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Probing the Size of Neutron and Proton Single-Particle Orbitals from Nucleon Knockout Reactions
M. Enciu, A. Obertelli, P. Doornenbal +83
The size of neutron and proton single-particle orbitals of Ca, Ca, Ca, and Sc were investigated via nucleon knockout reactions at 230 MeV/nucleon…
Level Structures of Ca Cast Doubt on a doubly magic Ca
S. Chen, F. Browne, P. Doornenbal +80
Gamma decays were observed in Ca and Ca following quasi-free one-proton knockout reactions from Sc beams at MeV/nucleon. For Ca, a …
A First Glimpse at the Shell Structure beyond Ca: Spectroscopy of K, Ca, and Ca
T. Koiwai, K. Wimmer, P. Doornenbal +80
States in the and 37 isotopes Ca have been populated by direct proton-induced nucleon removal reactions from Sc and Ca beams at the RIBF. In addit…
Investigation of the ground-state spin inversion in the neutron-rich 47,49Cl isotopes
B. D. Linh, A. Corsi, A. Gillibert +83
A first gamma-ray study of 47,49Cl spectroscopy was performed at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory with 50Ar projectiles at 217 MeV/nucleon, impinging on the liquid hydrogen tar…
Isomeric states in neutron-rich nuclei around
K. Wimmer, F. Recchia, S. M. Lenzi +37
Neutron-rich nuclei in the vicinity of the island of inversion are characterized by shell evolution and exhibit deformed ground states. In several nuclei isomeric states hav…
Persistence of the shell gap in isobars: Identification of a possible s isomer in Co and decay to Ni
S. Escrig, A. I. Morales, S. Nishimura +40
Background: The evolution of shell structure around doubly magic exotic nuclei is of great interest in nuclear physics and astrophysics. In the `southwest' region of Ni, the…
International Workshop on Next Generation Gamma-Ray Source
C. R. Howell, M. W. Ahmed, A. Afanasev +50
A workshop on The Next Generation Gamma-Ray Sources sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Physics at the Department of Energy, was held November 17--19, 2016 in Bethesda, Maryland. Th…
shell closure below calcium: Low-lying structure of Ar
M. L. Cortés, W. Rodriguez, P. Doornenbal +78
Low-lying excited states in the isotope Ar were investigated by in-beam -ray spectroscopy following proton- and neutron-knockout, multi-nucleon removal, and proton…
Precision measurement of the transition strength to the 2 state of C
A. D'Alessio, T. Mongelli, M. Arnold +16
The form factor of the electromagnetic excitation of C to its 2 state was measured at extremely low momentum transfers in an electron scattering experiment at the S-DA…
Observation of -vibrations and alignments built on non-ground-state configurations in 156Dy
S. N. T. Majola, D. J. Hartley, L. L. Riedinger +25
The exact nature of the lowest rotational bands in all deformed nuclei remains obscure. Traditionally they are assumed to be collective vibrations of the nuclear shape…
First candidates for γ vibrational bands built on the [505]11/2- neutron orbital in odd-A Dy isotopes
S. N. T. Majola, M. A. Sithole, L. Mdletshe +67
Rotational structures have been measured using the Jurogam II and GAMMASPHERE arrays at low spin following the 155Gd(α,2n)157Dy and 148Nd(12C, 5n)155Dy reactions at 25 and 65 MeV,…
Evolution of the dipole polarizability in the stable tin isotope chain
S. Bassauer, P. von Neumann-Cosel, P. -G. Reinhard +36
The dipole polarizability of stable even-mass tin isotopes 112,114,116,118,120,124 was extracted from inelastic proton scattering experiments at 295 MeV under very forward angles p…
Reexamination of Li scattering as a Probe to Investigate the Isoscalar Giant Resonances in Nuclei
J. C. Zamora, C. Sullivan, R. G. T. Zegers +37
Inelastic Li scattering at 100 MeV/u on C and Nb have been measured with the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer Grand Raiden. The magnetic-rigidity set…
Shell evolution of isotones towards Ca: First spectroscopy of Ti
M. L. Cortés, W. Rodriguez, P. Doornenbal +81
Excited states in the isotone Ti were populated via the VTi reaction at 200~MeV/u at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory and studied usin…
Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation
R. Taniuchi, C. Santamaria, P. Doornenbal +68
Nuclear magic numbers, which emerge from the strong nuclear force based on quantum chromodynamics, correspond to fully occupied energy shells of protons, or neutrons inside atomic…
First spectroscopy of 61Ti and the transition to the Island of Inversion at N = 40
K. Wimmer, F. Recchia, S. M. Lenzi +39
Isomeric states in 59,61Ti have been populated in the projectile fragmentation of a 345 AMeV 238U beam at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The decay lifetimes and delayed gamm…
How Robust is the N = 34 Subshell Closure? First Spectroscopy of Ar
H. N. Liu, A. Obertelli, P. Doornenbal +77
The first -ray spectroscopy of Ar, with the neutron number N = 34, was measured using the K(p,2p) one-proton removal reaction at 210 MeV/u at the RIBF facili…
A revised value in the semi-magic nucleus Po
D. Kocheva, G. Rainovski, J. Jolie +29
The lifetimes of the , the and the states of Po have been measured in the Pb(C,Be)Po transfer reaction by the Doppler-s…
First Measurement of Collectivity of Coexisting Shapes based on Type II Shell Evolution: The Case of Zr
C. Kremer, S. Aslanidou, S. Bassauer +13
Background: Type II shell evolution has recently been identified as a microscopic cause for nuclear shape coexistence. Purpose: Establish a low-lying rotational band in 96-Zr. Meth…
The decay of quadrupole-octupole states in Ca and Ce
V. Derya, N. Tsoneva, T. Aumann +12
Background: Two-phonon excitations originating from the coupling of two collective one-phonon states are of great interest in nuclear structure physics. One possibility to generate…
Magnetic dipole excitations of Cr
H. Pai, T. Beck, J. Beller +23
The low-lying -strength of the open-shell nucleus Cr has been studied with the method of nuclear resonance fluorescence up to 9.7 MeV, using bremsstrahlung at the superc…
Mixed-symmetry octupole and hexadecapole excitations in the N=52 isotones
A. Hennig, M. Spieker, V. Werner +18
Background: Excitations with mixed proton-neutron symmetry have been previously observed in the isotones. Besides the well established quadrupole mixed-symmetry states (MSS)…
Evidence for shape coexistence in Mo
T. Thomas, K. Nomura, V. Werner +8
A angular correlation experiment has been performed to investigate the low-energy states of the nucleus Mo. The new data, including spin assignments, multipole mixing r…
The electric dipole response of Se above 4 MeV
P. M. Goddard, N. Cooper, V. Werner +20
The dipole response of Se in the energy range 4 to 9 MeV has been analyzed using a polarized photon scattering technique, performed at the High Intensity $…