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most citedEvolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive Ra and Ra Beams

97 citations · 417 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

nucl-ex2025★ 2 cited

The 76Cu conundrum remains unsolved

B. Olaizola, A. Illana, J. Benito +80

Near the doubly-magic nucleus \nuc{Ni}{78} (, ), there has been a decades-long debate on the existence of a long-lived isomer in \nuc{Cu}{76}. A recent mass measurement…

nucl-ex2024

Beta delayed neutron emission of Cd

M. Madurga, Z. Y. Xu, 1 R. Grzywacz +54

Using the time-of-flight technique, we measured the beta-delayed neutron emission of Cd. From our large-scale shell model (LSSM) calculation using the NLO interaction […

nucl-ex2024★ 3 cited

Revealing the nature of yrast states in neutron-rich polonium isotopes

R. Lică, A. N. Andreyev, H. Naïdja +43

Polonium isotopes having two protons above the shell closure at show a wide variety of low-lying high-spin isomeric states across the whole chain. The structure of neutron-d…

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

Simultaneous -ray and electron spectroscopy of Hg isotopes

M. Stryjczyk, B. Andel, J. G. Cubiss +48

Background: The mercury isotopes around are a well-known example of nuclei exhibiting shape coexistence. Mixing of configurations can be studied by measuring the monopole s…

nucl-ex2021

First observation of high- isomeric states in Md and Md

T. Goigoux, Ch. Theisen, B. Sulignano +45

Decay spectroscopy of the odd-proton nuclei Md and Md has been performed. High- isomeric states were identified for the first time in these two nuclei through th…

nucl-ex2021★ 27 cited

Evidence against the wobbling nature of low-spin bands in Pr

B. F. Lv, C. M. Petrache, E. A. Lawrie +36

The electromagnetic character of the transitions connecting the one- to zero-phonon and the two- to one-phonon wobbling bands should be dominated by an component, due t…

nucl-ex2020★ 19 cited

Multiple chiral bands in Nd

C. M. Petrache, B. F. Lv, Q. B. Chen +35

Two new bands have been identified in Nd from a high-statistics JUROGAM II gamma-ray spectroscopy experiment. Constrained density functional theory and particle rotor model…

nucl-ex2020★ 18 cited

Detailed spectroscopy of doubly magic Sn

J. Benito, L. M. Fraile, A. Korgul +85

The structure of the doubly magic Sn has been investigated at the ISOLDE facility at CERN, populated both by the decay of In and -delayed neut…

nucl-ex2020★ 3 cited

Decay studies of the long-lived states in Tl

M. Stryjczyk, B. Andel, A. N. Andreyev +45

Decay spectroscopy of the long-lived states in Tl has been performed at the ISOLDE Decay Station at ISOLDE, CERN. The decay from the low-spin state in T…

nucl-ex2020★ 47 cited

The observation of vibrating pear shapes in radon nuclei: update

P. A. Butler, L. P. Gaffney, P. Spagnoletti +41

There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric-dipol…

nucl-ex2020★ 97 cited

Evolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive Ra and Ra Beams

P. A. Butler, L. P. Gaffney, P. Spagnoletti +40

There is sparse direct experimental evidence that atomic nuclei can exhibit stable pear shapes arising from strong octupole correlations. In order to investigate the nature of octu…

nucl-ex2020★ 30 cited

First Exploration of Neutron Shell Structure Below Lead and Beyond

T. L. Tang, B. P. Kay, C. R. Hoffman +26

The nuclei below lead but with more than 126 neutrons are crucial to an understanding of the astrophysical -process in producing nuclei heavier than . Despite their im…

nucl-ex2020★ 14 cited

In-beam gamma-ray and electron spectroscopy of Md

R. Briselet, Ch. Theisen, B. Sulignano +40

The odd- Md nucleus was studied using combined -ray and conversion-electron in-beam spectroscopy. Besides the previously observed rotational band based on the $[521]1…

nucl-ex2019★ 19 cited

Normal and intruder configurations in Si populated in the decay of Mg and Al

R. Lica, F. Rotaru, M. J. G. Borge +53

The structure of Si was studied through spectroscopy separately in the decays of Mg and Al at the ISOLDE facility of CERN. Different configurations i…

nucl-ex2019★ 34 cited

Chirality of Nd reexamined: Evidence for multiple chiral doublet bands

B. F. Lv, C. M. Petrache, Q. B. Chen +35

One new pair of positive-parity chiral doublet bands have been identified in the odd- nucleus Nd which together with the previously reported negative-parity chiral doubl…

nucl-ex2018★ 16 cited

Production cross section and decay study of Es and Md

R. Briselet, Ch. Theisen, M. Vandebrouck +42

In the study of the odd-, even- nuclei Es and Md, performed at the University of Jyväskylä, the fusion-evaporation reactions Au(Ca,2)$^{243}…

nucl-ex2018★ 8 cited

First Accurate Normalization of the -delayed Decay of N and Implications for the CO Astrophysical Reaction Rate

O. S. Kirsebom, O. Tengblad, R. Lica +41

The reaction plays a central role in astrophysics, but its cross section at energies relevant for astrophysical applications is only poorly cons…

nucl-ex2016★ 21 cited

Spectroscopy of 46Ar by the (t,p) two-neutron transfer reaction

K. Nowak, K. Wimmer, S. Hellgartner +24

States in the nucleus Ar have been studied by a two-neutron transfer reaction at REX-ISOLDE (CERN). A beam of radioactive at an energy of 2.16~AMeV and a trit…

nucl-ex2013★ 31 cited

Study of bound states in 12Be through low-energy 11Be(d,p)-transfer reactions

J. G. Johansen, V. Bildstein, M. J. G. Borge +27

The bound states of 12Be have been studied through a 11Be(d,p)12Be transfer reaction experiment in inverse kinematics. A 2.8 MeV/u beam of 11Be was produced using the REX-ISOLDE fa…

nucl-ex2013★ 19 cited

Spectroscopy of proton-rich 66^Se up to J^π = 6^+: isospin-breaking effect in the A = 66 isobaric triplet

P. Ruotsalainen, D. G. Jenkins, M. A. Bentley +26

Candidates for three excited states in the 66^Se have been identified using the recoil-β tagging method together with a veto detector for charged-particle evaporation channels. The…