activity
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most citedEvolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive Ra and Ra Beams

97 citations · 237 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

nucl-ex2025★ 2 cited

The 76Cu conundrum remains unsolved

B. Olaizola, A. Illana, J. Benito +80

Near the doubly-magic nucleus \nuc{Ni}{78} (, ), there has been a decades-long debate on the existence of a long-lived isomer in \nuc{Cu}{76}. A recent mass measurement…

nucl-ex2025★ 2 cited

Study of beta spectrum shapes relevant to the prediction of reactor antineutrino spectra

G. A. Alcalá, A. Algora, M. Estienne +35

The shapes of the beta spectra of 92Rb and 142Cs, two of the beta decays most relevant for the prediction of the antineutrino spectrum in reactors, have been measured. A new setup…

nucl-ex2024

Shape Coexistence in Zr from a Model-Independent Analysis

N. Marchini, M. Rocchini, M. Zielinska +33

Low-lying states of Zr were investigated via low-energy multi-step Coulomb excitation. From the measured -ray yields, \textcolor{black}{16} reduced \textcolor{black}{E2}…

nucl-ex2024★ 3 cited

Revealing the nature of yrast states in neutron-rich polonium isotopes

R. Lică, A. N. Andreyev, H. Naïdja +43

Polonium isotopes having two protons above the shell closure at show a wide variety of low-lying high-spin isomeric states across the whole chain. The structure of neutron-d…

nucl-ex2024★ 7 cited

First investigation on the isomeric ratio in multinucleon transfer reactions: Entrance channel effects on the spin distribution

D. Kumar, T. Dickel, A. Zadvornaya +39

The multinucleon transfer (MNT) reaction approach was successfully employed for the first time to measure the isomeric ratios (IRs) of Po (25/2) isomer and its (9/2…

nucl-ex2023

Isospin symmetry in the triplet

K. Wimmer, P. Ruotsalainen, S. M. Lenzi +44

Excited states in the nuclei Ga and Ge were populated in direct reactions of relativistic radioactive ion beams at the RIBF. Coincident \grays were meas…

nucl-ex2023★ 9 cited

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 met…

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

Simultaneous -ray and electron spectroscopy of Hg isotopes

M. Stryjczyk, B. Andel, J. G. Cubiss +48

Background: The mercury isotopes around are a well-known example of nuclei exhibiting shape coexistence. Mixing of configurations can be studied by measuring the monopole s…

nucl-ex2023★ 13 cited

Beta-delayed neutron spectroscopy of In

Z. Y. Xu, M. Madurga, R. Grzywacz +46

The decay properties of In were studied in detail at the ISOLDE Decay Station (IDS). The implementation of the Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source (RILIS) allowed separat…

nucl-ex2023★ 18 cited

First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in Zn: Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the Island of Inversion

M. Rocchini, P. E. Garrett, M. Zielinska +41

The excited states of Zn were investigated via -ray spectroscopy following Cu decay. By exploiting - angular correlation analysis, the , $3…

nucl-ex2020★ 18 cited

Detailed spectroscopy of doubly magic Sn

J. Benito, L. M. Fraile, A. Korgul +85

The structure of the doubly magic Sn has been investigated at the ISOLDE facility at CERN, populated both by the decay of In and -delayed neut…

nucl-ex2020★ 3 cited

Decay studies of the long-lived states in Tl

M. Stryjczyk, B. Andel, A. N. Andreyev +45

Decay spectroscopy of the long-lived states in Tl has been performed at the ISOLDE Decay Station at ISOLDE, CERN. The decay from the low-spin state in T…

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2017★ 17 cited

The SPEDE spectrometer

P. Papadakis, D. M. Cox, G. G. O'Neill +18

The electron spectrometer, SPEDE, has been developed and will be employed in conjunction with the Miniball spectrometer at the HIE-ISOLDE facility, CERN. SPEDE allows for direct me…