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Sn using the GRIFFIN spectrometer at TRIUMFSyeda, N. K.*; Smallcombe, J.; 他44名*
Nuclear Physics A, 1059, p.123090_1 - 123090_5, 2025/07
The semi-magic 
Sn isotopes display signs of shape coexistence in their excited 0
states, which, in contrast to the spherical 0 ground states, are deformed. This paper investigates the nuclear structure of Sn using the competing 
decay and electron capture of a radioactive beam of Sb produced at the TRIUMF-ISAC facility using the GRIFFIN spectrometer. This study will allow for an in-depth understanding of the excited 0 states in Sn, by focusing on their decay patterns. In the present experiment, transitions at 856.2-keV and 1405.0-keV, which were observed in an earlier decay study but not placed in the Sn level scheme, have been assigned to the level scheme in connection to the 0 3 level at 2156.0-keV. Properly assigning these transitions refines the level scheme and enhances our understanding of the nuclear structure in Sn.
HfAlayed, B.*; Page, R. D.*; Joss, D. T.*; Uusitalo, J.*; Qi, C.*; Briscoe, A. D.*; AlAqeel, M. A. M.*; Andel, B.*; Antalic, S.*; Auranen, K.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 110(3), p.034303_1 - 034303_9, 2024/09
Excited states in the neutron-deficient nuclide Hf have been investigated in experiments performed at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyvaskyla.
Se from combined conversion-electron and 
-ray spectroscopySmallcombe, J.; Garnsworthy, A. B.*; Korten, W.*; Singh, P.*; Muir, D.*; Pr
chniak, L.*; Ali, F. A.*; Andreoiu, C.*; Ansari, S.*; Ball, G. C.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 110(2), p.024318_1 - 024318_16, 2024/08
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：44.97(Physics, Nuclear)In the selenium isotopes various shape phenomena are present, in particular the emergence of a dominant oblate deformation in the most neutron-deficient isotopes has been observed. The scenario of shape coexisting oblate and prolate bands has been proposed across the isotopic chain, with the crossing point of such bands being located near Se, where no coexistence has yet been identified. To determine the presence or absence of any low-lying 
state in Se, confirm the level structure, and interpret the nuclear deformation with theoretical models. A combined internal conversion electron and -ray spectroscopy study was undertaken with the SPICE and TIGRESS spectrometers at the TRIUMF-ISAC-II facility. Nuclear models were provided by the Generalised Triaxial Rotor Model (GTRM) and the collective Generalised Bohr Hamiltonian (GBH). Despite a comprehensive search, no evidence was found for the existence of a state below 2 MeV in Se. Significant discrepancies to the previously established positive parity level scheme were found. GBH calculations using UNEDF1 mass parameters were found to reproduce the revised low-lying level structure well. Se does not have a well defined axial shape. The 2
state at 1601 keV resembles a quasi- excitation rather than a member of a shape coexisting band; the presence of such a band is all but ruled out.
Martel, I.*; Acosta, L.*; Aguado, J. L.*; Smallcombe, J.; 他68名*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 541, p.176 - 179, 2023/08
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：67.23(Instruments & Instrumentation)The ISOLDE Scientific Infrastructure at CERN offers a unique range of post-accelerated radioactive beams. The scientific program can be improved with the Isolde Superconducting Recoil Separator (ISRS), an innovative spectrometer able to deliver unprecedented (A, Z) resolution. In this paper we present an overview of the physics and ongoing technical developments.
Eu; Quasiparticle configurations of excited states and structure of 
= 4 bandheads in GdYates, D.*; Kr
cken, R.*; Dillmann, I.*; Garrett, P. E.*; Smallcombe, J.; 他44名*
Physical Review C, 107(6), p.064309_1 - 064309_20, 2023/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Nuclear)Detailed spectroscopy of neutron-rich, heavy, deformed nuclei is of broad interest for nuclear astrophysics and nuclear structure. Nuclei in the 
-process path and following freeze-out region impact the resulting -process abundance distribution, and the structure of nuclei midshell in both proton and neutron number helps to understand the evolution of subshell gaps and large deformation in these nuclei.
Sun, L. J.*; Fry, C.*; Davids, B.*; Esker, N.*; Wrede, C.*; Smallcombe, J.; 他27名*
Physics Letters B, 839, p.137801_1 - 137801_8, 2023/04
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：40.49(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Motivated primarily by the large uncertainties in the thermonuclear rate of the 30PS reaction that limit our understanding of classical novae, we carried out lifetime measurements of 
S excited states using the Doppler Shift Lifetimes (DSL2) facility at the TRIUMF Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC-II) facility.
0 transition strength for 
Se using the SPICE spectrometerSmallcombe, J.; Garnsworthy, A. B.*; Korten, W.*; Singh, P.*; Ali, F. A.*; Andreoiu, C.*; Ansari, S.*; Ball, G. C.*; Barton, C. J.*; Bhattacharjee, S. S.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 106(1), p.014312_1 - 014312_9, 2022/07
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：58.36(Physics, Nuclear)The selenium isotopes lie at the heart of a tumultuous region of the nuclear chart where shape coexistence effects grapple with neutron-proton pairing correlations, triaxiality, and the impending proton dripline. In this work a study of Se by internal conversion electron and -ray spectroscopy was undertaken with the SPICE and TIGRESS arrays. New measurements of the branching ratio and lifetime of the 
state were performed yielding a determination of 
milliunits. Two state mixing calculations were performed that highlighted the importance of interpretation of such 
strength values in the context of shape-coexistence.
decay of 
Te with a novel recoil-decay scintillation detectorXiao, Y.*; Go, S.*; Grzywacz, R.*; Orlandi, R.; Andreyev, A. N.; 浅井 雅人; Bentley, M. A.*; de Angelis, G.*; Gross, C. J.*; Hausladen, P.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 100(3), p.034315_1 - 034315_8, 2019/09
被引用回数：19 パーセンタイル：82.75(Physics, Nuclear)A search for super-allowed decay of N=Z nuclei Te and 
Xe was carried out using a novel recoil-decay scintillator detector at the tandem accelerator facility at Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Inorganic crystal scintillation material of YAP:Ce (Yttrium Aluminium Perovskite) coupled to position-sensitive photo-multiplier tube (PSPMT) was implemented for the first time in a radioactive decay experiment. Residues from the fusion-evaporation reaction 
Ni+
Fe
Xe
were separated by the JAEA Recoil Mass Separator (RMS) and implanted into the YAP:Ce crystal. decays of neutron-deficient tellurium isotopes were identified and proton-emission of 
I was observed. No conclusive evidence was found for the decay chain XeTe 
Sn within 3 days experiment. The cross section limit of 130 pb was obtained for production of two events of Xe, about an order of magnitude below the expectation based on earlier cross section measurements and HIVAP calculations.
廣瀬 健太郎; 西尾 勝久; 田中 翔也*; L
guillon, R.*; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗*; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Smallcombe, J.*; Vermeulen, M. J.; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 119(22), p.222501_1 - 222501_6, 2017/12
被引用回数：60 パーセンタイル：91.14(Physics, Multidisciplinary)JAEAタンデム加速器施設で行った
O+
U反応における多核子移行チャンネルを用いた実験により、
U, 
Np、および
Puの核分裂質量分布を励起エネルギー10
60MeVにおいて測定した。これらのうち、
U, 
Npのデータは本実験により初めて観測された。原子核の殻効果の減衰によって対称分裂すると予想されていた高励起エネルギーにおいても、質量分布が非対称を示すことがわかった。搖動散逸定理に基づく動力学モデル計算との比較から、この振る舞いはマルチチャンス核分裂によるものであることを明らかにした。
西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; Lguillon, R.*; 牧井 宏之; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Smallcombe, J.*; 千葉 敏*; 有友 嘉浩*; 田中 翔也*; et al.
Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-rich Nuclei (ICFN-6), p.590 - 597, 2017/11
We are promoting a fission study using multi-nucleon transfer reactions, where excited states in neutron-rich actinide nuclei, which cannot be accessed by particle capture and/or fusion reactions, are populated. This allows us to study fission in the new region of chart of nuclei. Also, the excited states in the fissioning nucleus are widely populated in the reactions, thus the effects of excitation energy on fission can be investigated. Experiments were carried out at the JAEA tandem facility in Tokai, Japan. We studied reactions using the O beam (9MeV/u) and several actinide target nuclei such as 
Th, U, 
Np, 
Cm. Ejectile nuclei and thus the transfer channels were identified by a newly developed silicon 
E-E detectors. The produced nuclei in one experiment reached more than fifteen. Fission fragment mass distributions (FFMDs) were measured for each isotopes. Measured FFMDs are reproduced by a calculation based on the fluctuation-dissipation model (Langevin-type calculation), where effects of multi-chance fission were included. We also started to measure the prompt neutrons accompanied by fission.
西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; Lguillon, R.*; 牧井 宏之; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Smallcombe, J.*; 千葉 敏*; 有友 嘉浩*; 田中 翔也*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 146, p.04009_1 - 04009_6, 2017/09
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：83.03(Nuclear Science & Technology)The objective of this work is to extend fission data for actinide nuclei not investigated so far in order to understand the fission mechanism, especially for neutron-rich nuclei. Multi-nucleon transfer reactions were used to populate the compound nuclei which cannot be accessed by particle capture or fusion reactions. The experiment was carried out at the tandem facility of Japan Atomic Energy Agency. In the multi-nucleon transfer reactions using O beam, a wide variety of nuclei around a target nucleus was produced. By identifying transfer channels, fission data of nuclei more than fifteen compound nuclei were generated in one experiment. Another feature of transfer reaction is that the excitation energies of a compound nucleus can be populated continuously from the ground state up to several tens MeV, allowing us to study the excitation energy dependence of fission properties. From the excitation function of fission probabilities, fission-barrier heights of neutron-rich actinide nuclei were obtained. Experiments were carried out in the reactions of O + U, Th, Cm, Np. The obtained fission fragment mass distributions were reproduced by a model calculation based on a fluctuation dissipation model.
O + Th reactionLguillon, R.; 西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗*; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Smallcombe, J.*; 千葉 敏*; 有友 嘉浩*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 761, p.125 - 130, 2016/10
被引用回数：46 パーセンタイル：92.77(Astronomy & Astrophysics)It is shown that the multinucleon transfer reactions is a powerful tool to study fission of exotic neutron-rich actinide nuclei, which cannot be accessed by particle-capture or heavy-ion fusion reactions. In this work, multinucleon transfer channels of the O + Th reaction are used to study fission of fourteen nuclei 
Th, 
Pa, and 
U. Identification of fissioning nuclei and of their excitation energy is performed on an event-by-event basis, through the measurement of outgoing ejectile particle in coincidence with fission fragments. Fission fragment mass distributions are measured for each transfer channel, in selected bins of excitation energy. In particular, the mass distributions of 
Th and 
Pa are measured for the first time. Predominantly asymmetric fission is observed at low excitation energies for all studied cases, with a gradual increase of the symmetric mode towards higher excitation energy. The experimental distributions are found to be in general agreement with predictions of the fluctuation-dissipation model.
廣瀬 健太郎; 西尾 勝久; 田中 翔也*; Leguillon, R.*; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗*; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Smallcombe, J.*; Vermeulen, M. J.*; et al.
no journal, ,
The multi-nucleon transfer reaction is very useful way to populate a multitude of nuclides in a wide excitation energy range. We have developed a measurement system at the JAEA tandem accelerator facility to obtain fission observables such as fission-fragment mass distributions (FFMD), prompt fission neutron multiplicities and so on. By identifying the ejectile, the initial compound nucleus is also identified. At high excitation energies, fission of nuclides produced via neutron emission from the initial compound nucleus also contribute to FFMD. In the present study, effects of the multi-chance fission on FFMDs were successfully separated by a combination of a systematic data set obtained from experiments using O beams and actinide targets and a dynamical fission calculation based on the fluctuation-dissipation model.
西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; Lguillon, R.; 牧井 宏之; Orlandi, R.; 西中 一朗; Smallcombe, J.; 千葉 敏*; 荒木 祥平*; 渡辺 幸信*; et al.
no journal, ,
A recent development for fission study using multi-nucleon transfer reactions at the JAEA tandem facility will be presented. Using multi-nucleon transfer reactions, a wide variety of nuclei including neutron-rich nuclei around a target nucleus is produced. By identifying a transfer channels, fission data of several compound nuclei can be studied in one experiment. Another feature of transfer reaction is that excitation energy of a compound nucleus can be populated continuously from the ground state up to several tens MeV, allowing us to study the excitation energy dependence of fission properties. The experiments were carried out in the reactions of O + U,Th,Cm. Results for fission fragment mass distributions and their excitation energy dependence are compared with a calculation based on a fluctuation dissipation model. Also, experimental data of prompt neutron multiplicity in fission and angular distribution of fission fragments will be discussed.
O+Cm反応における核子移行核分裂の測定廣瀬 健太郎; 西尾 勝久; Lguillon, R.; Smallcombe, J.; 西中 一朗; 牧井 宏之; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; 千葉 敏*; 大槻 勤*; et al.
no journal, ,
短寿命アクチノイド核種や中性子過剰アクチノイド核種の核分裂を研究するために、我々は多核子移行反応測定システムを構築し、O+U, O+Th反応における多核子移行核分裂の測定を行ってきた。今回はO+Cm反応の測定を行い、
Cm, 
Bk, 
Cfの核分裂質量分布を得た。実験は原子力研究開発機構のタンデム加速器施設で行った。エネルギー162MeVに加速したOビームを、ニッケル箔に電着したCm標的に照射することでさまざまな複合核を合成した。核子を移行した後の散乱粒子を、シリコン検出器を使って同定することで、複合核の核種を知ることができる。2つの核分裂片を多芯線比例計数検出器を使って、散乱粒子と同時計測することで、合成した複合核の核分裂を観測した。
Cm, 
Bk, 
Cfの核分裂質量分布は本測定により初めて得られた。
U熱中性子核分裂における即発線スペクトルの測定牧井 宏之; 西尾 勝久; 西中 一朗; 廣瀬 健太郎; Orlandi, R.; Smallcombe, J.; Lguillon, R.; 関本 俊*; 高宮 幸一*; 大槻 勤*
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福島第一原子力発電所では廃止措置に向け、溶解しデブリとなった核燃料の取り出しが計画されている。その際、体系が未臨界であることを保証しながら作業を進める必要があるが、そのためには核分裂事象の頻度を観測する必要がある。しかしながら、使用済核燃料から放出されるバックグラウンド線等により、核分裂事象に伴い発生する即発中性子を観測することは容易ではない。一方、
Cfの自発核分裂事象においては、核分裂生成物の崩壊等で生じる線(最大数MeV)を超える高エネルギー線が発生することが知られている。我々はこの高エネルギー線に感度を有する未臨界監視線検出器の開発を提案している。しかしながら、Uの熱核分裂事象においては最大7MeVまでの線しか測定されていない。そこで我々は未臨界監視線検出器の開発に資するため、Uの熱核分裂事象において発生する、最大20MeVまでの高エネルギー線の収率を確認することを目的とした測定を開始した。本発表ではバックグラウンドの発生量等を確認した試験測定の結果を報告する。
Se following improved spectroscopySmallcombe, J.
no journal, ,
In the Z=34 region of the atomic chart a pattern of shape coexistence has been observed, with oblate and prolate bands apparently coexisting and switching order as neutron number changes. With recent spectroscopic developments the question of where such an inversion occurs has been drawn into question. Following a detailed electron and gamma ray spectroscopic study of 70Se previous theoretical descriptions of the nucleus have been invalidated and a new picture of the region has emerged.
廣瀬 健太郎; 西尾 勝久; Lguillon, R.; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗; Orlandi, R.; Smallcombe, J.; 石井 哲朗; 塚田 和明; 浅井 雅人; et al.
no journal, ,
We have developed a measurement system for the multi-nucleon transfer reaction and been studying fission of short-lived minor actinides and neutron-rich nuclides. The experiment was performed at the tandem accelerator facility of Japan Atomic Energy Agency where targets of U, Th, Cm were irradiated with O beams. In this experiment, more than ten nuclides were excited up to few tens of MeV at a time. Projectile-like scattered particles after the multi-nucleon transfer reaction were detected and identified using a E-E silicon telescope. The mass distribution was deduced from the time difference between two fission fragments from the compound nucleus which were detected using two pairs of multi-wire proportional counters. Neutrons accompanied by fission were also measured using liquid scintillators placed around the reaction chamber. In the nucleon transfer reaction, the axis of the angular-momentum transfer can be determined from the direction of the scattered particle. This is one of the most different point from the neutron/ion-induced fusion-fission reaction where only the plane on which the axis lies can be determined. The fission angular distributions with respect to this axis as well as the mass yield, the prompt neutron multiplicity and so on will be presented.
西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; Lguillon, R.; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗; Orlandi, R.; Smallcombe, J.; 千葉 敏*; 荒木 祥平*; 渡辺 幸信*; et al.
no journal, ,
We report the recent development for the fission study using multi-nucleon transfer reaction at the JAEA tandem facility. Using multi-nucleon transfer reaction, neutron-rich nuclei can be produced, which cannot be accessed by fusion-reaction, and several nuclei populated by different transfer channels can be studied in one experiment. Another feature of transfer reaction is that the excitation energy of a compound nucleus is populated from the ground state up to several tens MeV, thus the excitation energy dependence of the fission properties can be obtained. We have carried out experiments in the reactions of O + U and O + Th. Transfer channel and the excitation energy of compound nucleus were determined by using silicon E-E detectors. Fission fragments were detected by position-sensitive multi-wire proportional counters. We obtained the fragment mass distributions from actinium to plutonium isotopes for 24 nuclei and their excitation energy dependence. Among them, fragment mass distributions for nine nuclei were obtained for the first time.
Se nuclear shapes with SPICE and TIGRESSSmallcombe, J.; Garnsworthy, A. B.*; Korten, W.*; Singh, P.*
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The phenomenon of shape coexistence is prevalent in the Z~34 region, with isotopes of neutron-deficient even Ge, Se and Kr each exhibiting the characteristic low-lying coexisting 0 bands which display quadrupole deformation different to that of the ground states. In the selenium isotopes, 
Se seem to show a prolate ground structure with shape coexisting oblate excitation, while in 
Se the oblate structure appears to have become the ground state. The exact nature of the low-lying structure Se and any shape coexistence remains uncertain. Combining the Spectrometer for Internal Conversion Electrons (SPICE) with the TIGRESS HPGe Array, a full electron and gamma-ray experimental study of Se was undertaken at the TRIUMF ISAC-II facility to unveil the low-lying structure of these nuclei. Details of the device and experiment will be presented, alongside the experimental results and possible structural interpretations for both isotopes.
