Publications (19)
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…
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…
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 …
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-…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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), (…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…