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most citedPrecision mass measurements on neutron-rich rare-earth isotopes at JYFLTRAP - reduced neutron pairing and implications for the -process calculations

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nucl-ex2026

First direct measurement of Ca single -decay Q value with the TITAN Penning trap

S. Kakkar, D. Perera, J. Ash +19

Neutrinoless double -decay (0), if observed, would provide unequivocal evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model. Ca is an interesting candidate system to study…

nucl-ex2025

Exploration for Astromers near Sn with the Canadian Penning Trap

A. A. Valverde, S. Cupp, A. Gross +26

Nuclear isomers can have significant impacts on astrophysical nucleosynthesis processes, with recent efforts demonstrating that the population of isomeric states with different hal…

nucl-ex2025

The mass of Sn and Bayesian extrapolations to the proton drip line

Christian M. Ireland, Georg Bollen, Scott E. Campbell +23

The favorable energy configurations of nuclei at magic numbers of neutrons and protons are fundamental for understanding the evolution of nuclear structure. The ${Z=50}…

nucl-ex2025

Astrophysical significance of the isomer Ag demonstrated through direct mass measurement

F. Rivero, M. Brodeur, J. A. Clark +18

The abundance of elements heavier than iron produced via the astrophysical rapid-neutron capture process depends sensitively on the atomic mass of the involved nuclei as well as th…

nucl-ex2025★ 6 cited

Refined topology of the N = 20 island of inversion with high precision mass measurements of Na and Mg

E. M. Lykiardopoulou, C. Walls, J. Bergmann +30

Mass measurements of Na and Mg using the TITAN MR-TOF-MS at TRIUMF's ISAC facility are presented, with the uncertainty of the Na mass reduced by over two…

nucl-ex2025

Precision mass measurements of Sr using TITAN's Multiple-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

Z. Hockenbery, T. Murböck, B. Ashrafkhani +29

We report precision mass measurements of Sr performed with the TITAN Multiple-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. This marks a first time mass measurement of $^{…

nucl-ex2024

Mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclides using the Canadian Penning Trap to inform predictions in the -process rare-earth peak region

D. Ray, N. Vassh, B. Liu +25

Studies aiming to determine the astrophysical origins of nuclei produced by the rapid neutron capture process ( process) rely on nuclear properties as inputs for simulations. Th…

nucl-ex2024★ 11 cited

High-precision mass measurement of Sn restores smoothness of the mass surface

C. M. Ireland, F. M. Maier, G. Bollen +20

As a step towards the ultimate goal of a high-precision mass measurement of doubly-magic Sn, the mass of Sn was measured at the Low Energy Beam and Ion Trap (LEBIT)…

nucl-ex2024

Precise Mass Measurement of the Longest Odd-Odd Chain of \boldmath Ground States

B. Liu, M. Brodeur, J. A. Clark +14

Precise mass measurements of the ground and isomeric states of the odd-odd Rh were performed using the Canadian Penning Trap at Argonne National Laborat…

nucl-ex2024★ 3 cited

Investigating the effects of precise mass measurements of Ru and Pd isotopes on machine learning mass modeling

W. S. Porter, B. Liu, D. Ray +19

Atomic masses are a foundational quantity in our understanding of nuclear structure, astrophysics and fundamental symmetries. The long-standing goal of creating a predictive global…

nucl-ex2023★ 5 cited

Precise Mass Measurements of Isobars with the Canadian Penning Trap: Resolving the anomaly at Te

A. A. Valverde, F. G. Kondev, B. Liu +11

We report precision mass measurements of Sb, Te, and I, produced at CARIBU at Argonne National Laboratory's ATLAS facility and measured using the Cana…

nucl-ex2023

Direct mass measurements of neutron-rich zinc and gallium isotopes: an investigation of the formation of the first r-process peak

Andrew Jacobs, Stylianos Nikas, John Ash +23

The prediction of isotopic abundances resulting from the rapid neutron capture process (r-process) requires high-precision mass measurements. Using TITAN's on-line time-of-flight s…

nucl-ex2022★ 16 cited

Investigating nuclear structure near and : Precision mass measurements of neutron-rich Ca, Ti and V isotopes

W. S. Porter, E. Dunling, E. Leistenschneider +32

Nuclear mass measurements of isotopes are key to improving our understanding of nuclear structure across the chart of nuclides, in particular for the determination of the appearanc…

nucl-ex2022★ 22 cited

Summit of the N=40 Island of Inversion: precision mass measurements and ab initio calculations of neutron-rich chromium isotopes

R. Silwal, C. Andreoiu, B. Ashrafkhani +24

Mass measurements continue to provide invaluable information for elucidating nuclear structure and scenarios of astrophysical interest. The transition region between the a…

nucl-ex2022★ 19 cited

Mapping the Island of Inversion: Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-rich Fe Isotopes

W. S. Porter, B. Ashrafkhani, J. Bergmann +32

Nuclear properties across the chart of nuclides are key to improving and validating our understanding of the strong interaction in nuclear physics. We present high-precision mass m…

nucl-ex2022★ 12 cited

Precise Q value measurements of Ag and Cd with the Canadian Penning trap for evaluation of potential ultra-low Q value -decays

Nadeesha D. Gamage, Rachel Sandler, Fritz Buchinger +8

An ultra-low Q value -decay can occur from a parent nuclide to an excited state in the daughter with <1 keV. These decays are of interest for nuclear -decay theory a…

nucl-ex2021

Mass measurements of Ga reduce x-ray burst model uncertainties and extend the evaluated isobaric multiplet mass equation

S. F. Paul, J. Bergmann, J. D. Cardona +27

We report precision mass measurements of neutron-deficient gallium isotopes approaching the proton drip line. The measurements of Ga performed with the TITAN multiple-ref…

nucl-ex2020★ 45 cited

Precision mass measurements of neutron-rich scandium isotopes refine the evolution of and shell closures

E. Leistenschneider, E. Dunling, G. Bollen +17

We report high-precision mass measurements of Sc isotopes performed at the LEBIT facility at NSCL and at the TITAN facility at TRIUMF. Our results provide a substantial r…

nucl-ex2018★ 63 cited

Precision mass measurements on neutron-rich rare-earth isotopes at JYFLTRAP - reduced neutron pairing and implications for the -process calculations

M. Vilen, J. M. Kelly, A. Kankainen +16

The rare-earth peak in the -process abundance pattern depends sensitively on both the astrophysical conditions and subtle changes in nuclear structure in the region. This work t…