, P. C. Bender, P. J. Davies, X. Pereira-Lopez, R. Wadsworth, Brandon Elman, S. M. Lenzi, Brenden Longfellow, D. R. Napoli, N. Kobayashi, S. J. Lonsdale, Alexandra Gade, J. Belarge, M. A. Bentley, J. A. Tostevin, D. Weisshaar, L. Morris, and S. Uthayakumaar

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, QC1-999, SHELL model, Nuclear Theory, Shell (structure), Context (language use), medicine.anatomical_structure, Excited state, medicine, Mirror nuclei, Atomic physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleus
Abstract

A sequence of excited states has been established for the first time in the proton-rich nucleus 48Fe (Z=26, N=22). The technique of mirrored (i.e. analogue) one-nucleon knockout reactions was applied, in which the T z = ±2 mirror pair, 48Fe/48Ti were populated via one-neutron/one-proton knockout from the secondary beams 49Fe/49V, respectively. The analogue properties of the reactions were used to help establish the new level scheme of 48Fe. The inclusive and exclusive cross sections were determined for the populated states. Large differences between the cross sections for the two mirrored reactions were observed and have been interpreted in terms of different degrees of binding of the mirror nuclei and in the context of the recent observations of suppression of spectroscopic strength as a function of nuclear binding, for knockout reactions on light solid targets. Mirror energy differences (MED) have been determined between the analogue T = 2 states and compared with the shell model predictions. MED for this mirror pair, due to their location in the shell, are especially sensitive to excitations out of the f 7 / 2 shell, and present a stringent test of the shell-model prescription.

Published
2021

11. Complete set of bound negative-parity states in the neutron-rich nucleus 18N

Author

S. Ziliani, M. Ciemała, F. C. L. Crespi, S. Leoni, B. Fornal, T. Suzuki, T. Otsuka, A. Maj, P. Bednarczyk, G. Benzoni, A. Bracco, C. Boiano, S. Bottoni, S. Brambilla, M. Bast, M. Beckers, T. Braunroth, F. Camera, N. Cieplicka-Oryńczak, E. Clément, S. Coelli, O. Dorvaux, S. Erturk, G. de France, C. Fransen, A. Goldkuhle, J. Grębosz, M. N. Harakeh, Ł. W. Iskra, B. Jacquot, A. Karpov, M. Kicińska-Habior, Y. Kim, M. Kmiecik, A. Lemasson, S. M. Lenzi, M. Lewitowicz, H. Li, I. Matea, K. Mazurek, C. Michelagnoli, M. Matejska-Minda, B. Million, C. Müller-Gatermann, V. Nanal, P. Napiorkowski, D. R. Napoli, R. Palit, M. Rejmund, Ch. Schmitt, M. Stanoiu, I. Stefan, E. Vardaci, B. Wasilewska, O. Wieland, M. Ziębliński, M. Zielińska, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, 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 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
Set (abstract data type), Physics, Particle physics, medicine.anatomical_structure, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, Parity (mathematics), 01 natural sciences, Nucleus
Abstract

International audience; High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy of N18 is performed with the Advanced GAmma Tracking Array, following deep-inelastic processes induced by an O18 beam on a Ta181 target. Six states are newly identified, which together with the three known excitations exhaust all negative-parity excited states expected in N18 below the neutron threshold. Spin and parities are proposed for all located states on the basis of decay branchings and comparison with large-scale shell-model calculations performed in the p-sd space, with the YSOX interaction. Of particular interest is the location of the 01− and 12− excitations, which provide strong constrains for cross-shell p-sd matrix elements based on realistic interactions and help to simultaneously reproduce the ground and first-excited states in N16 and N18, for the first time. Understanding the N18 structure may also have significant impact on neutron-capture cross-section calculations in r-process modeling including light neutron-rich nuclei.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

12. Shell model analysis of the B(E2,2+→0+) values in the A=70, T=1 triplet Kr70, Br70, and Se70

Author

Alfredo Poves, S. M. Lenzi, and A. O. Macchiavelli

Subjects
Physics, Shape change, Yrast, SHELL model, Coulomb, State (functional analysis), Anomaly (physics), Atomic physics, Multiplet, Line (formation)
Abstract

The $B(E2,{2}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{0}^{+})$ transition strengths of the $T=1$ isobaric triplet $^{70}\mathrm{Kr},$ $^{70}\mathrm{Br},$ $^{70}\mathrm{Se},$ recently measured at the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory (RIBF), are discussed in terms of state-of-the-art large scale shell model calculations using the JUN45 and $\mathrm{JUN}45+\mathrm{LNPS}$ plus Coulomb interactions. In this Letter we argue that, depending on the effective charges used, the calculations are either in line with the experimental data within statistical uncertainties, or the anomaly happens in $^{70}\mathrm{Br},$ rather than $^{70}\mathrm{Kr}$. In the latter case, we suggest that it can be due to the presence of a hitherto undetected ${1}^{+}$ $T=0$ state below the yrast ${2}^{+}$ $T=1$ state. Our results do not support a shape change of $^{70}\mathrm{Kr}$ with respect to the other members of the isobaric multiplet.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

13. Erratum: Probing isospin symmetry in the (Fe50,Mn50,Cr50) isobaric triplet via electromagnetic transition rates [Phys. Rev. C 99 , 044317 (2019)]

Author

D. Wölk, C. Fransen, B. S. Nara Singh, C. Müller-Gatermann, F. Mammes, A. Blazhev, M. J. Mallaburn, Alfredo Poves, M. M. Giles, S. M. Lenzi, A. Dewald, K. O. Zell, L. Barber, D. M. Cullen, A. Goldkuhle, J. Jolie, Thomas Braunroth, and M. Beckers

Subjects
Physics, Isospin, Isobaric process, Atomic physics, Symmetry (physics)
Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Condensed matter physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Mirror nuclei, 010306 general physics, Spin (physics), 01 natural sciences
Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

15. Accessing tens-to-hundreds femtoseconds nuclear state lifetimes with low-energy binary heavy-ion reactions

Author

M. Zieblinski, J. Grebosz, K. Mazurek, Simone Coelli, S. Brambilla, H. J. Li, B. Million, M. Rejmund, Bertrand Jacquot, P. Bednarczyk, N. Cieplicka-Oryńczak, M. Ciemala, M. Bast, S. Ziliani, O. Dorvaux, S. Erturk, Eric Clément, Ł. W. Iskra, C. Fransen, S. M. Lenzi, B. Fornal, P. J. Napiorkowski, C. Müller-Gatermann, M. Zielińska, B. Wasilewska, I. Matea, A. Maj, M. Kmiecik, Y. H. Kim, M. Kicińska-Habior, C. Michelagnoli, I. Stefan, M. Beckers, F. C. L. Crespi, O. Wieland, M. Lewitowicz, R. Palit, D. R. Napoli, Ch. Schmitt, A. V. Karpov, M. Stanoiu, F. Camera, Emanuele Vardaci, M. Matejska-Minda, A. Bracco, G. Benzoni, S. Bottoni, S. Leoni, V. Nanal, C. Boiano, A. Lemasson, Mohsen Harakeh, Thomas Braunroth, A. Goldkuhle, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Ciemala, M., Ziliani, S., Crespi, F. C. L., Leoni, S., Fornal, B., Maj, A., Bednarczyk, P., Benzoni, G., Bracco, A., Boiano, C., Bottoni, S., Brambilla, S., Bast, M., Beckers, M., Braunroth, T., Camera, F., Cieplicka-Orynczak, N., Clement, E., Coelli, S., Dorvaux, O., Erturk, S., De France, G., Fransen, C., Goldkuhle, A., Grebosz, J., Harakeh, M. N., Iskra, L. W., Jacquot, B., Karpov, A., Kicinska-Habior, M., Kim, Y. -H., Kmiecik, M., Lemasson, A., Lenzi, S. M., Lewitowicz, M., Li, H., Matea, I., Mazurek, K., Michelagnoli, C., Matejska-Minda, M., Million, B., Muller-Gatermann, C., Nanal, V., Napiorkowski, P., Napoli, D. R., Palit, R., Rejmund, M., Schmitt, C., Stanoiu, M., Stefan, I., Vardaci, E., Wasilewska, B., Wieland, O., Zieblinski, M., Zielinska, M., H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Dipartimento di Fisica (Milano), Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Institut für Kernphysik der Universität zu Köln, Universität zu Köln, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne, 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 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), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Nuclear Energy

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Monte Carlo method, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Binary number, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, AGATA, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Connection (algebraic framework), Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

A novel Monte Carlo technique has been developed to determine lifetimes of excited states in the tens-to-hundreds femtoseconds range in products of low-energy heavy-ion binary reactions, with complex velocity distributions. The method is based on a detailed study of Doppler-broadened $$\gamma $$ γ -ray lineshapes. Its relevance is demonstrated in connection with the $$^{18}\text {O}(7.0\, \text {MeV/u})+\,^{181}\text {Ta}$$ 18 O ( 7.0 MeV/u ) + 181 Ta experiment, performed at GANIL with the AGATA+VAMOS+PARIS setup, to study neutron-rich O, C, N, ... nuclei. Excited states in $$^{17}\text {O}$$ 17 O and $$^{19}\text {O}$$ 19 O , with known lifetimes, are used to validate the method over the $$\sim 20{-}400\,\text {fs}$$ ∼ 20 - 400 fs lifetime-sensitivity range. Emphasis is given to the unprecedented position resolution provided by $$\gamma $$ γ -tracking arrays, which turns out to be essential for reaching the required accuracy in Doppler-shift correction. The technique is anticipated to be an important tool for lifetime investigations in exotic neutron-rich nuclei, produced with intense ISOL-type beams.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

16. Probing isospin mixing with the giant dipole resonance in the Zn-60 compound nucleus

Author

S. Pascu, J. Kaur, G. Gosta, M. Rocchini, A. Montaner, G. de Angelis, A. Nannini, R. Menegazzo, F. Galtarossa, S. Capra, D. Mengoni, G. Pasqualato, M. Ciemala, C. Porzio, F. Camera, S. M. Lenzi, A. Boso, D. Filipescu, V. Zamfir, J. Yang, A. Giaz, A. Gadea, S. Riboldi, A. Gottardo, S. Brambilla, Tuncay Bayram, B. Wasilewska, A. Maj, D. Brugnara, D. Bazzacco, F. C. L. Crespi, S. Ceruti, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, N. Blasi, M. Siciliano, T. Marchi, N. Marginean, P. R. John, M. Kmiecik, D. R. Napoli, R. Raabe, G. Jaworski, A. Bracco, O. Wieland, G. Benzoni, S. Leoni, A. Mentana, F. Recchia, I. Zanon, B. Million, A. Goasduff, Dmitry Testov, N. Marchini, S. Ziliani, M. Zieblinski, O. Poleshchuk, A. Gozzelino, T. Glodariu, and D. Ghita

Subjects
Physics, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, SYMMETRY, WIDTH, Resonance, 01 natural sciences, 3. Good health, Dipole, medicine.anatomical_structure, Physics, Nuclear, Isospin, 0103 physical sciences, Physical Sciences, medicine, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Nucleus, Mixing (physics), BREAKING
Abstract

ispartof: PHYSICAL REVIEW C vol:103 issue:4 status: published

Published
2021

17. In-beam γ -ray spectroscopy of Cr62,64

Author

Alexandra Gade, D. Rhodes, Brenden Longfellow, D. Little, Alfredo Poves, D. Weisshaar, R. V. F. Janssens, A. M. Hill, F. Nowacki, D. Bazin, S. M. Lenzi, J. Li, J. A. Tostevin, and P. Farris

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Island of inversion, Center (category theory), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Atomic orbital, Excited state, Neutron number, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Spectroscopy
Abstract

The region of neutron-rich Cr isotopes has garnered much attention in recent years due to a rapid onset of collectivity near neutron number $N=40$. We report here on the first $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray spectroscopy beyond the $({4}_{1}^{+})$ state in $^{62,64}\mathrm{Cr}$, using nucleon removal reactions from several projectiles within a rare-isotope beam cocktail. A candidate for the ${6}^{+}$ state in $^{64}\mathrm{Cr}$ is presented as well as one for, possibly, the second excited ${0}^{+}$ state in $^{62}\mathrm{Cr}$. The results are discussed in comparison to the LNPS shell-model predictions that allow for neutron excitations across the $N=40$ harmonic oscillator gap into the ${g}_{9/2}$ and ${d}_{5/2}$ orbitals. The calculated level schemes for $^{62,64}\mathrm{Cr}$ reveal intriguing collective structures. From the predicted neutron particle-hole character of the low-lying states in these Cr isotopes, $^{62}\mathrm{Cr}$ emerges as a transitional system on the path to the center of the $N=40$ island of inversion.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

18. The GALILEO γ-ray array at the Legnaro National Laboratories

Author

R. Menegazzo, I. Zanon, F. Veronese, D.A. Testov, J. Ha, N. Bez, B. Million, G. Pasqualato, Alberto Pullia, M. Biasotto, L. Ramina, S. Bottoni, C. A. Ur, M. L. Cortés, D. Mengoni, S. Coelli, G. Gosta, C. Fanin, M. Siciliano, A. Saltarelli, D. Bazzacco, D. Tomasella, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, S. Leoni, M. Romanato, S. Ventura, A. Gadea, N. Toniolo, Marco Bellato, Diego Barrientos, S. Brambilla, D. Brugnara, R.M. Pérez-Vidal, F. Recchia, F. C. L. Crespi, F.J. Egea, S. Lunardi, S. Capra, M. Rebeschini, S. Fantinel, G. Jaworski, A. Bracco, M. Gulmini, G. Rampazzo, M. Scarcioffolo, N. Blasi, J. Pellumaj, S. Pigliapoco, G. Benzoni, V. Volpe, P. Cocconi, A. Boso, O. Wieland, K. Hadyńska-Klȩk, E.R. Gamba, A. Capsoni, A. Gambalonga, E. Viscione, F. Camera, G. de Angelis, A. Nannini, Roberto Isocrate, C. Boiano, A. Illana, M. Rocchini, G. Zhang, A. Gottardo, A. Goasduff, C. Gesmundo, P. R. John, N. Marchini, S. Ziliani, K. Rezynkina, D. R. Napoli, E. Gregor, A. Gozzelino, D. Rosso, M. Rampazzo, V. Modamio, M. Polettini, M. Magalini, F. Tomasi, S. M. Lenzi, and C. Porzio

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Silicon, business.industry, Instrumentation, High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy, Detector, Neutron, DAQ, Electronics, HPGe, Semiconductor detector, Optics, Data acquisition, Galileo (vibration training), business, Hpge detector
Abstract

GALILEO, a new 4 π high-resolution γ -detection array, based on HPGe detectors, has been developed and installed at the Legnaro National Laboratories. The GALILEO array greatly benefits from a fully-digital read-out chain, customized DAQ, and a variety of complementary detectors to improve the resolving power by the detection of particles, ions or high-energy γ -ray transitions. In this work, a full description of the array, including electronics and DAQ, is presented together with its complementary instrumentation.

Published
2021

20. Transition probabilities in 31P and 31S : A test for isospin symmetry

Author

E. Sahin, S. Iliev, S. M. Lenzi, Dimitar Tonev, S. Lunardi, H.-F. Wirth, M. S. Yavahchova, N. Marginean, P. Pavlov, H. Laftchiev, R. Menegazzo, C. A. Ur, E. Farnea, R. P. Singh, G. de Angelis, F. Recchia, E. Geleva, A. Gadea, P. G. Bizzeti, C. Y. He, I.L. Pantaleev, D. R. Napoli, I. Deloncle, M. Stoyanova, Heikki Penttilä, G. De Gregorio, F. Nowacki, D.T. Dimitrov, N. Goutev, A. Demerdjiev, R. Orlandi, 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 Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Tonev, D., de Angelis, G., Deloncle, I., Goutev, N., De Gregorio, G., Pavlov, P., Pantaleev, I. L., Iliev, S., Yavahchova, M. S., Bizzeti, P. G., Demerdjiev, A., Dimitrov, D. T., Farnea, E., Gadea, A., Geleva, E., He, C. Y., Laftchiev, H., Lenzi, S. M., Lunardi, S., Marginean, N., Menegazzo, R., Napoli, D. R., Nowacki, F., Orlandi, R., Penttila, H., Recchia, F., Sahin, E., Singh, R. P., Stoyanova, M., Ur, C. A., and Wirth, H. -F.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Lifetime measurement, Isoscalar, QC1-999, Lifetime measurements, lifetime measurements, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Isospin symmetry, transition probabilities, Nuclear physics, Microscopic multiphonon model, Mirror nuclei, mirror nuclei, 0103 physical sciences, Transition probabilities, 010306 general physics, mirror, Physics, Isovector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 31S, Charge (physics), 31P, Symmetry (physics), Charged particle, isospin symmetry, Isospin, microscopic multiphonon model, nuclei, ydinfysiikka
Abstract

International audience; Excited states in the mirror nuclei 31P and 31S were populated in the 1p and 1n exit channels of the reaction 20Ne + 12C, at a beam energy of 33 MeV. The 20Ne beam was delivered for the first time by the Piave-Alpi accelerator of the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. Angular correlations of coincident γ-rays and Doppler-shift attenuation lifetime measurements were performed using the multi-detector array GASP in conjunction with the EUCLIDES charged particle detector. In the observed B(E1) strengths, the isoscalar component, amounting to 24% of the isovector one, provides strong evidence for breaking of the isospin symmetry in the A=31 mass region. Self-consistent beyond mean field calculations using Equation of Motion method based on a chiral potential and including two- and three-body forces reproduce well the experimental B(E1) strengths, reinforcing our conclusion. Coherent mixing from higher-lying states involving the Giant Isovector Monopole Resonance accounts well for the effect observed. The breaking of the isospin symmetry originates from the violation of the charge symmetry of the two- and three-body parts of the potential, only related to the Coulomb interaction.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

21. Octupole correlations near Te 110

Author

Maria Doncel, D. Bazzacco, A. Goasduff, S. M. Lenzi, G. Jaworski, G. de Angelis, F. Didierjean, L. M. Robledo, Huan Liu, R. Menegazzo, M. Siciliano, F. Nowacki, D. Mengoni, D. A. Testov, S. Lunardi, Tomás R. Rodríguez, B. Saygi, Bo Cederwall, Yu. Sobolev, F. Recchia, S. Bakes, G. Colucci, M. Rocchini, P. Čolović, J. A. Dueñas, C. Boiano, G. Pasqualato, Suzana Szilner, A. Mentana, Magda Cicerchia, A. Gozzelino, K. Hadynska-Klek, A. Boso, F. Galtarossa, P. R. John, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, D. R. Napoli, S. Frauendorf, S. Riccetto, and UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica

Subjects
Physics, Engineering management, Spin, Work (electrical), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Chiral, 0103 physical sciences, Física, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences, Shell Model, Nucleus, Band
Abstract

The lifetime of the 2(+) and 9(-), 11(-), 13(-), 15(-) states in the neutron-deficient Te-110 was measured for the first time using the recoil distance Doppler shift technique. The reported value of the reduced transition probability B(E2; 0(g.s)(+) -> 2(+)) = 4.3(8) x 10(3) e(2) f m(4) supports the systematic for even-mass Te isotopes and was interpreted g.s in the framework of the large-scale shell model and cranked shell model calculations. The measured reduced transition probabilities in the negative-parity yrast band revealed the upward trend towards the high spins. The enhanced collectivity is discussed in terms of the tilted axis cranking approach and the symmetry configuration mixing method with the Gogny D1S interaction., DoE [DE-FG02-95ER4093]; Spanish MICINN [PGC2018-094583-B-I00], The authors would like to thank the technical staff of the LNL Legnaro facility for their assistance in providing excellent operation of the XTU-tandem accelerator. The authors wish to acknowledge the support of local engineers P. Cocconi and R. Isocrate. The work was partially supported by the DoE Grant No. DE-FG02-95ER4093 and Spanish MICINN Grant No. PGC2018-094583-B-I00.

Published
2021

22. Manifestation of the Berry phase in the atomic nucleus 213Pb

Author

S. Klupp, A. Algora, Roberto Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, F. Naqvi, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, S. Pietri, T. Habermann, J. Benlliure, Branislav Sitar, Alison Bruce, A. Bracco, P. Van Isacker, N. Kurz, Andrea Corsi, E. Sahin, Dirk Rudolph, Imrich Szarka, Helmut Weick, Zs. Podolyák, J. Gerl, J. Grebosz, Davinder Siwal, S. K. Mandal, S. Leoni, T. Engert, D. Bazzacco, A. Prochazka, M. Górska, F. Recchia, S. Lunardi, D. R. Napoli, Hans Geissel, P. Boutachkov, A. Gottardo, F. Camera, Enrique Casarejos, I. Kojouharov, P. H. Regan, E. Gregor, Oliver Wieland, H. J. Wollersheim, A. Sharma, G. de Angelis, C. Nociforo, F. C. L. Crespi, A. Goasduff, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. I. Morales, M. Pfützner, B. Million, G. Benzoni, M. L. Cortés, Philip M Walker, C. A. Ur, Peter Strmen, H. Schaffner, A. Gadea, Maria Doncel, N. Goel, S. M. Lenzi, 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), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Angular momentum, nucl-th, Nuclear Theory, isomeric decays, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 22 Física, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear, Quantum number, lcsh:QC1-999, relativistic projectile fragmentation, ddc, Geometric phase, gamma-ray spectroscopy, Nuclear Physics - Theory, Atomic nucleus, Atomic number, Atomic physics, Nucleon, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

Physics letters / B 816, 136183 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136183, Published by North-Holland Publ., Amsterdam

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

23. Lifetime measurements of excited states in neutron-rich Ti53 : Benchmarking effective shell-model interactions

Author

A. Vogt, C. Müller-Gatermann, D. Ralet, A. Dewald, A. Goldkuhle, C. Michelagnoli, Y.H. Kim, K. O. Zell, Herbert Hess, Hongzhen Li, Emyr Clement, C. Fransen, B. Birkenbach, P. Reiter, S. M. Lenzi, A. Blazhev, J. Litzinger, J. Jolie, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, J. Dudouet, B. S. Nara Singh, N. Warr, J. Eberth, Thomas Braunroth, A. Lemasson, B. Jacquot, and M. Beckers

Subjects
Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, Nuclear structure, Shell (structure), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Particle identification, Recoil, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Level lifetimes of the yrast (5/2(-)) to 13/2(-) states in the neutron-rich nucleus Ti-53, produced in a multinucleon-transfer reaction, have been measured for the first time. The recoil distance Doppler-shift method was employed and lifetimes of the excited states were extracted by a lineshape analysis aided by GEANT4-based Monte-Carlo simulations. The experiment was performed at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds facility in Caen, France, by using the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array for the gamma-ray detection coupled to the large-acceptance variable mode spectrometer for an event-by-event particle identification and the Cologne plunger for deep-inelastic reactions. Reduced transition probabilities, deduced from the lifetimes, give new information on the nuclear structure of Ti-53, and are used to benchmark different shell-model calculations using established interactions in the f p shell.

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

24. Isospin symmetry breaking in the mirror pair Sr73−Br73

Author

S. M. Lenzi, Alfredo Poves, and A. O. Macchiavelli

Subjects
Physics, Valence (chemistry), Isospin, Coulomb, Symmetry breaking, Atomic physics, Nuclear theory
Abstract

The recent experimental observation of isospin symmetry breaking (ISB) in the ground states of the $T=3/2$ mirror pair $^{73}\mathrm{Sr}\text{\ensuremath{-}}^{73}\mathrm{Br}$ is theoretically studied using large-scale shell-model calculations. The large valence space and the successful PFSDG-U effective interaction used for the nuclear part of the problem capture possible structural changes and provide a robust basis to treat the ISB effects of both electromagnetic and nonelectromagnetic origin. The calculated shifts and mirror-energy differences are consistent with the inversion of the ${I}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}=1/{2}^{\ensuremath{-}},5/{2}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ states between $^{73}\mathrm{Sr}$ and $^{73}\mathrm{Br}$ and suggest that the role played by the Coulomb interaction is dominant. An isospin breaking contribution of nuclear origin is estimated to be $\ensuremath{\approx}25\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{keV}$.

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

25. High-precision mass measurements of the isomeric and ground states of V44 : Improving constraints on the isobaric multiplet mass equation parameters of the A=44 , 0+ quintet

Author

A. Hamaker, Ryan Ringle, M. MacCormick, A. C. C. Villari, I. T. Yandow, R. Sandler, S. M. Lenzi, J. Surbrook, K. Gulyuz, N. A. Smirnova, M. Eibach, C. Izzo, Maxime Brodeur, Peter Schury, Georg Bollen, D. Puentes, Matthew Redshaw, Stefan Schwarz, and Adrian Valverde

Subjects
Mass number, Physics, Mass excess, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic mass, Mass formula, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Ground state, Multiplet, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

Background: The quadratic isobaric multiplet mass equation (IMME) has been very successful at predicting the masses of isobaric analog states in the same multiplet, while its coefficients are known to follow specific trends as functions of mass number. The Atomic Mass Evaluation 2016 [Chin. Phys. C 41, 030003 (2017)] $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ mass value results in an anomalous negative $c$ coefficient for the IMME quadratic term; a consequence of large uncertainty and an unresolved isomeric state. The $b$ and $c$ coefficients can provide useful constraints for construction of the isospin-nonconserving Hamiltonians for the $pf$ shell. In addition, the excitation energy of the ${0}^{+},T=2$ level in $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ is currently unknown. This state can be used to constrain the mass of the more exotic $^{44}\mathrm{Cr}$.Purpose: The aim of the experimental campaign was to perform high-precision mass measurements to resolve the difference between $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ isomeric and ground states, to test the IMME using the new ground state mass value and to provide necessary ingredients for the future identification of the ${0}^{+}$, $T=2$ state in $^{44}\mathrm{V}$.Method: High-precision Penning trap mass spectrometry was performed at LEBIT, located at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, to measure the cyclotron frequency ratios of [${^{44g,m}\mathrm{VO}]}^{+}$ versus [${^{32}\mathrm{SCO}]}^{+}$, a well-known reference mass, to extract both the isomeric and ground state masses of $^{44}\mathrm{V}$.Results: The mass excess of the ground and isomeric states in $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ were measured to be $\ensuremath{-}23\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}804.9(80)$ keV/${c}^{2}$ and $\ensuremath{-}23\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}537.0(55)$ keV/${c}^{2}$, respectively. This yielded a new proton separation energy of ${S}_{p}=1\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}773(10)$ keV.Conclusion: The new values of the ground state and isomeric state masses of $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ have been used to deduce the IMME $b$ and $c$ coefficients of the lowest ${2}^{+}$ and ${6}^{+}$ triplets in $A=44$. The ${2}^{+}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}c$ coefficient is now verified with the IMME trend for lowest multiplets and is in good agreement with the shell-model predictions using charge-dependent Hamiltonians. The mirror energy differences were determined between $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ and $^{44}\mathrm{Sc}$, in line with isospin-symmetry for this multiplet. The new value of the proton separation energy determined, to an uncertainty of 10 keV, will be important for the determination of the ${0}^{+}$, $T=2$ state in $^{44}\mathrm{V}$ and, consequently, for prediction of the mass excess of $^{44}\mathrm{Cr}$.

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

26. Testing ab initio nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei: Lifetime measurements of second 2+ state in C16 and O20

Author

M. Ciemała, S. Ziliani, F. C. L. Crespi, S. Leoni, B. Fornal, A. Maj, P. Bednarczyk, G. Benzoni, A. Bracco, C. Boiano, S. Bottoni, S. Brambilla, M. Bast, M. Beckers, T. Braunroth, F. Camera, N. Cieplicka-Oryńczak, E. Clément, S. Coelli, O. Dorvaux, S. Erturk, G. de France, C. Fransen, A. Goldkuhle, J. Grębosz, M. N. Harakeh, Ł. W. Iskra, B. Jacquot, A. Karpov, M. Kicińska-Habior, Y. Kim, M. Kmiecik, A. Lemasson, S. M. Lenzi, M. Lewitowicz, H. Li, I. Matea, K. Mazurek, C. Michelagnoli, M. Matejska-Minda, B. Million, C. Müller-Gatermann, V. Nanal, P. Napiorkowski, D. R. Napoli, R. Palit, M. Rejmund, Ch. Schmitt, M. Stanoiu, I. Stefan, E. Vardaci, B. Wasilewska, O. Wieland, M. Zieblinski, M. Zielińska, A. Ataç, D. Barrientos, B. Birkenbach, A. J. Boston, B. Cederwall, L. Charles, J. Collado, D. M. Cullen, P. Désesquelles, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Dudouet, J. Eberth, V. González, J. Goupil, L. J. Harkness-Brennan, H. Hess, D. S. Judson, A. Jungclaus, W. Korten, M. Labiche, A. Lefevre, R. Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, J. Nyberg, R. M. Perez-Vidal, Zs. Podolyak, A. Pullia, F. Recchia, P. Reiter, F. Saillant, M. D. Salsac, E. Sanchis, O. Stezowski, Ch. Theisen, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, J. D. Holt, J. Menéndez, A. Schwenk, and J. Simonis

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear structure, Ab initio, Neutron, State (functional analysis), Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear theory
Abstract

To test the predictive power of ab initio nuclear structure theory, the lifetime of the second 2(+) state in neutron-rich O-20, tau(2(2)(+)) = 150(-30)(+80) fs, and an estimate for the lifetime of ...

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

27. An overview of the scientific contribution of Andrea Vitturi to nuclear physics

Author

C. E. Alonso, Kouichi Hagino, J. A. Lay, J. Lubian, José M. Arias, Francisco Pérez-Bernal, Lorenzo Fortunato, J. Casal, S. M. Lenzi, E. G. Lanza, and Tomohiro Oishi

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Scientific career, Formalism (philosophy), Electromagnetic response, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We give an account of the main achievements of the scientific career of Andrea Vitturi so far, that have recently been discussed during the workshop "Theoretical Nuclear Physics in Padova" on the occasion of his retirement from full professor at the University of Padova. He has oftentimes been the driving force behind numerous contributions to nuclear structure and nuclear reactions that are here reviewed: giant resonances, pairing correlations, collective modes, algebraic models, inelastic excitations, electromagnetic response, break-up and transfer reactions, coupled-channel formalism, clustering, subbarrier fusion processes, etc. Among these topics several inspirational works and ideas can be found that we would like to highlight.

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

28. Studying the Exotic Decay $^{70}Kr$ $\rightarrow$ $^{70}Br$

Author

Daiki Nishimura, G. de Angelis, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, Y. Shimizu, P. A. Söderström, Shunji Nishimura, S. Yagi, C. Magron, J. Agramunt, V. Guadilla, JJ Liu, H. Oikawa, S. M. Lenzi, Y. Takei, N. Kurz, W. Gelletly, S. Chen, A. I. Morales, F. Recchia, E. Ganioglu, J. Giovinazzo, H. Baba, Y. Fujita, V. H. Phong, Gabor Kiss, F. Diel, T. Goigoux, H. Suzuki, D. S. Ahn, Zs. Dombradi, T. Kurtukian Nieto, Jin Wu, P. Aguilera, J. Eberth, N. Fukuda, Jenny Lee, B. Rubio, F. Molina, T. Isobe, P. J. Davies, I. Kojouharov, P. Ascher, M. Tanaka, Alejandro Algora, Naohito Inabe, B. Blank, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Hiroyuki Takeda, S. E.A. Orrigo, P. Doornebal, A. Montaner-Pizá, D. Lubos, C. Borcea, D. R. Napoli, M. Gerbaux, H. Shaffner, S. Grévy, W. Korten, A. Horvath, Toshiyuki Kubo, A. Boso, Shigeru Kubono, A. Vitez-Sveiczer, T. Lokotko, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 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), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, ddc:530, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences
Abstract

Acta physica Polonica / B 51(3), 587 (2020). doi:10.5506/APhysPolB.51.587, Published by Inst. of Physics, Jagellonian Univ., Cracow

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

29. Shape coexistence in neutron-deficient Hg188 investigated via lifetime measurements

Author

P. R. John, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, M. Zielińska, J. Pakarinen, I. Deloncle, A. Boso, B. Melon, D. Mengoni, D. A. Testov, B. de Canditiis, R. Menegazzo, Thomas Braunroth, A. Goasduff, S. M. Lenzi, Sophie Péru, A. Nannini, I. Zanon, G. Jaworski, G. de Angelis, A. Gadea, D. R. Napoli, F. Galtarossa, N. Cieplicka-Oryńczak, A. Vogt, B. Birkenbach, D. Ashad, F. Recchia, Liam Gaffney, G. Benzoni, W. Witt, D. Quero, D. Bazzacco, A. Gozzelino, P. Koseoglou, K. Hadyńska-Klȩk, F. Davide, M. Siciliano, P. K. Rath, J. Wiederhold, J. Libert, Magda Cicerchia, G. Colucci, Tomás R. Rodríguez, and M. Rocchini

Subjects
Physics, Spectrometer, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear structure, chemistry.chemical_element, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Molecular physics, symbols.namesake, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, symbols, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Nucleus, Polonium
Abstract

Background: Shape coexistence in the Z≈82 region has been established in mercury, lead, and polonium isotopes. For even-even mercury isotopes with 100≤N≤106 multiple fingerprints of this phenomenon are observed, which seems to be no longer present for N≥110. According to a number of theoretical calculations, shape coexistence is predicted in the Hg188 isotope. Purpose: The aim of this work was to measure lifetimes of excited states in Hg188 to infer their collective properties, such as the deformation. Extending the investigation to higher-spin states, which are expected to be less affected by band-mixing effects, can provide additional information on the coexisting structures. Methods: The Hg188 nucleus was populated using two different fusion-evaporation reactions with two targets, Gd158 and Gd160, and a beam of S34 provided by the Tandem-ALPI accelerator complex at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. The channels of interest were selected using the information from the Neutron Wall array, while the γ rays were detected using the GALILEO γ-ray spectrometer. Lifetimes of excited states were determined using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method, employing the dedicated GALILEO plunger device. Results: Lifetimes of the states up to spin 16ℏ were measured and the corresponding reduced transition probabilities were calculated. Assuming two-band mixing and adopting, as done commonly, the rotational model, the mixing strengths and the deformation parameters of the unperturbed structures were obtained from the experimental results. In order to shed light on the nature of the observed configurations in the Hg188 nucleus, the extracted transition strengths were compared with those resulting from state-of-the-art beyond-mean-field calculations using the symmetry-conserving configuration-mixing approach, limited to axial shapes, and the five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian, including the triaxial degree of freedom. Conclusions: The first lifetime measurement for states with spin ≥6 suggested the presence of an almost spherical structure above the 121+ isomer and allowed elucidating the structure of the intruder band. The comparison of the extracted B(E2) strengths with the two-band mixing model allowed the determination of the ground-state band deformation. Both beyond-mean-field calculations predict coexistence of a weakly deformed band with a strongly prolate-deformed one, characterized by elongation parameters similar to those obtained experimentally, but the calculated relative position of the bands and their mixing strongly differ.

Published
2020

30. Shell evolution of $N=40$ isotones towards $^{60}$Ca: First spectroscopy of $^{62}$Ti

Author

Masaki Sasano, S. M. Lenzi, Kazuki Yoshida, E. Sahin, V. Wagner, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, F. Nowacki, T. Isobe, W. Rodriguez, P. Doornenbal, Donghang Yan, D. Kim, T. Motobayashi, M.L. Cortés, Jason D. Holt, V. Lapoux, D. M. Rossi, Toshio Kobayashi, F. Flavigny, A. Giganon, B. D. Linh, F. Château, V. Panin, H. Baba, N. Paul, L. X. Chung, D. Calvet, X. X. Xu, David Steppenbeck, V. Werner, Igor Gašparić, H. N. Liu, A. Delbart, Yosuke Kondo, Si-Ge Chen, L. Achouri, Julien Gibelin, Tomohiro Uesaka, J. M. Gheller, A. Corsi, S. R. Stroberg, Alfredo Poves, Achim Schwenk, Satoshi Takeuchi, Thomas Aumann, R.-B. Gerst, C. Lehr, Jenny Lee, Yasuhiro Togano, C. Hilaire, Y.L. Sun, P. Koseoglou, Nobuyuki Chiga, K. Yoneda, F. Browne, Victor Vaquero, Yuya Kubota, T. Lokotko, T. Koiwai, Zaihong Yang, Takashi Nakamura, S. Wang, J. Simonis, I. Murray, Javier Fernandez Menendez, A. Obertelli, Kazuyuki Ogata, A. Gillibert, H. Toernqvist, M. MacCormick, Masahiro Yasuda, Hideaki Otsu, K. I. Hahn, L. Stuhl, O. Aktas, Hirofumi Yamada, Dóra Sohler, S. Franchoo, Tomás R. Rodríguez, L. Zanetti, K. Moschner, Kathrin Wimmer, S. Y. Park, P. A. Söderström, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), 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), UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université 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), RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Helmholtz International Center for FAIR, Croatian Science Foundation, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), National Research Foundation of Korea, European Commission, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), and National Research Council of Canada

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, Ab initio, FOS: Physical sciences, Shell evolution, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Radioactive beams, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Island of inversion, Isotone, Starke Wechselwirkung und exotische Kerne – Abteilung Blaum, Física, lcsh:QC1-999, Excited state, Quadrupole, Atomic physics, Nucleon, Ground state, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

7 pags., 4 figs., 1 tab., Excited states in the N=40 isotone Ti were populated via the V(p,2p)Ti reaction at ∼200 MeV/nucleon at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory and studied using γ-ray spectroscopy. The energies of the 2 →0 and 4 →2 transitions, observed here for the first time, indicate a deformed Ti ground state. These energies are increased compared to the neighboring Cr and Fe isotones, suggesting a small decrease of quadrupole collectivity. The present measurement is well reproduced by large-scale shell-model calculations based on effective interactions, while ab initio and beyond mean-field calculations do not yet reproduce our findings. The shell-model calculations for Ti show a dominant configuration with four neutrons excited across the N=40 gap. Likewise, they indicate that the N=40 island of inversion extends down to Z=20, disfavoring a possible doubly magic character of the elusive Ca., We thank the RIKEN Nishina Center accelerator staff and the Bi-gRIPS team for the stable operation of the high-intensity Zn beam and for the preparation of the secondary beam setting. K.O. ac-knowledges the support by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP16K05352. A.P. is supported in part by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain), Severo Ochoa Programme SEV-2016-0597 and grant PGC-2018-94583. F.B. is supported by the RIKEN Spe-cial Postdoctoral Researcher Program. L.X.C. and B.D.L. would like to thank the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for its support through the Physics Development Program Grant No. ÐTÐLCN.25/18. I.G. has been supported by HIC for FAIR and Croatian Science Foundation under projects no. 1257 and 7194. D. So. was supported by the the European Regional Develop-ment Fund contract No. GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00034 and the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary via Project No. K128947. V.V. acknowledges support from the Span-ish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under Contract No. FPA2017-84756-C4-2-P. K.I.H., D.K. and S.Y.P. acknowledge the sup-port from the National Research Foundation of Korea grant No. 2018R1A5A1025563 and 2019M7A1A1033186. The development of MINOS was supported by the European Research Council through the ERC Grant No. MINOS-258567. This work was also supported by the JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. 18K03639, MEXT as “Priority is-sue on post-K computer” (Elucidation of the fundamental laws and evolution of the universe), the Joint Institute for Computational Fundamental Science (JICFuS), the CNS-RIKEN joint project for large-scale nuclear structure calculations, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – Projektnummer 279384907 – SFB 1245, the PRISMA Cluster of Excellence, and the BMBF under Contracts No. 05P18RDFN1 and 05P19RDFN1. TRIUMF receives funding via a contribution through the National Research Council Canada. Com-putations were performed at the Jülich Supercomputing Center (JURECA)

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

31. Lifetime measurements using a plunger device and the EUCLIDES Si array at the GALILEO $\gamma$-ray spectrometer

Author

S. Bakes, S. M. Lenzi, P. R. John, Yu. G. Sobolev, Suzana Szilner, G. Pasqualato, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, A. Gozzelino, F. Galtarossa, H. Liu, D. Testov, C. Müller-Gatermann, M. Rocchini, J. Bradbury, F. Recchia, G. Jaworski, K. Hadyńska-Klȩk, D. R. Napoli, M. Doncel, S. Riccetto, B. Saygi, A. Mentana, J. A. Dueñas, A. Goasduff, G. de Angelis, D. Bazzacco, A. Boso, F. Didierjean, P. Čolović, Bo Cederwall, R. Menegazzo, S. Lunardi, M. Siciliano, C. Boiano, Magda Cicerchia, D. Mengoni, G. Colucci, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Ege Üniversitesi

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Lifetime measurements, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], gamma-ray spectroscopy gamma-ray spectrometer, Range (particle radiation), Plunger, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, γ-ray spectroscopy γ-ray spectrometer, Detector, Si-array, ?-ray spectroscopy ?-ray spectrometer, Picosecond, Excited state, symbols, Galileo (vibration training), Doppler effect
Abstract

The GALILEO ?-ray spectrometer, installed at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), benefits from intense stable beams provided by the Tandem-ALPI-PIAVE accelerator complex and from radioactive beams to be delivered in the near future by the SPES facility. The spectrometer is complemented with a variety of ancillary devices to allow for nuclear structure and reaction studies. The 4? Si-ball array EUCLIDES coupled to the GALILEO ?-ray spectrometer represents one of the commonly used setup for experiments aiming at spectroscopic studies. High-efficiency detection of light-charged particles in a fusion–evaporation reaction guarantees good discrimination of different reaction channels and provides essential information for the kinematic reconstruction. In this paper we discuss a configuration of the EUCLIDES array developed for the lifetime measurements of nuclear excited states populated in a fusion–evaporation reaction. In such a configuration a part of the EUCLIDES detectors is disassembled allowing for the installation of a plunger device in the reaction chamber. The reduced configuration of EUCLIDES provides high detection efficiency necessary for reliable light charged-particle discrimination. We report on the commissioning experiment focused on the 58Ni(58Ni,3p)113I reaction. The lifetimes of 11/2? and 15/2? states were measured by applying the Recoil Distance Doppler Shift method to be equal to 206(20) ps and 7.9(12) ps correspondingly and were in good agreement with the values cited in the literature. Thus, the combination of the GALILEO and EUCLIDES arrays, and the plunger device has resulted in a powerful experimental setup to determine lifetimes of excited states in neutron-deficient nuclei in the picosecond range. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo Narodowe Centrum Nauki, NCN: 2017/25/B/ST2/01569 Narodowym Centrum Nauki, NCN, The authors would like to thank the technical staff of the LNL-INFN facility for their assistance in providing excellent operation of the XTU-Tandem accelerator. The authors wish to acknowledge the support of local engineers P. Cocconi and R. Isocrate. The work of G. Jaworski was supported by the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN) (grant no. 2017/25/B/ST2/01569 ). A. Goasduff acknowledges the support of the CARIPARO foundation under the Starting Grant 2017 .

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

32. Mirror energy differences as a probe into neutron skin evolution

Author

F. Recchia, A. Boso, J. Bonnard, S. M. Lenzi, Andrés P. Zuker, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), 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
Physics, History, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, 01 natural sciences, Computer Science Applications, Education, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

Experimental information on charge nuclear radii is limited to ground or isomeric states in stable nuclei; the measurement of neutron radii is even more challenging. In this contribution we present an innovative approach which gives direct insight into the nuclear radii of excited states from the study of Mirror energy differences (MED). MED are a direct consequence of isospin symmetry breaking and their study has proved to give precious information on different nuclear structure features. We report the results of an experiment performed in GANIL to study the MED in rotational bands in mirror nuclei 23Mg–23Na. State-of-the-art shell model calculations have been performed to interpret the data. This allowed to extract information on the evolution of the nuclear skin along excited states and its correlation with the difference between neutron and proton occupation numbers of the s1/2 orbital.

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

34. Spectroscopy of 2565,67Mn: Strong coupling in the N = 40 'island of inversion'

Author

K. Matsui, H. Otsu, W.Q. Zhang, J.-Y. Roussé, Tadaaki Isobe, R. Lozeva, X.H. Zhou, Satoshi Takeuchi, X.Y. Liu, E. Sahin, Shunpei Koyama, P. Doornenbal, S. Franchoo, Zs. Dombradi, F. Nowacki, Shuichi Ota, C. Santamaria, A. Obertelli, A. Gottardo, Daisuke Suzuki, K. Hadynska-Klek, Jin Wu, L. X. Chung, Masaki Sasano, Ryo Taniuchi, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, Jenny Lee, K. Yoneda, Megumi Niikura, H.S. Xu, P. A. Söderström, C. Louchart, T. Motobayashi, Tomohiro Uesaka, Yuya Kubota, C. Péron, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, H. Lu, G. Authelet, G. L. Stefan, V. Werner, B. D. Linh, F. Château, A. Delbart, J. M. Gheller, A. Gillibert, C. M. Shand, H. Wang, Z. Liu, S. Nishimura, Zs. Vajta, Philip M Walker, Masafumi Matsushita, Satoru Momiyama, M. Lettmann, F. Browne, S. M. Lenzi, Yoshiaki Shiga, Toshiyuki Sumikama, L. Olivier, E. C. Pollacco, Feng-Shou Zhang, F. Giacoppo, David Steppenbeck, V. Lapoux, T.H. Huang, Zena Patel, H. Baba, M. D. Sun, Y.H. Zhang, D. Calvet, Zhengyu Xu, Alan Peyaud, B. Ding, A. Corsi, Z. Korkulu, Y.H. Lam, and De-fu Hou

Subjects
Physics, Coupling, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Island of inversion, Nuclear structure, Decoupling (cosmology), 01 natural sciences, Molecular physics, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Line (formation)
Abstract

Excited states in 63,65,67Mn were studied via in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy following knockout reactions from 68Fe. Similar level schemes, consisting of the 11/2−, 9/2−, 7/2− and 5/2 g.s.− level sequence, connected by I→I−1 transitions, were established, the first time for 65,67Mn. Their level structures show features consistent with strongly-coupled rotational bands with K=5/2 . State-of-the-art shell-model calculations with the modified LNPS effective interaction reproduce the observed levels remarkably well and suggest the dominance of 4-particle-4-hole neutron configurations for all the states. The data on the low-lying excited states of odd-mass 53−67Mn provide a textbook example of nuclear structure evolution from weak coupling through decoupling to strong coupling along a single isotopic chain on the n-rich side of the β stability line. These results help to deepen our understanding of the N=40 “island of inversion”.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

35. Evidence of octupole-phonons at high spin in 207Pb

Author

B. Quintana Arnés, G. Bocchi, R. Perez, Raymond J. Carroll, W. Korten, Alberto Pullia, M. Labiche, Zs. Podolyák, A. Navin, Enrique Sanchis, F. Saillant, Norbert Pietralla, F. C. L. Crespi, C. M. Shand, E. Dupont, B. Fornal, D. Kocheva, Diego Barrientos, O. Stezowski, P. Reiter, L. Atanasova, M. Ciemala, Herbert Hess, Roberto Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, B. Birkenbach, J. Collado, H.J. Eberth, Bo Cederwall, D. Ralet, B. Million, A. Maj, P. Van Isacker, D. Wilmsen, J. J. Valiente Dobon, J. Dudouet, F. Recchia, P. Bednarczyk, M. Rejmund, Georgi P. Georgiev, Andrew Stuchbery, A. Goasduff, A. Lemasson, Deyan Yordanov, P. R. John, Salsac, R. L. Lozeva, A. Jungclaus, C. Michelagnoli, A. Blazhev, J. Goupil, S. Franchoo, A. Gadea, L. J. Harkness, Johan Nyberg, S. M. Lenzi, D. L. Balabanski, D. M. Cullen, I. Burrows, T. Konstantinopoulos, Emyr Clement, H. C. Boston, O. Wieland, C. Theisen, A. J. Boston, A. Kusoglu, C. Fransen, A. Korichi, S. Leoni, C. Müller-Gatermann, J. Ljungvall, 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), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Plunger device, Phonon, Nuclear Theory, Octupole phonon, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], gamma-Ray tracking, γ -Ray tracking, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Recoil, VAMOS++ spectrometer, AGATA spectrometer, Nuclear deformation, γ-Ray tracking, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Atomic Physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spin (physics), Physics, VAMOS plus plus spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, lcsh:QC1-999, Atomic physics, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

A lifetime measurement of the 19/2 state in Pb has been performed using the Recoil Distance Doppler-Shift (RDDS) method. The nuclei of interest were produced in multi-nucleon transfer reactions induced by a Pb beam impinging on a Mo enriched target. The beam-like nuclei were detected and identified in terms of their atomic mass number in the VAMOS++ spectrometer while the prompt γ rays were detected by the AGATA tracking array. The measured large reduced transition probability B(E3,19/2→13/2)=40(8) W.u. is the first indication of the octupole phonon at high spin in Pb. An analysis in terms of a particle-octupole-vibration coupling model indicates that the measured B(E3) value in Pb is compatible with the contributions from single-phonon and single particle E3 as well as E3 strength arising from the double-octupole-phonon 6 state, all adding coherently. A crucial aspect of the coupling model, namely the strong mixing between single-hole and the phonon-hole states, is confirmed in a realistic shell-model calculation.

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Valence (chemistry), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, 01 natural sciences, Ion, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, AGATA, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Spectroscopy, Excitation
Abstract

The high-spin states of the neutron-rich Ga81, with three valence protons outside a Ni78 core, were measured. The measurement involved prompt γ-ray spectroscopy of fission fragments isotopically identified using the combination of the variable mode spectrometer (VAMOS++) and the advanced gamma tracking array (AGATA). The new γ-ray transitions, observed in coincidence with Ga81 ions, and the corresponding level scheme do not confirm the high-spin levels reported earlier. The newly observed high-spin states in Ga81 are interpreted using the results of state-of-the-art large-scale shell model (LSSM) calculations. The lower excitation energy levels are understood as resulting from the recoupling of three valence protons to the closed doubly magic core, while the highest excitation energy levels correspond to excitations of the magic N=50 neutron core. These results support the doubly magic character of Ni78 and the persistence of the N=50 shell closure but also highlight the presence of strong proton-neutron correlations associated with the promotion of neutrons across the magic N=50 shell gap, only few nucleons away from Ni78.

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Spectrometer, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, QC1-999, Nuclear structure, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, AGATA, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Beam (structure)
Abstract

To study the nuclear structure of neutron-rich titanium isotopes, a lifetime measurement was performed at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) facility in Caen, France. The nucleiwere produced in a multinucleon-transfer reaction by using a 6.76 MeV/u 238U beam. The Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) was employed for the γ-ray detection and target-like recoils were identified event-by-event by the large-acceptance variable mode spectrometer (VAMOS++). Preliminary level lifetimes of the (5/2−) to 13/2− states of the yrast band in the neutron-rich nucleus 53Ti were measured for the first time employing the recoil distance Doppler-shift (RDDS) method and the compact plunger for deep inelastic reactions. The differential decay curve method (DDCM) was used to obtain the lifetimes from the RDDS data.

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

38. Probing isospin symmetry in the (Fe50, Mn50, Cr50) isobaric triplet via electromagnetic transition rates

Author

C. Müller-Gatermann, J. Jolie, M. M. Giles, A. Dewald, F. Mammes, B. S. Nara Singh, S. M. Lenzi, M. Beckers, C. Fransen, Thomas Braunroth, D. Wölk, K. O. Zell, L. Barber, M. J. Mallaburn, D. M. Cullen, A. Goldkuhle, A. Blazhev, and Alfredo Poves

Subjects
Physics, Firm conclusion, Recoil, Isospin, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear structure, Isobaric process, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Transition rate matrix, Symmetry (physics)
Abstract

Lifetimes of the $T=1$ isobaric analog ${I}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}={2}^{+}$ states in $^{50}\mathrm{Mn}$ and $^{50}\mathrm{Cr}$ were measured simultaneously by employing the recoil distance Doppler-shift (RDDS) technique. The states were populated in a fusion-evaporation reaction with a $^{12}\mathrm{C}$ beam on a $^{40}\mathrm{Ca}$ target. An analysis of the data and the calculations from the present work, together with the available $B(E2:{2}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{0}^{+})$ data of the isobaric analog states in $^{50}\mathrm{Fe}$ and $^{50}\mathrm{Cr}$, were used to study isospin symmetry in the three $A=50$ isobaric nuclei. Shell-model calculations reproduce the magnitudes as well as the increasing trend of the $B(E2)$ data with increasing $Z$. To draw a firm conclusion on the level of isospin mixing in the triplet, a new precision measurement of the ${2}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{0}^{+}$ transition rate in $^{50}\mathrm{Fe}$ will be required.

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

39. Structure of Fe70 : Single-particle and collective degrees of freedom

Author

S. J. Freeman, J. A. Tostevin, S. Bottoni, M. P. Carpenter, Eric Lunderberg, J. Belarge, P. C. Bender, D. K. Sharp, Brenden Longfellow, T. Lauritsen, Alfredo Poves, L. A. Riley, S. Zhu, Alexandra Gade, D. Weisshaar, R. V. F. Janssens, Brandon Elman, D. Bazin, and S. M. Lenzi

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), State (functional analysis), Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Molecular physics, Spectral line, medicine.anatomical_structure, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Particle, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Nucleus
Abstract

Excited states in the neutron-rich 70 Fe nucleus were populated in a one-proton removal reaction from 71 Co projectiles at 87 MeV/nucleon. A new transition was observed with the γ -ray tracking array GRETINA and shown to feed the previously assigned 4+ 1 state. In comparison to reaction theory calculations with shell-model spectroscopic factors, it is argued that the new γ ray possibly originates from the 6+ 1 state. It is further shown that the Doppler-reconstructed γ -ray spectra are sensitive to the very different lifetimes of the 2+ and 4+ states, enabling their approximate measurement. The emerging structure of 70 Fe is discussed in comparison to LNPS-new large-scale shell-model calculations.

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

40. Lifetime measurements in Ti 52 , 54 to study shell evolution toward N = 32

Author

A. Goldkuhle, C. Fransen, A. Blazhev, M. Beckers, B. Birkenbach, T. Braunroth, E. Clément, A. Dewald, J. Dudouet, J. Eberth, H. Hess, B. Jacquot, J. Jolie, Y.-H. Kim, A. Lemasson, S. M. Lenzi, H. J. Li, J. Litzinger, C. Michelagnoli, C. Müller-Gatermann, B. S. Nara Singh, R. M. Pérez-Vidal, D. Ralet, P. Reiter, A. Vogt, N. Warr, K. O. Zell, A. Ataç, D. Barrientos, C. Barthe-Dejean, G. Benzoni

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

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

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

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

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

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

Published
2019

43. Quadrupole moments of odd-A 53−63Mn: Onset of collectivity towards N=40

Author

S. M. Lenzi, R. F. Garcia Ruiz, Paul Campbell, Magda Kowalska, B. A. Marsh, L. Xie, Ralf Erik Rossel, Bradley Cheal, S. Malbrunot-Ettenauer, C. Babcock, H. Heylen, Yusuke Tsunoda, W. Geithner, B. Maass, R. Sánchez, Xiaofei Yang, Mark Bissell, Wilfried Nörtershäuser, T. Day Goodacre, Rainer Neugart, Takaharu Otsuka, W. Gins, C. Wraith, Sebastian Rothe, L. K. Grob, D. V. Fedorov, Klaus Blaum, and Gerda Neyens

Subjects
Optical pumping, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Proton, 01 natural sciences, Ion, Atomic orbital, Metastability, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Neutron, ddc:530, Laser spectroscopy, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Manganese, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, lcsh:QC1-999, Deformation, Quadrupole, Quadrupole moments, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Atomic physics, Präzisionsexperimente - Abteilung Blaum, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

Physics letters / B 760, 387 - 392 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.016, Published by North-Holland Publ., Amsterdam

Published
2016
Full Text
View/download PDF

44. Isospin-symmetry breaking corrections for the description of triplet energy differences

Author

R. Lau, S. M. Lenzi, C. Aa. Diget, and M. A. Bentley

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, Magnitude (mathematics), Type (model theory), Space (mathematics), 01 natural sciences, Quantum mechanics, Isospin, 0103 physical sciences, Coulomb, Isobaric process, Symmetry breaking, 010306 general physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

The charge-independence breaking of the nuclear interaction is analyzed by means of energy differences among analog states in $T=1$ isobaric multiplets. Data on triplet energy differences in the $sd, pf$, and $pfg$ shells, i.e., $18\ensuremath{\le}A\ensuremath{\le}66$, are reproduced with very good accuracy by large-scale shell-model calculations taking into account, aside from the Coulomb interaction, a single isotensor schematic interaction of monopole-pairing type. It is shown that the effect on the triplet energy differences of this isospin-breaking interaction is of the same magnitude as the Coulomb one. Moreover, its strength is the same for every single-particle orbital of the considered model space.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

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

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

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

46. Precision mass measurements of $^{44}$V and $^{44m}$V for nucleon-nucleon interaction studies

Author

R. Sandler, Ryan Ringle, C. Izzo, I. T. Yandow, M. Eibach, Georg Bollen, Adrian Valverde, A. Hamaker, Antonio Villari, Stefan Schwarz, K. Gulyuz, J. Surbrook, Maxime Brodeur, Peter Schury, Nadya Smirnova, Chandana Sumithrarachchi, D. Puentes, S. M. Lenzi, Matthew Redshaw, M. MacCormick, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Physics, 44-vanadium, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radionuclide, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear shell model, Penning trap mass spectrometry, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Condensed Matter Physics, Mass spectrometry, Penning trap, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, Interaction studies, Superconducting cyclotron, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclide, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 010306 general physics, Nucleon
Abstract

International audience; We discuss the motivation and technique of Penning trap mass spectrometry applied to radioactive$^{44}$V and$^{44}^{m}$V, using the LEBIT 9.4 T Penning trap mass spectrometer at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University. A complementary measurement of these nuclides, performed at the CSRe in Lanzhou, China, was recently published, but with errors several times larger than obtainable for a short-lived radionuclide in a Penning trap. Interpretation of the higher precision results is ongoing and a full accounting of this measurement is anticipated in the coming months.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

47. Spectroscopic Study in Neutron-Rich Mn Isotopes Around the $N=40$ 'Island of Inversion'

Author

X. D. Tang, C. Péron, G. Authelet, Y. H. Lam, Shunji Nishimura, J. M. Gheller, V. Lapoux, Megumi Niikura, Tomohiro Uesaka, Masaki Sasano, D. Calvet, De-fu Hou, A. Gillibert, K. Matsui, G. L. Stefan, C. M. Shand, F. Browne, H. Baba, Toshiyuki Sumikama, P. M. Walker, M. Lettmann, Feng-Shou Zhang, F. Giacoppo, K. Yoneda, C. Santamaria, Zs. Vajta, David Steppenbeck, L. Olivier, E. C. Pollacco, C. Louchart, Jinguang Wu, Hideaki Otsu, S. M. Lenzi, Yoshiaki Shiga, Bing Ding, M. D. Sun, T. Miyazaki, Satoru Momiyama, A. Obertelli, Shuichi Ota, T. H. Huang, F. Nowacki, Hiroyoshi Sakurai, B. D. Linh, T. Motobayashi, Jenny Lee, P. A. Söderström, H. Lu, R. Lozeva, X.Y. Liu, Zena Patel, K. Hadynska-Klek, E. Sahin, Zhenci Xu, Z. Korkulu, Zs. Dombradi, Yuya Kubota, X. H. Zhou, T. Isobe, P. Doornenbal, Zi Hong Liu, V. Werner, F. Château, Satoshi Takeuchi, W.Q. Zhang, S. Franchoo, H. Wang, Y. H. Zhang, J.-Y. Roussé, L. X. Chung, H. S. Xu, Daisuke Suzuki, Alan Peyaud, A. Corsi, A. Delbart, Ryo Taniuchi, Shoko Koyama, A. Gottardo, Masafumi Matsushita, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, 21.10.-k, Isotope, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Island of inversion, structure evolution, Mineralogy, 23.20.Lv, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], island of inversion, Quansi-rotational band, 7. Clean energy, In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy, 21.60.Cs, Neutron, 21.10.Re
Abstract

International audience; Excited states in Mn isotopes with mass number A from 63 to 67 were studied via in-beam γ–ray spectroscopy following knockout reactions from 67,68Fe. In odd-A isotopes 63,65,67Mn, similar level schemes, consisting of the 11/2-, 9/2-, 7/2-, and 5/2-g.s. level sequence, connected by I →I -1 transitions, were established, the first time for 65,67Mn. Experimental results of odd-A Mn isotopes are compared with large-scale shell-model calculations in the model space that includes the vg9/2 and vd5/2 orbitals with the state-of-the-art LNPS effective interaction. The constructed level schemes in odd-odd isotopes 64,66Mn show rotational-like properties. Spin and parity of the excited states, as well as the πf7/2 ⊗ vg9/2 configuration of the bands are tentatively assigned based on the level systematics in the odd-odd isotopes. These new data extends the knowledge of the excited states in Mn isotopes. Discussion in terms of the systematics helps to deepen our understanding of the N = 40 “island of inversion”.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

48. Decay properties of high spin states in Mn

Author

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

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

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

Published
2019
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

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

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

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

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

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

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results