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Publications (19)

nucl-ex2012

Neutron pair correlations in A=100 nuclei involved in neutrinoless double- decay

J. S. Thomas, S. J. Freeman, C. M. Deibel +8

The pairing properties of the neutrinoless double beta decay candidate Mo have been studied, along with its daughter Ru, to provide input for nuclear ma…

nucl-ex2021

Neutron occupancies and single-particle energies across the stable tin isotopes

S. V. Szwec, D. K. Sharp, B. P. Kay +14

The occupancies and vacancies of the valence neutron orbitals across the stable tin isotopic chain from have been determined. These were inferred from the cross…

nucl-ex2016

Change of nuclear configurations in the neutrinoless double- decay of Te Xe and Xe Ba

J. P. Entwisle, B. P. Kay, A. Tamii +24

The change in the configuration of valence protons between the initial and final states in the neutrinoless double- decay of Te Xe and of

nucl-ex2025

Quenching of single-particle strength inferred from nucleon-removal transfer reactions on C

Y. C. Jiang, J. Chen, B. P. Kay +24

The difference in the proton and neutron separation energies () of the weakly bound C ground state is -19.86 MeV, an extreme value. Data from intermediate-energy heavy-…

nucl-ex2020

First Exploration of Neutron Shell Structure Below Lead and Beyond

T. L. Tang, B. P. Kay, C. R. Hoffman +26

The nuclei below lead but with more than 126 neutrons are crucial to an understanding of the astrophysical -process in producing nuclei heavier than . Despite their im…

nucl-ex2022

Probing the quadrupole transition strength of 15C via deuteron inelastic scattering

J. Chen, B. P. Kay, T. L. Tang +22

Deuteron elastic scattering from 15C and inelastic scattering reactions to the first excited state of 15C were studied using a radioactive beam of 15C in inverse kinematics. The sc…

nucl-ex2022

Quenching of Single-Particle Strength in A=15 Nuclei

B. P. Kay, T. L. Tang, I. A. Tolstukhin +17

Absolute cross sections for the addition of - and -wave neutrons to C and N have been determined simultaneously via the (,) reaction at 10 MeV/u. The diff…

nucl-ex2020

Neutron-hole strength in N = 81 nuclei

A. M. Howard, S. J. Freeman, D. K. Sharp +7

A systematic study of neutron-hole strength in the N = 81 nuclei 137Ba, 139Ce, 141Nd and 143Sm is reported. The single-neutron removal reactions (p,d) and (3He,4He) were measured a…

nucl-ex2018

The structure of 70Fe: Single-particle and collective degrees of freedom

A. Gade, R. V. F. Janssens, J. A. Tostevin +16

Excited states in the neutron-rich \nuc{70}{Fe} nucleus were populated in a one-proton removal reaction from \nuc{71}{Co} projectiles at 87~MeV/nucleon. A new transition was observ…

nucl-ex2024

Towards the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium (Z=116) with 50Ti

J. M. Gates, R. Orford, D. Rudolph +51

The Pu(Ti,)Lv reaction was investigated at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-Inch Cyclotron facility. The experiment was aimed at the producti…

nucl-ex2019

Pairing properties of the double-β emitter 116Cd

D. K. Sharp, S. J. Freeman, B. D. Cropper +7

The pairing properties of the neutrinoless double- decay candidate Cd have been investigated. Measurements of the two-neutron removal reactions on isotopes of $^{114,11…

nucl-ex2025

Valence proton vacancy of the Si ground state

N. Watwood, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay +22

The Si(He,)P reaction was studied in inverse kinematics at 6.3~MeV/. States in P corresponding to the proton single-particle orbitals were id…

nucl-ex2022

Study of the Isomeric State in N Using the N(,He) Reaction

T. L. Tang, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay +19

The isomeric state of N was studied using the N(,He)~proton-removal reactions at \mbox{11.8~MeV/} in inverse kinematics. The N beam, of which…

nucl-ex2017

An experimental study of the rearrangements of valence protons and neutrons amongst single-particle orbits during double β decay in 100Mo

S. J. Freeman, D. K. Sharp, S. A. McAllister +9

The rearrangements of protons and neutrons amongst the valence single-particle orbitals during double β decay of 100Mo have been determined by measuring cross sections in (d,p), (…

nucl-ex2023

Direct Determination of Fission-Barrier Heights Using Light-Ion Transfer in Inverse Kinematics

S. A. Bennett, K. Garett, D. K. Sharp +16

We demonstrate a new technique for obtaining fission data for nuclei away from -stability. These types of data are pertinent to the astrophysical \textit{r-}process, crucial to…

nucl-ex2016

Rearrangement of valence neutrons in the neutrinoless double- decay of Xe

S. V. Szwec, B. P. Kay, T. E. Cocolios +13

A quantitative description of the change in ground-state neutron occupancies between Xe and Ba, the initial and final state in the neutrinoless double- decay of…

nucl-th2025

Two-cluster approach to the properties of one- and two-neutron-halo nuclei

H. M. Maridi, Jagjit Singh, N. R. Walet +1

In this work, we present a new approximate method for obtaining simple wave functions for the ground state of exotic nuclei with a neutron halo. We model the system as a two-cluste…

nucl-ex2024

Evolution of the nuclear spin-orbit splitting explored via the Si(,)Si reaction using SOLARIS

J. Chen, B. P. Kay, C. R. Hoffman +30

The spin-orbit splitting between neutron 1 orbitals at Si has been deduced using the single-neutron-adding (,) reaction in inverse kinematics with a beam of

nucl-th2025

Simultaneous calculation of elastic scattering, transfer, breakup, and other direct cross sections for +Au reaction

H. M. Maridi, D. K. Sharp, J. Lubian

Simultaneous analyses are performed for cross section of elastic scattering, Coulomb breakup, transfer, and other direct yields for the +Au system at all available energ…