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Island of Inversion in neutron-rich cobalt isotopes revealed from mass measurements
M. Flayol, P. Ascher, D. D. Dao +19
Mass measurements of the ground and isomeric states of Co have been performed using the JYFLTRAP Penning-trap mass spectrometer at the IGISOL facility. The masses were me…
Extending the low- "border'' of the region of deformation with precision mass spectrometry of Kr
D. Lunney, V. Manea, M. Mougeot +17
The onset of collective nuclear behavior in the , , region is examined through high-precision mass measurements of Kr, performed with the ISOLTRAP mas…
Refining the nuclear mass surface with the mass of Sn
L. Nies, D. Atanasov, M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis +17
Mass measurements with the ISOLTRAP mass spectrometer at CERN-ISOLDE improve mass uncertainties of neutron-deficient tin isotopes towards doubly-magic Sn. The mass uncertai…
Isomeric excitation energy for In from mass spectrometry reveals constant trend next to doubly magic Sn
L. Nies, D. Atanasov, M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis +16
The excitation energy of the 1/2 isomer in In at is measured to be 671(37) keV and the mass uncertainty of the 9/2 ground state is significantly reduced usi…
Charge radii, moments and masses of mercury isotopes across the N = 126 shell closure
T. Day Goodacre, A. V. Afanasjev, A. E. Barzakh +48
Combining laser spectroscopy in a Versatile Arc Discharge and Laser Ion Source, with Penning-trap mass spectrometry at the CERN-ISOLDE facility, this work reports on mean-square ch…
Mass measurements of 99-101In challenge ab initio nuclear theory of the nuclide 100Sn
M. Mougeot, D. Atanasov, J. Karthein +23
100Sn is of singular interest for nuclear structure. Its closed-shell proton and neutron configuration exhibit exceptional binding and 100Sn is the heaviest nucleus comprising prot…
Analysis methods and code for very high-precision mass measurements of unstable isotopes
Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +3
We present a robust analysis code developed in the Python language and incorporating libraries of the ROOT data analysis framework for the state-of-the-art mass spectrometry method…
Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the shell closure
T. Day Goodacre, A. V. Afanasjev, A. E. Barzakh +41
The mean-square charge radii of Hg () have been studied for the first time and those of Hg () remeasured by the applicat…
Masses of short-lived , , , and stable nuclides
I. Kulikov, A. Algora, D. Atanasov +13
Mass measurements of Sc, As, Br and Hg nuclides produced at CERN's radioactive-ion beam facility ISOLDE are presented. The measurements were perform…
Examining the = 28 shell closure through high-precision mass measurements of Ar
Maxime Mougeot, Dinko Atanasov, Carlo Barbieri +21
The strength of the = 28 magic number in neutron-rich argon isotopes is examined through high-precision mass measurements of Ar, performed with the ISOLTRAP mass spec…
Instrumentation for high-resolution laser spectroscopy at the ALTO radioactive-beam facility
D. T. Yordanov, D. Atanasov, M. L. Bissell +8
Collinear laser spectroscopy is one of the essential tools for nuclear-structure studies. It allows nuclear electromagnetic properties of ground and isomeric states to be extracted…
First glimpse of the shell closure below from masses of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes and isomers
V. Manea, J. Karthein, D. Atanasov +18
We probe the nuclear shell closure by mass measurements of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer at ISOLDE-CERN. The new mass of Cd offers the…
New Test of Modulated Electron Capture Decay of Hydrogen-Like Pm Ions: Precision Measurement of Purely Exponential Decay
F. C. Ozturk, B. Akkus, D. Atanasov +92
An experiment addressing electron capture (EC) decay of hydrogen-like Pm ions has been conducted at the experimental storage ring (ESR) at GSI. The decay appears to…
Simultaneous Measurements of the Beta Neutrino Angular Correlation in Ar Pure Fermi and Pure Gamow-Teller Transitions using Beta-Proton Coincidences
V. Araujo-Escalona, D. Atanasov, X. Fléchard +14
We report first time measurements of the beta-neutrino angular correlation based on the kinetic energy shift of protons emitted in parallel or anti-parallel directions with respect…
-value determination for NaNe and MgNa mirror-nuclei decays using high-precision mass spectrometry with ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN
Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +14
We report on high-precision values of the NaNe and MgNa mirror -transitions from mass measurements with ISOLT…
Direct decay-energy measurement as a route to the neutrino mass
Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +11
A high-precision measurement of the CsXe ground-to-ground-state electron-capture -value was performed using the ISOLTRAP mass spectrom…
Shape staggering of mid-shell mercury isotopes from in-source laser spectroscopy compared with Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Shell Model calculations
S. Sels, T. Day Goodacre, B. A. Marsh +45
Neutron-deficient Hg isotopes were studied using in-source laser resonance-ionization spectroscopy at the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion-beam facility, in an experiment co…
Precision Mass Measurement of Cr: Nuclear Collectivity towards the \emph{N}=40 Island of Inversion
Maxime Mougeot, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +22
The neutron-rich isotopes Cr were produced for the first time at the ISOLDE facility and their masses were measured with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer. The new values are up…
r-Process Nucleosynthesis: Connecting Rare-Isotope Beam Facilities with the Cosmos
C. J. Horowitz, A. Arcones, B. Côté +35
This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and elec…
Study of the long-lived excited state in the neutron deficient nuclides Po by precision mass measurement
N. A. Althubiti, D. Atanasov, K. Blaum +23
Direct mass measurements of the low-spin and high-spin states in the neutron-deficient isotopes Po, Po, and high-spin state in…
Precision Mass Measurements of 129-131Cd and Their Impact on Stellar Nucleosynthesis via the Rapid Neutron Capture Process
D. Atanasov, P. Ascher, K. Blaum +17
Masses adjacent to the classical waiting-point nuclide 130Cd have been measured by using the Penning- trap spectrometer ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN. We find a significant deviation of…
Probing the N = 32 shell closure below the magic proton number Z = 20: Mass measurements of the exotic isotopes 52,53K
M. Rosenbusch, P. Ascher, D. Atanasov +21
The recently confirmed neutron-shell closure at N = 32 has been investigated for the first time below the magic proton number Z = 20 with mass measurements of the exotic isotopes 5…
High-resolution measurement of the time-modulated orbital electron capture and of the decay of hydrogen-like Pm ions
Decays Collaboration, P. Kienle, F. Bosch +45
The periodic time modulations, found recently in the two-body orbital electron-capture (EC) decay of both, hydrogen-like Pr and Pm ions, with period…