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Precision masses of neutron-rich platinum and gold nuclei reveal enhanced shell strength below doubly-magic Pb
David Freire-Fernández, Rui-Jiu Chen, Usama Ahmed +63
The heaviest stable nuclei in the universe owe their existence to quantum shell structure, the grouping of protons and neutrons into discrete energy levels separated by gaps. The l…
Extended R-matrix description of two-proton radioactivity
Zhaozhan Zhang, Cenxi Yuan, Chong Qi +2
Two-proton () radioactivity provides fundamental knowledge on the three-body decay mechanism and the residual nuclear interaction. In this work, we propose decay width formulae…
Electromagnetic moments of scandium isotopes and isotones in the distinctive orbit
S. W. Bai, Á. Koszorús, B. S. Hu +31
The electric quadrupole moment of Sc was measured by collinear laser spectroscopy at CERN-ISOLDE to be b, and a nearly tenfold improvement in precis…
Shell-model study on properties of proton dripline nuclides with Z, N = 30-50 including uncertainty analysis
Boshuai Cai, Guangshang Chen, Cenxi Yuan +1
The binding energies and proton separation energies of nuclides with are investigated, based on the shell model with an uncertainty analysis through statistical meth…
Systematic shell-model study on spectroscopic properties in the south region of Pb
Cenxi Yuan, Menglan Liu, Noritaka Shimizu +4
We aim to study the properties of nuclei in the south region of Pb systematically, including the binding and excitation energies and electromagnetic properties, in order to…
Implementation of residual nucleus de-excitations associated with proton decays in based on the GENIE generator and TALYS code
Hang Hu, Wan-Lei Guo, Jun Su +2
We implement the de-excitation processes of residual nuclei associated with proton decays in based on the GENIE generator and TALYS code. To derive the reasonable e…
Observation of the near-threshold intruder resonance in Be
J. Chen, S. M. Wang, H. T. Fortune +34
A resonant state at \,MeV, located just above the one-neutron separation threshold, was observed for the first time in Be from the Be\,$(d,p)^{1…
Quasi-free Neutron Knockout Reaction Reveals a Small -orbital Component in the Borromean Nucleus B
Z. H. Yang, Y. Kubota, A. Corsi +73
A kinematically complete quasi-free experiment in inverse kinematics was performed to study the structure of the Borromean nucleus B, which had long been considered…
Precision measurement of the magnetic octupole moment in Sc as a test for state-of-the-art atomic- and nuclear-structure theory
R. P. de Groote, J. Moreno, J. Dobaczewski +4
We report on measurements of the hyperfine and -constants of the and atomic states in Sc. High-precision atomic calculation…
Decay Half-life Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis
Boshuai Cai, Guangshang Chen, Jiongyu Xu +3
The non-parametric bootstrap method is used to evaluate the uncertainties of two decay formulas, the universal decay law (UDL) and the new Geiger-Nuttall law (NGNL). Such a met…
Simultaneous measurement of beta-delayed proton and gamma emission of P for Al()Si reaction rate
P. F. Liang, L. J. Sun, J. Lee +53
decay of P was used to populate the astrophysically important 5929.4(8) keV state of Si. Both -delayed proton at 418(8) keV and gamma ray at…
Masses of ground and isomeric states of In and configuration-dependent shell evolution in odd- indium isotopes
X. Xu, J. H. Liu, C. X. Yuan +40
We report first precision mass measurements of the isomeric and ground states of In. The determined isomeric excitation energy continues a smooth trend of o…
Binding-energy independence of reduced single particle strengths derived from reactions
Y. P. Xu, D. Y. Pang, X. Y. Yun +3
An overall reduction factor (ORF) is introduced for studying the quenching of single particle strengths through nucleon transfer reactions. The ORF includes contributions of all th…
Neutronic Study of UO2-BeO Fuel with Various Claddings
Shengli Chen, Cenxi Yuan
The neutronic properties of UO2-BeO fuel with various claddings are investigated through the Monte Carlo method and the Linear Reactivity Model. A second order polynomial function…
Possible determination of high-lying single particle components with (p,d) reactions
Y. P. Xu, D. Y. Pang, X. Y. Yun +3
A detailed feasibility study on deducing the high-lying single-particle components (HLSPCs), which are important but used to be ignored, in the ground and low-lying excited states…
Beta-decay spectroscopy of S
L. J. Sun, X. X. Xu, S. Q. Hou +55
Background: Beta-decay spectroscopy provides valuable nuclear physics input for thermonuclear reaction rates of astrophysical interest and stringent test for shell-model theories f…
Minor Actinides Transmutation in Candidate Accident Tolerant Fuel-Claddings U3Si2-FeCrAl and U3Si2-SiC
Shengli Chen, Cenxi Yuan
An advanced transmutation method is suggested that the long-lived Minor Actinides (MAs) in the spent fuel can be efficiently transmuted in the candidate Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF…
Radial Distributions of Power and Isotopic Concentrations in Candidate Accident Tolerant Fuel U3Si2 and UO2/U3Si2 Fuel Pins with FeCrAl Cladding
Shengli Chen, Cenxi Yuan, Daxi Guo
Monte Carlo simulations show similarity on radial distributions of power and isotopic concentrations at any effective full power depletion time among five kinds of fuel-cladding co…
Transmutation of Minor Actinides and Power Flattening in PWR MOX Fuel
Shengli Chen, Cenxi Yuan
In order to transmute long-lived MAs and flatten power distribution in a PWR MOX fuel assembly, the authors have proposed to replace some high power fuel rods by MAs loaded fuel ro…
Neutronic Analysis on Potential Accident Tolerant Fuel-Cladding Combination USi-FeCrAl
Shengli Chen, Cenxi Yuan
Neutronic performance is investigated for a potential accident tolerant fuel (ATF),which consists of USi fuel and FeCrAl cladding. In comparison with current UO-Zr syst…
Study of Minor Actinides Transmutation in PWR MOX fuel
Shengli Chen, Cenxi Yuan, Jingxia Wu +1
The management of long-lived radionuclides in spent fuel is a key issue to achieve the closed nuclear fuel cycle and the sustainable development of nuclear energy. Partitioning-Tra…
Isomerism in the "south-east" of Sn and a predicted neutron-decaying isomer in Pd
Cenxi Yuan, Zhong Liu, Furong Xu +11
Excited states in neutron-rich nuclei located south-east of Sn are investigated by shell-model calculations. A new shell-model Hamiltonian is constructed for the present st…
The impact of the off-diagonal cross-shell interaction on C
Cenxi Yuan
The shell-model investigation is performed to show the impact on the structure of C contributed by the off-diagonal cross-shell interaction, V$\mid sdsd\ran…
Two-nucleon excitation from to shell in C
Cenxi Yuan, Min Zhang, Nianwu Lan +1
The effect of the two-nucleon excitation from to shell is discussed in C and C in the frame work of shell model. The recently suggested shell-model Hamiltoni…