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nucl-ex2020★ 81 cited

Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the shell closure

T. Day Goodacre, A. V. Afanasjev, A. E. Barzakh +41

The mean-square charge radii of Hg () have been studied for the first time and those of Hg () remeasured by the applicat…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 51 cited

Diving below the spin-down limit: Constraints on gravitational waves from the energetic young pulsar PSR J0537-6910

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1589

We present a search for continuous gravitational-wave signals from the young, energetic X-ray pulsar PSR J0537-6910 using data from the second and third observing runs of LIGO and…

gr-qc2020★ 71 cited

All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1369

Rapidly spinning neutron stars are promising sources of persistent, continuous gravitational waves. Detecting such a signal would allow probing of the physical properties of matter…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 39 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift During the LIGO-Virgo Run O3a

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1250

We search for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced…

gr-qc2020★ 807 cited

Tests of General Relativity with Binary Black Holes from the second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1344

Gravitational waves enable tests of general relativity in the highly dynamical and strong-field regime. Using events detected by LIGO-Virgo up to 1 October 2019, we evaluate the co…

gr-qc2020★ 2.4k cited

GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run

R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, S. Abraham +1349

We report on gravitational wave discoveries from compact binary coalescences detected by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo in the first half of the third observing run (O3a) between…

nucl-ex2020★ 4 cited

Consistency of nucleon-transfer sum rules in well-deformed nuclei

B. P. Kay, J. P. Schiffer, S. J. Freeman +8

Nucleon-transfer sum rules have been assessed via a consistent reanalysis of cross-section data from neutron-adding (,) and -removing (,) reactions on well-deformed iso…

nucl-ex2020★ 31 cited

Accessing the Single-Particle Structure of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in Pb

M. Spieker, A. Heusler, B. A. Brown +8

New experimental data on the neutron single-particle character of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance (PDR) in Pb are presented. They were obtained from and resonant proton…

gr-qc2020★ 1.3k cited

GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1253

On May 21, 2019 at 03:02:29 UTC Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observed a short duration gravitational-wave signal, GW190521, with a three-detector network signal-to-noise ratio…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 99 cited

Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1333

We present a search for continuous gravitational waves from five radio pulsars, comprising three recycled pulsars (PSR J0437-4715, PSR J0711-6830, and PSR J0737-3039A) and two youn…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 1.8k cited

GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M Black Hole with a 2.6 M Compact Object

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1254

We report the observation of a compact binary coalescence involving a 22.2 - 24.3 black hole and a compact object with a mass of 2.50 - 2.67 (all measuremen…

nucl-ex2020★ 25 cited

Role of chiral two-body currents in Li magnetic properties in light of a new precision measurement with the relative self-absorption technique

U. Friman-Gayer, C. Romig, T. Hüther +18

A direct measurement of the decay width of the excited state of Li using the relative self-absorption technique is reported. Our value of $Γ_{γ, 0^+_1 \to 1^+_1} = 8.17…

nucl-ex2020★ 14 cited

Coulomb excitation of the , mirror pair

J. Henderson, G. Hackman, P. Ruotsalainen +23

Background: Electric-quadrupole () strengths relate to the underlying quadrupole deformation of a nucleus and present a challenge for many nuclear theories. Mirror nuclei in th…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 683 cited

GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1254

We report the observation of gravitational waves from a binary-black-hole coalescence during the first two weeks of LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run. The signal was recorded…

nucl-ex2020★ 8 cited

Structure of high-lying levels populated in the Y Zr decay

K. R. Mashtakov, V. Yu. Ponomarev, M. Scheck +32

The nature of levels of Zr below the -decay value of Y has been investigated in high-resolution -ray spectroscopy following the decay as wel…

nucl-ex2020★ 47 cited

The observation of vibrating pear shapes in radon nuclei: update

P. A. Butler, L. P. Gaffney, P. Spagnoletti +41

There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric-dipol…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 21 cited

A Joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo Analysis of Compact Binary Mergers From the First and Second Gravitational-wave Observing Runs

ray Burst Monitor Team, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1262

We present results from offline searches of Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) data for gamma-ray transients coincident with the compact binary coalescences observed by the gravit…

nucl-ex2020★ 24 cited

Shape coexistence in the neutron-deficient Hg investigated via lifetime measurements

M. Siciliano, I. Zanon, A. Goasduff +41

Shape coexistence in the region has been established in mercury, lead and polonium isotopes. Even-even mercury isotopes with present multiple f…

nucl-ex2020★ 97 cited

Evolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive Ra and Ra Beams

P. A. Butler, L. P. Gaffney, P. Spagnoletti +40

There is sparse direct experimental evidence that atomic nuclei can exhibit stable pear shapes arising from strong octupole correlations. In order to investigate the nature of octu…

nucl-ex2020★ 30 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 201 cited

A Cryogenic Silicon Interferometer for Gravitational-wave Detection

Rana X Adhikari, Odylio Aguiar, Koji Arai +108

The detection of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers by LIGO has opened the era of gravitational wave astronomy, revealing a previously hidden side of the cosmos. To ma…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 1.6k cited

GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1199

On 2019 April 25, the LIGO Livingston detector observed a compact binary coalescence with signal-to-noise ratio 12.9. The Virgo detector was also taking data that did not contribut…