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Tripathi, V.*; Bhattacharya, S.*; Rubino, E.*; Benetti, C.*; Perello, J. F.*; Tabor, S. L.*; Liddick, S. N.*; Bender, P. C.*; Carpenter, M. P.*; Carroll, J. J.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 106(6), p.064314_1 - 064314_14, 2022/12
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.02(Physics, Nuclear)ミシガン州立大学の国立超伝導サイクロトロン研究所にて、中性子過剰なリン、硫黄同位体を生成し、そこからのベータ崩壊半減期および娘核の励起準位を測定した。Pの崩壊によって得られるエネルギー準位から、この原子核の基底状態は
あるいは
であることが示唆された。中性子数が偶数の硫黄同位体からの崩壊様式を系統的に調べた結果、中性子数が増えるにつれてガモフテラー遷移強度の大きな準位の励起エネルギーが高くなることがわかった。これは、大規模殻模型計算によって予言されている現象に一致する。
Brunet, M.*; Podolyk, Zs.*; Berry, T. A.*; Brown, B. A.*; Carroll, R. J.*; Lica, R.*; Sotty, Ch.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Borge, M. J. G.*; Cubiss, J. G.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 103(5), p.054327_1 - 054327_13, 2021/05
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:47.5(Physics, Nuclear)The structure of Po populated through the EC/
decay of
At is investigated using
-ray spectroscopy at the ISOLDE Decay Station. The presented level scheme contains 27 new excited states and 43 new transitions, as well as a further 50 previously observed
rays which have been (re)assigned a position. Through the analysis using the shell model calculations approximately half of the
-decay strength of
At is found to proceed via allowed decay and half via first-forbidden decay. The first-forbidden transitions predominantly populate core excited states at high excitation energies, which is qualitatively understood using shell model considerations.
Carroll, R. J.*; Podolyk, Zs.*; Berry, T.*; Grawe, H.*; Alexander, T.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Ansari, S.*; Borge, M. J. G.*; Brunet, M.*; Creswell, J. R.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 125(19), p.192501_1 - 192501_6, 2020/11
被引用回数:5 パーセンタイル:51.93(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The decay of
Hg into the one-proton hole, one neutron-particle
Tl
nucleus was investigated at CERN-ISOLDE. Shell-model calculations describe well the level scheme deduced, validating the proton-neutron interactions used, with implications for the whole of the
,
quadrant of neutron-rich nuclei. While both negative and positive parity states with spin 0 and 1 are expected within the
window, only three negative parity states are populated directly in the
decay. The data provide a unique test of the competition between allowed Gamow-Teller and Fermi, and first-forbidden
decays, essential for the understanding of the nucleosynthesis of heavy nuclei in the rapid neutron capture process. Furthermore, the observation of the parity changing
decay where the daughter state is core excited is unique, and can provide information on mesonic corrections of effective operators.
Venhart, M.*; Balogh, M.*; Herz, A.*; Wood, J. L.*; Ali, F. A.*; Joss, D. T.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Auranen, K.*; Carroll, R. J.*; Drummond, M. C.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 806, p.135488_1 - 135488_6, 2020/07
被引用回数:6 パーセンタイル:68.41(Astronomy & Astrophysics)The extremely neutron-deficient isotopes Au were studied by means of in-beam
-ray spectroscopy. Specific tagging techniques,
-decay tagging in
Au and isomer tagging in
Au, were used for these studies. Feeding of positive-parity, nearly spherical states, which are associated with 2
and 3
proton-hole configurations, from the 1
proton-intruder configuration was observed in
Au. Such a decay path has no precedent in odd-Au isotopes and it is explained by the effect of mixing of wave functions of the initial state.
Berry, T. A.*; Podolyk, Zs.*; Carroll, R. J.*; Lic
, R.*; Grawe, H.*; Timofeyuk, N. K.*; Alexander, T.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Ansari, S.*; Borge, M. J. G.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 793, p.271 - 275, 2019/06
被引用回数:4 パーセンタイル:46.54(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Gamow-Teller decay is forbidden if the number of nodes in the radial wave functions of the initial and final states is different. This
= 0 requirement plays a major role in the
decay of heavy neutron-rich nuclei, affecting the nucleosynthesis through the increased half-lives of nuclei on the astrophysical
-process pathway below both
= 50 (for
82) and
= 82 (for
126). The level of forbiddenness of the
= 1
1
0
transition has been investigated from the
decay of the ground state of
Hg into the single-proton-hole nucleus
Tl in an experiment at the ISOLDE Decay Station. From statistical observational limits on possible
-ray transitions depopulating the
0
state in
Tl, an upper limit of 3.9
10
% was obtained for the probability of this decay, corresponding to log
8.8 within a 95% confidence limit. This is the most stringent test of the
= 0 selection rule to date.
Jentschel, M.*; Blanc, A.*; de France, G.*; Kster, U.*; Leoni, S.*; Mutti, P.*; Simpson, G.*; Soldner, T.*; Ur, C.*; Urban, W.*; et al.
Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 12(11), p.P11003_1 - P11003_33, 2017/11
被引用回数:33 パーセンタイル:84.86(Instruments & Instrumentation)A highly efficient array of high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors was developed and operated at the cold neutron beam facility PF1B of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) to carry out nuclear structure studies, via measurements of -rays following neutron-induced capture and fission reactions. The setup consisted of a collimation system producing a pencil beam with a thermal capture equivalent flux of about 10
ns
cm
at the target position and negligible neutron halo. The target was surrounded by an array of eight to ten anti-Compton shielded EXOGAM Clover detectors, four to six anti-Compton shielded large coaxial GASP detectors and two standard Clover detectors. For a part of the campaign the array was combined with 16 LaBr
:(Ce) detectors from the FATIMA collaboration.
Shand, C. M.*; Podolyk, Zs.*; G
rska, M.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Obertelli, A.*; Nowacki, F.*; Otsuka, T.*; Sieja, K.*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Tsunoda, T.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 773, p.492 - 497, 2017/10
被引用回数:22 パーセンタイル:87.77(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Low-lying states in neutron-rich Zn nuclei were measured for the first time via in-beam
-ray spectroscopy at RIKEN. These include the 4
to 2
in
Zn and the 2
to 0
and 4
to 2
in
Zn. The reduced E(
) energies and increased E(4
)/E(2
) ratios at
=52,54 compared to
Zn attest that the magicity is confined just on the neutron number
=50 only. The levels observed in
Zn suggest the onset of deformation towards heavier Zn isotopes. The data were compared to state-of-the-art shell model calculations.
Flavigny, F.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Obertelli, A.*; Delaroche, J.-P.*; Girod, M.*; Libert, J.*; Rodriguez, T. R.*; Authelet, G.*; 馬場 秀忠*; Calvet, D.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 118(24), p.242501_1 - 242501_6, 2017/06
被引用回数:32 パーセンタイル:86.69(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The first -ray spectroscopy of very neutron rich
Kr isotopes was carried out at the RIBF at RIKEN Nishina center. Excited states in these isotopes were populated via (p,2p) reactions using radioactive
Rb beams accelerated to 220 MeV/nucleon. The new data show a significant increase in deformation beyond N=60, as well as competing configurations (shape-coexistence) at low energy. The data were compared with beyond-mean-field calculations which predict level energies in good agreement with observation, and suggest oblate-prolate shape coexistence.
Chen, S.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Obertelli, A.*; Rodriguez, T. R.*; Authelet, G.*; 馬場 秀忠*; Calvet, D.*; Chteau, F.*; Corsi, A.*; Delbart, A.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 95(4), p.041302_1 - 041302_6, 2017/04
被引用回数:22 パーセンタイル:87.77(Physics, Nuclear)Neutron-rich isotopes of selenium, Se, where studied via in beam
-ray spectroscopy after nucleon removal reactions at RIBF in RIKEN. The low-energy excitations of these nuclei were investigated using
-
coincidences, and the first and second excited 2
states were found at remarkably low energies. The analysis and comparison with self-consistent beyond-mean field calculations suggest that both shape coexistence and triaxiality are needed to describe these isotopes.
Paul, N.*; Corsi, A.*; Obertelli, A.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Authelet, G.*; 馬場 秀忠*; Bally, B.*; Bender, M.*; Calvet, D.*; Chteau, F.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 118(3), p.032501_1 - 032501_7, 2017/01
被引用回数:33 パーセンタイル:87.13(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The first measurement of rays emitted by the very neutron rich nuclei
Mo (Z=42) and
Zr (Z=40) was carried out at the RIBF facility at RIKEN. These data shine light on the postulated N=70 harmonic oscillator shell. If the spin-orbit splitting which gives rise to the N=82 shell gap is reduced in very neutron-rich nuclei, the harmonic oscillator gap at N=70 should open instead. However, both the measured energy of the first excited state
Mo and
Zr, respectively 235(7) keV and 185(11) keV, and their E(4
)/E(2
) ratio, indicate that these nuclei are good rotors, and exclude the shell stabilization scenario at Z=40 and N=70. These results were compared to state-of-the-art density functional theoretical calculations using Gogny and Skyrme effective interactions.
Rgis, J.-M.*; Jolie, J.*; Saed-Samii, N.*; Warr, N.*; Pfeiffer, M.*; Blanc, A.*; Jentschel, M.*; K
ster, U.*; Mutti, P.*; Soldner, T.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 90(6), p.067301_1 - 067301_4, 2014/12
被引用回数:23 パーセンタイル:81.88(Physics, Nuclear)A smooth onset of collectivity in Kr has been determined from reported
and E(2
) values. This is in contrast to the sudden onset in even-even Zr, Mo, and Sr isotopes. Our objective was to complete the systematics by determining the
value in
Kr, which was produced by cold-neutron-induced fission of
U. The lifetime of the 2
state in
Kr was measured via the electronic
timing technique using the EXILL and FATIMA spectrometers. Based on the measured mean lifetime of
= 15(10) ps, the
value of 13
W.u. in
Kr is determined for the first time and the smooth onset of deformation in the even-even Kr isotopes beyond neutron number N=50 is confirmed.
Bolton, P.; Borghesi, M.*; Brenner, C.*; Carroll, D. C.*; De Martinis, C.*; Fiorini, F.*; Flacco, A.*; Floquet, V.*; Fuchs, J.*; Gallegos, P.*; et al.
Physica Medica; European Journal of Medical Physics, 30(3), p.255 - 270, 2014/05
被引用回数:71 パーセンタイル:88.31(Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging)Suitable instrumentation for laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams is critical to the development of integrated, laser-driven ion accelerator systems. Instrumentation aimed at beam diagnostics and control must be applied to the driving laser pulse, the laser-plasma that it forms at the target and the emergent proton (ion) bunch in a correlated way to develop these novel accelerators. This report is a brief overview of established diagnostic techniques and new developments based on material presented at the first workshop on "Instrumentation for Diagnostics and Control of Laser-accelerated Proton (ion) Beams" in Abingdon, UK. It includes radiochromic film (RCF), image plate (IP), the micro-channel plate (MCP), the Thomson spectrometer, prompt inline scintillation, time and space-resolved interferometry (TASRI) and nuclear activation schemes. Repetition-rated instrumentation requirements for target metrology are also addressed.
中島 宏; 高田 弘; 春日井 好己; 明午 伸一郎; 前川 藤夫; 甲斐 哲也; 今野 力; 池田 裕二郎; 大山 幸夫; 渡辺 昇; et al.
Proceedings of 6th Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-6), (OECD/NEA No.3828), p.27 - 36, 2004/00
米国ブルックヘブン国立研究所AGS(Alternating Gradient Synchrotron)加速器を用いて行われている一連の核破砕ターゲット実験及びその解析の概要について報告する。本実験では、中性子発生特性,遮蔽設計パラメータに関する情報を得ることを目的として、AGS加速器から得られる数GeV,数百kJの陽子ビームを水銀核破砕ターゲットに入射し、そこで発生する二次粒子を用いて、中性子工学及び遮蔽に関する実験を過去4年間にわたって行ってきた。昨年、遮蔽実験を行うとともに、これまでの実験結果の解析を通して大強度陽子加速器施設の設計コードの精度検証が精力的に行われている。本報告では、昨年行った遮蔽実験の最新結果及びこれまで行ってきた実験解析の結果について紹介する。
中島 宏; 高田 弘; 春日井 好己; 明午 伸一郎; 前川 藤夫; 甲斐 哲也; 今野 力; 池田 裕二郎; 大山 幸夫; 渡辺 昇; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.2), p.1155 - 1160, 2002/08
次世代の数MW級核破砕中性子源の開発を目的として、日米欧の国際協力の下、米国ブルックヘブン国立研究所においてAGS(Alternating Gradient Synchrotron)加速器を用いた一連の実験が行われている。実験では、AGS加速器から得られる数GeV,数百kJの陽子ビームを水銀核破砕ターゲットに入射して、中性子源開発における重要な課題である、圧力波発生機構,中性子発生特性,遮蔽設計パラメーターに関する情報を得るため、圧力波測定,発熱分布測定など熱工学的実験並びに、発生中性子分布,エネルギースペクトル測定,遮蔽体内中性子減衰特性測定,核破砕生成物測定等,中性子工学実験及び遮蔽実験を行っている。ここでは、中性子工学実験及び遮蔽実験に関してこれまでに得られた成果など研究の現状について紹介する。