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most citedEvidence for dipole nature of the low-energy enhancement in Fe

91 citations · 841 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

nucl-ex2026

Photoneutron reactions on Ho and Tm in the giant dipole resonance region

I. Gheorghe, S. Goriely, K. Stopani +19

Photoneutron reactions were investigated for the deformed Ho and Tm nuclei from the vicinity of the neutron emission threshold up to 40~MeV, well above the gi…

nucl-ex2026

Statistical and non-statistical -decay properties of Zn

A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, T. K. Eriksen +23

We present a study on the -decay properties of Zn using the Oslo method on Zn() data combined with Zn cross-section measurements at the…

nucl-ex2023★ 12 cited

Nuclear level densities and ray strength functions of Sn isotopes studied with the Oslo method

M. Markova, A. C. Larsen, G. M. Tveten +13

The Sn isotopes have been studied with (), (), and () reactions to extract the nuclear level densities (NLDs) and -ray strength fun…

nucl-ex2023★ 5 cited

Advancements of -ray spectroscopy of isotopically identified fission fragments with AGATA and VAMOS++

A. Lemasson, J. Dudouet, M. Rejmund +3

-ray spectroscopy of fission fragments is a powerful method for studies of nuclear structure properties. Recent results on the spectroscopy of fission fragments, using the combi…

nucl-ex2020

Comprehensive test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis in the energy region of the pygmy dipole resonance

M. Markova, P. von Neumann-Cosel, A. C. Larsen +22

The validity of the Brink-Axel hypothesis, which is especially important for numerous astrophysical calculations, is addressed for 116,120,124Sn below the neutron separation energy…

nucl-ex2019★ 2 cited

Impact of restricted spin-ranges in the Oslo Method: The example of (d,p)

F. Zeiser, G. Potel, G. M. Tveten +18

In this paper we present the first systematic analysis of the impact of the populated vs. intrinsic spin distribution on the nuclear level density and -ray strength function ret…

nucl-ex2018★ 43 cited

Understanding the Low-Energy Enhancement of the -ray Strength Function of Fe

M. D. Jones, A. O. Macchiavelli, M. Wiedeking +27

A model-independent technique was used to determine the -ray Strength Function (SF) of Fe down to -ray energies less than 1 MeV for the first time with GRETINA usin…

nucl-ex2015★ 45 cited

Study of the 238U(d,p) surrogate reaction via the simultaneous measurement of gamma-decay and fission probabilities

Q. Ducasse, B. Jurado, M. Aïche +26

We investigated the 238U(d,p) reaction as a surrogate for the n + 238U reaction. For this purpose we measured for the first time the gamma-decay and fission probabilities of 239U*…

nucl-ex2015★ 72 cited

Validity of the generalized Brink-Axel hypothesis in Np

M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen, A. Görgen +4

We have analyzed primary -ray spectra of the odd-odd Np nucleus extracted from Np()Np coincidence data measured at the Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory. T…

nucl-ex2015★ 34 cited

Statistical properties of Pu, and Pu(n,) cross section calculation

T. A. Laplace, F. Zeiser, M. Guttormsen +24

The level density and gamma-ray strength function (gammaSF) of 243Pu have been measured in the quasi-continuum using the Oslo method. Excited states in 243Pu were populated using t…

nucl-ex2015★ 43 cited

Low-energy enhancement in the γ-ray strength functions of Ge

T. Renstrøm, H. -T. Nyhus, H. Utsumoniya +22

The -ray strength functions and level densities of Ge have been extracted up to the neutron separation energy S from particle- coincidence data using the Oslo m…

nucl-ex2015★ 40 cited

Experimentally constrained ()Y and ()Y reaction rates relevant to the -process nucleosynthesis

A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, R. Schwengner +18

The nuclear level density and the -ray strength function have been extracted for Y, using the Oslo Method on Y()Y coincidence data. The -ray stre…

nucl-ex2015★ 51 cited

Experimental level densities of atomic nuclei

M. Guttormsen, M. Aiche, F. L. Bello Garrote +24

It is almost 80 years since Hans Bethe described the level density as a non-interacting gas of protons and neutrons. In all these years, experimental data were interpreted within t…

nucl-ex2014★ 14 cited

Shell-gap reduced level densities in Y

M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen, F. L. Bello Garrote +14

Particle- coincidences from the Y()Y and Y()Y reactions were utilized to obtain -ray spectra as function of excitation energy. The…

nucl-ex2014

Pygmy resonance and low-energy enhancement in the -ray strength functions of Pd~isotopes

Tomas Kvalheim Eriksen, Hilde-Therese Nyhus, Magne Guttormsen +8

An unexpected enhancement in the -ray strength function, as compared to the low energy tail of the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR), has been observed for Sc, Ti, V, Fe and Mo isoto…

nucl-ex2014

Observation of double pygmy resonances in Pt and enhanced astrophysical reaction rates

F. Giacoppo, F. L. Bello Garrote, T. K. Eriksen +12

Our measurements of Pt -strength functions show a double-humped enhancement in the MeV region. For the first time, the detailed shape of these resonances…

nucl-ex2013★ 3 cited

Neutron-skin thickness of Pb, and symmetry-energy constraints from the study of the anti-analog giant dipole resonance

A. Krasznahorkay, M. Csatlós, L. Csige +12

The Pb(,) Pb reaction at a beam energy of 30 MeV has been used to excite the anti-analog of the giant dipole resonance (AGDR) and to measure its -de…

nucl-ex2013★ 60 cited

Transitional strength in Cd isotopes

A. C. Larsen, I. E. Ruud, A. Bürger +12

The level densities and -ray strength functions of Cd have been extracted from particle- coincidence data using the Oslo method. The level densities are i…

nucl-ex2013★ 74 cited

Scissors resonance in the quasi-continuum of Th, Pa and U isotopes

M. Guttormsen, L. A. Bernstein, A. Görgen +16

The gamma-ray strength function in the quasi-continuum has been measured for 231-233Th, 232,233Pa and 237-239U using the Oslo method. All eight nuclei show a pronounced increase in…

nucl-ex2013★ 91 cited

Evidence for dipole nature of the low-energy enhancement in Fe

A. C. Larsen, N. Blasi, A. Bracco +16

The -ray strength function of Fe has been measured from proton- coincidences for excitation energies up to MeV. The low-energy enhancement in the -ray…

nucl-ex2013★ 64 cited

Constant-temperature level densities in the quasi-continuum of Th and U isotopes

M. Guttormsen, B. Jurado, J. N. Wilson +16

Particle-gamma coincidences have been measured to obtain gamma-ray spectra as a function of excitation energy for 231-233Th and 237-239U. The level densities, which were extracted…

nucl-ex2012★ 7 cited

High-spin structure in K

P. -A. Söderström, F. Recchia, J. Nyberg +74

High-spin states of K have been populated in the fusion-evaporation reaction C(Si,np)K and studied by means of -ray spectroscopy techniques using one…

nucl-ex2012★ 72 cited

Observation of large scissors resonance strength in actinides

M. Guttormsen, L. A. Bernstein, A. Bürger +8

The orbital M1-scissors resonance (SR) has been measured for the first time in the quasi-continuum of actinides. Particle-gamma coincidences are recorded with deuteron and 3He indu…

nucl-ex2012★ 14 cited

Observation of Positive-Parity Bands in Pd and Pd: Enhanced -Softness

E. A. Stefanova, S. Lalkovski, A. Korichi +16

The neutron-rich nuclei Pd and Pd were produced as fission fragments following the Si + Er reaction at 142 MeV. Using the identification based on the…