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First observation of the fine structure of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in a nucleus away from stability via the decay of Rb to Sr
P. Spagnoletti, M. Ramalho, S. Tahtela +52
A comprehensive -ray spectroscopy study of excited states in Sr populated via decay of Rb (, ~keV) was performed with the GRIFFIN spect…
Fusion of 12C+28Si at deep sub-barrier energies
A. M. Stefanini, G. Montagnoli, M. Del Fabbro +97
The existence of fusion hindrance is not well established in light heavy-ion systems. Studying slightly heavier cases allows extrapolating the trend to light systems of astrophysic…
Shape evolution in even-mass Zr isotopes via lifetime measurements using the -coincidence technique
G. Pasqualato, S. Ansari, J. S. Heines +82
The Zirconium (Z = 40) isotopic chain has attracted interest for more than four decades. The abrupt lowering of the energy of the first state and the increase in the transiti…
Probing exotic cross-shell interactions at N=28 with single-neutron transfer on 47K
C. J. Paxman, A. Matta, W. N. Catford +76
We present the first measurement of the K()K transfer reaction, performed in inverse kinematics using a reaccelerated beam of K. The level scheme of $^{4…
Shape Coexistence in Zr from a Model-Independent Analysis
N. Marchini, M. Rocchini, M. Zielinska +33
Low-lying states of Zr were investigated via low-energy multi-step Coulomb excitation. From the measured -ray yields, \textcolor{black}{16} reduced \textcolor{black}{E2}…
First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in Zn: Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the Island of Inversion
M. Rocchini, P. E. Garrett, M. Zielinska +41
The excited states of Zn were investigated via -ray spectroscopy following Cu decay. By exploiting - angular correlation analysis, the , $3…
Search for Na in novae supported by a novel method for measuring femtosecond nuclear lifetimes
C. Fougères, F. de Oliveira Santos, J. José +58
Classical novae are thermonuclear explosions in stellar binary systems, and important sources of Al and Na. While gamma rays from the decay of the former radioisotope…
Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the nucleus Tc
X. Liu, B. Cederwall, C. Qi +69
The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient nucleus Tc have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe(Ar, )$…
Complete set of bound negative-parity states in the neutron-rich 18N nucleus
S. Ziliani, M. Ciemała, F. C. L. Crespi +54
High-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy of 18N is performed with the Advanced GAmma Tracking Array AGATA, following deep-inelastic processes induced by an 18O beam on a 181Ta target…
Accessing tens-to-hundreds femtoseconds nuclear state lifetimes with low-energy binary heavy-ion reactions
M. Ciemala, S. Ziliani, F. C. L. Crespi +52
A novel Monte Carlo technique has been developed to determine lifetimes of excited states in the tens-to-hundreds femtoseconds range. The method is applied to low-energy heavy-ion…
Shape coexistence revealed in the isotope Kr through inelastic scattering
K. Wimmer, T. Arici, W. Korten +41
The nucleus Kr has been studied by inelastic scattering at intermediate energies. Two targets, Be and Au, were used to extract the nuclear deformation…
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…
Testing ab initio nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei: lifetime measurements of second 2+ states in 16C and 20O
M. Ciemala, S. Ziliani, F. C. L. Crespi +91
To test the predictive power of ab initio nuclear structure theory, the lifetime of the second 2+ state in neutron-rich 20O, tau(2+_2 ) = 150(+80-30) fs, and an estimate for the li…
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…
Discovery of Br in secondary reactions of radioactive beams
K. Wimmer, P. Doornenbal, W. Korten +31
The proton-rich isotope 68Br was discovered in secondary fragmentation reactions of fast radioactive beams. Proton-rich secondary beams of 70,71,72Kr and 70Br, produced at the RIKE…
Effects of one valence proton on seniority and angular momentum of neutrons in neutron-rich Sb isotopes
S. Biswas, A. Lemasson, M. Rejmund +58
The neutron-rich Sb isotopes were produced as fission fragments in the reaction Be(U,~f) with 6.2 MeV/u beam energy. An unique setup, consisting of AGATA,…
Shape coexistence and isospin symmetry in nuclei: Spectroscopy of the nucleus Kr
K. Wimmer, W. Korten, T. Arici +31
Excited states in the nucleus Kr have been populated using inelastic scattering of a radioactive Kr beam as well as one- and two-neutron removal reactions fr…
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…
Analysis methods of safe Coulomb-excitation experiments with radioactive ion beams using the gosia code
M. Zielińska, L. P. Gaffney, K. Wrzosek-Lipska +7
With the recent advances in radioactive ion beam technology, Coulomb excitation at safe energies becomes an important experimental tool in nuclear-structure physics. The usefulness…
Collectivity in the light radon nuclei measured directly via Coulomb excitation
L. P. Gaffney, A. P. Robinson, D. G. Jenkins +49
Background: Shape coexistence in heavy nuclei poses a strong challenge to state-of-the-art nuclear models, where several competing shape minima are found close to the ground state.…
Study of Sn+Xe fusion-evaporation: analysis of a rare-event experiment
Benoît Avez, Antoine Drouart, Ch. Stodel +27
Fusion-evaporation in the Sn+Xe system is studied using a high intensity xenon beam provided by the Ganil accelerator and the LISE3 wien filter for the selection of…