Publications (17)
Comprehensive test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis in the energy region of the pygmy dipole resonance
M. Markova, P. von Neumann-Cosel, A. C. Larsen +22
The validity of the Brink-Axel hypothesis, which is especially important for numerous astrophysical calculations, is addressed for 116,120,124Sn below the neutron separation energy…
The energy response of the Oslo Scintillator Array OSCAR
F. Zeiser, G. M. Tveten, F. L. Bello Garrote +5
The new Oslo Scintillator Array (OSCAR) has been commissioned at the Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory (OCL). It consists of 30 large volume (diameter 3.5 x 8 inches) LaBr(Ce) detector…
Nuclear level densities and gamma-ray strength functions of Ta
C. P. Brits, K. L. Malatji, M. Wiedeking +24
Particle- coincidence experiments were performed at the Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory with the Ta(d,X) and Ta(He,X) reactions, to measure the nuclear level de…
Simultaneous determination of neutron-induced fission and radiative-capture cross sections from decay probabilities obtained with a surrogate reaction
R. Perez Sanchez, B. Jurado, V. Meot +20
Reliable neutron-induced reaction cross sections of unstable nuclei are essential for nuclear astrophysics and applications but their direct measurement is often impossible. The su…
First experimental constraint on the Os reaction rate relevant to -process nucleosynthesis
I. K. B. Kullmann, A. C. Larsen, T. Renstrø m +10
The nuclear level density and -decay strength of Os have been extracted using particle- coincidence data from the Os()Os reaction by…
Low-energy enhancement and fluctuations of -ray strength functions in Fe: test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis
A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, N. Blasi +21
Nuclear level densities and -ray strength functions of Fe have been extracted from proton- coincidences. A low-energy enhancement in the -ray strength functio…
Independent Normalization for -ray Strength Functions: The Shape Method
M. Wiedeking, M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen +6
The Shape method, a novel approach to obtain the functional form of the -ray strength function (SF) in the absence of neutron resonance spacing data, is introduced. When us…
Impact of restricted spin-ranges in the Oslo Method: The example of (d,p)
F. Zeiser, G. Potel, G. M. Tveten +18
In this paper we present the first systematic analysis of the impact of the populated vs. intrinsic spin distribution on the nuclear level density and -ray strength function re…
Strong enhancement of level densities in the crossover from spherical to deformed neodymium isotopes
M. Guttormsen, Y. Alhassid, W. Ryssens +19
Understanding the evolution of level densities in the crossover from spherical to well-deformed nuclei has been a long-standing problem in nuclear physics. We measure nuclear level…
Statistical properties of the well deformed Sm nuclei and the scissors resonance
K. L. Malatji, K. S. Beckmann, M. Wiedeking +18
The Nuclear Level Densities (NLDs) and the -ray Strength Functions (SFs) of Sm have been extracted from (d,p) coincidences using the Oslo method. The experi…
Restricted spin-range correction in the Oslo Method: The example of nuclear level density and -ray strength function from
F. Zeiser, G. M. Tveten, G. Potel +19
The Oslo Method has been applied to particle- coincidences following the (d,p) reaction to obtain the nuclear level density (NLD) and -ray strength funct…
Nuclear Level Density and -ray Strength Function of and the impact on the i-process
V. W. Ingeberg, S. Siem, M. Wiedeking +29
Proton- coincidences from reactions between a beam and a deuterated polyethylene target have been analyzed with the inverse-Oslo me…
A novel approach for extracting model-independent nuclear level densities far from stability
D. Mücher, A. Spyrou, M. Wiedeking +22
The level density of quantum states in statistical mesoscopic systems is a critical input for various fields of physics, including nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, atomic phy…
Nuclear level densities and -ray strength functions of -- First application of the Oslo Method in inverse kinematics
V. W. Ingeberg, S. Siem, M. Wiedeking +26
The -ray strength function (SF) and nuclear level density (NLD) have been extracted for the first time from inverse kinematic reactions with the Oslo Method. This novel tec…
Gamma-widths, lifetimes and fluctuations in the nuclear quasi-continuum
M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen, J. E. Midtbø +8
Statistical -decay from highly excited states is determined by the nuclear level density (NLD) and the -ray strength function (SF). These average quantities have been m…
Statistical properties of Pu, and Pu(n,) cross section calculation
T. A. Laplace, F. Zeiser, M. Guttormsen +24
The level density and gamma-ray strength function (gammaSF) of 243Pu have been measured in the quasi-continuum using the Oslo method. Excited states in 243Pu were populated using t…
Energy dependence of the prompt -ray emission from the -induced fission of and
S. J. Rose, F. Zeiser, J. N. Wilson +22
Prompt fission -rays are responsible for approximately 5\% of the total energy released in fission, and therefore important to understand when modelling nuclear reactors. In th…