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most citedObservation of the radiative decay of the nuclear clock isomer

146 citations

17 papers

physics.med-ph2022★ 2 cited

Experimental benchmark data for Monte Carlo simulated radiation effects of gold nanoparticles. Part II: Comparison of measured and simulated electron spectra from gold nanofoils

Jorge Borbinha, Liset de la Fuente Rosales, Philine Hepperle +4

Electron emission spectra of a thin gold foil after photon interaction were measured over the energy range between 50 eV and 9500 eV to provide reference data for Monte Carlo radia…

nucl-ex2022★ 146 cited

Observation of the radiative decay of the nuclear clock isomer

Sandro Kraemer, Janni Moens, Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis +32

The nucleus of the radioisotope thorium-229 (Th) features an isomer with an exceptionally low excitation energy that enables direct laser manipulation of nuclear states.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 28 cited

Magnesium-vacancy optical centers in diamond

Emilio Corte, Greta Andrini, Elena Nieto Hernández +18

We provide the first systematic characterization of the structural and photoluminescence properties of optically active defect centers fabricated upon implantation of 30-100 keV Mg…

physics.med-ph2022★ 2 cited

Repair kinetics of DSB-foci induced by proton and helium ion microbeams of different energies

Ana Belchior, João F. Canhoto, Ulrich Giesen +3

In this work, the induction and repair of radiation-induced 53BP1 foci were studied in human umbilical vein endothelial cells irradiated at the PTB microbeam with protons and α-par…

physics.med-ph2021★ 16 cited

Consistency checks of results from a Monte Carlo code intercomparison for emitted electron spectra and energy deposition around a single gold nanoparticle irradiated by X-rays

H. Rabus, W. B. Li, H. Nettelbeck +9

Organized by the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS), a Monte Carlo code intercomparison exercise was conducted where participants simulated the emitted electron spectra a…

physics.med-ph2020★ 37 cited

Intercomparison of Monte Carlo calculated dose enhancement ratios for gold nanoparticles irradiated by X-rays: assessing the uncertainty and correct methodology for extended beams

H. Rabus, W. B. Li, C. Villagrasa +10

Results of a Monte Carlo code intercomparison exercise for simulations of the dose enhancement from a gold nanoparticle (GNP) irradiated by X-rays have been recently reported. To h…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 30 cited

Electrical and Optical Properties of Heavily Ge-Doped AlGaN

R. Blasco, A. Ajay, E. Robin +7

We report the effect of germanium as n-type dopant on the electrical and optical properties of AlxGa1-xN layers grown by plasma assisted molecular-beam epitaxy. The Al content has…

nucl-th2018★ 9 cited

Many-body effects in (p,pN) reactions within a unified approach

R. Crespo, A. Arriaga, R. B. Wiringa +3

We study knockout reactions with proton probes within a theoretical framework where {\it ab initio} Quantum Monte Carlo wave functions are combined with the Faddeev/Alt-Grassberger…

nucl-ex2018★ 84 cited

The Be()Li reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN)

L. Damone, M. Barbagallo, M. Mastromarco +155

We report on the measurement of the Be()Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2)…

physics.ins-det2017★ 25 cited

Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction at n_TOF

M. Barbagallo, J. Andrzejewski, M. Mastromarco +125

Following the completion of the second neutron beam line and the related experimental area (EAR2) at the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN, several experiments were planned a…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 21 cited

A new analytical approach for modelling the added mass and hydrodynamic interaction of two cylinders subjected to large motions in a potential stagnant fluid

Romain Lagrange, Xavier Delaune, Philippe Piteau +2

A potential theory is presented for the problem of two moving cylinders, with possibly different radii, large motions, immersed in an perfect stagnant fluid. We show that the fluid…

nucl-th2017★ 16 cited

Extracting three-body breakup observables from CDCC calculations with core excitations

R. de Diego, R. Crespo, A. M. Moro

Core-excitation effects in the scattering of two-body halo nuclei have been investigated in previous works. In particular, these effects have been found to affect in a significant…

nucl-th2016★ 18 cited

Evidence of strong dynamic core excitation in C resonant break-up

J. A. Lay, R. de Diego, R. Crespo +3

The resonant break-up of C on protons measured at RIKEN [Phys. Lett. B 660, 320 (2008)] is analyzed in terms of a valence-core model for C including possible core exc…

nucl-ex2016★ 13 cited

Integral measurement of the C(n,p)B reaction up to 10 GeV

P. Žugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar +102

The integral measurement of the C(n,p)B reaction was performed at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The total number of B nuclei produced per…

physics.ins-det2016★ 25 cited

Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,α)α reaction at n_TOF

L. Cosentino, A. Musumarra, M. Barbagallo +129

The newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged particles) experiments on short-lived highly radioactive…

physics.ins-det2015★ 9 cited

Neutron background signal in superheated droplet detectors of the Phase II SIMPLE dark matter search

A. C. Fernandes, A. Kling, M. Felizardo +7

The simulation of the neutron background for Phase II of the SIMPLE direct dark matter search experiment is fully reported with various improvements relative to previous estimates.…

nucl-ex2014★ 16 cited

Measurement of the C()B cross section at n_TOF (CERN) by in-beam activation analysis

P. Žugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar +101

The integral cross section of the C()B reaction has been determined for the first time in the neutron energy range from threshold to several GeV at the n_TOF fac…