The DESPEC setup for GSI and FAIR

The DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) setup for nuclear structure investigations was developed and commissioned at GSI, Germany in preparation for a full campaign of experiments at the FRS and Super-FRS. In this paper, we report on the first employment of the setup in the hybrid configuration with the AIDA implanter coupled to the FATIMA LaBr3(Ce) fast-timing array, and high-purity germanium detectors. Initial results are shown from the first experiments carried out with the setup. An overview of the setup and function is discussed, including technical advancements along the path.Peer ReviewedArticle signat per 169 autors/es. A.K. Mistry 1,2,∗, H.M. Albers 2, T. Arıcı 3, A. Banerjee 2, G. Benzoni 4, B. Cederwall 5, J. Gerl 2, M. Górska 2, O. Hall 6, N. Hubbard 1,2, I. Kojouharov 2, J. Jolie 7, T. Martinez 8, Zs. Podolyák 9, P.H. Regan 9,10, J.L. Tain 11, A. Tarifeno-Saldivia 12, H. Schaffner 2, V. Werner 1, G. Ağgez 3, J. Agramunt 11, U. Ahmed 1, O. Aktas 5, V. Alcayne 8, A. Algora 11,13, S. Alhomaidhi 1,2, F. Amjad 2, C. Appleton 6, M. Armstrong 7, M. Balogh 14, K. Banerjee 15, P. Bednarczyk 16, J. Benito 17, C. Bhattacharya 15, P. Black 6, A. Blazhev 7, S. Bottoni 4,18, P. Boutachkov 2, A. Bracco 18,4, A.M. Bruce 19, M. Brunet 9, C.G. Bruno 6, I. Burrows 20, F. Calvino 12, R.L. Canavan 9,10, D. Cano-Ott 8, M.M.R. Chishti 9, P. Coleman-Smith 20, M.L. Cortés 1, G. Cortes 12, F. Crespi 18,4, B. Das 5, T. Davinson 6, A. De Blas 12, T. Dickel 2, M. Doncel 21, A. Ertoprak 5,3, A. Esmaylzadeh 7, B. Fornal 16, L.M. Fraile 17, F. Galtarossa 14, A. Gottardo 14, V. Guadilla 11,22, J. Ha 23,24, E. Haettner 2, G. Häfner 25,7, H. Heggen 2, P. Herrmann 1, C. Hornung 2, S. Jazrawi 9,10, P.R. John 1, A. Jokinen 26, C.E. Jones 19, D. Kahl 6,27, V. Karayonchev 7, E. Kazantseva 2, R. Kern 1, L. Knafla 7, R. Knöbel 2, P. Koseoglou 1, G. Kosir 28, D. Kostyleva 2, N. Kurz 2, N. Kuzminchuk 2, M. Labiche 20, J. Lawson 20, I. Lazarus 20, S.M. Lenzi 23, S. Leoni 4,18, M. Llanos-Expósito 17, R. Lozeva 25, A. Maj 16, J.K. Meena 15, E. Mendoza 8, R. Menegazzo 24, D. Mengoni 14, T.J. Mertzimekis 29, M. Mikolajczuk 22,2, B. Million 4, N. Mont-Geli 12, A.I. Morales 11, P. Morral 20, I. Mukha 2, J.R. Murias 17, E. Nacher 11, P. Napiralla 1, D.R. Napoli 14, B.S. Nara-Singh 30, D. O’Donnell 30, S.E.A. Orrigo 11, R.D. Page 31, R. Palit 32, M. Pallas 12, J. Pellumaj 14, S. Pelonis 29, H. Pentilla 26, A. Pérez de Rada 8, R.M. Pérez-Vidal 14, C.M. Petrache 25, N. Pietralla 1, S. Pietri 2, S. Pigliapoco 24, J. Plaza 8, M. Polettini 4,18, C. Porzio 4,18, V.F.E. Pucknell 20, F. Recchia 23, P. Reiter 7, K. Rezynkina 24, S. Rinta-Antila 26, E. Rocco 2, H.A. Rösch 2,1, P. Roy 15,2, B. Rubio 11, M. Rudigier 1, P. Ruotsalainen 26, S. Saha 33, E. Şahin 1,2, Ch. Scheidenberger 2, D.A. Seddon 31, L. Sexton 6, A. Sharma 34, M. Si 25, J. Simpson 20, A. Smith 35, R. Smith 20, P.A. Söderström 27, A. Sood 5, A. Soylu 36, Y.K. Tanaka 37, J.J. Valiente-Dobón 14, P. Vasileiou 29, J. Vasiljevic 5, J. Vesic 28, D. Villamarin 8, H. Weick 2, M. Wiebusch 2, J. Wiederhold 1, O. Wieland 4, H.J. Wollersheim 2, P.J. Woods 6, A. Yaneva 7, I. Zanon 14, G. Zhang 23,24, J. Zhao 2,38, R. Zidarova 1, G. Zimba 26, A. Zyriliou 29Postprint (author's final draft

Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)

Measurements of mass and angular distributions have been made for fission-like outcomes in reactions forming isotopes of flerovium (Z=114), using 48Ca, 50Ti, and 54Cr projectiles. The dominant fast quasifission process, which masks the presence of fusion-fission, has minimum yield at the most backward angles, where the sensitivity to fusion-fission is thus highest. In fitting the backward angle mass spectra, only weak evidence for a component of super-asymmetric fission was found, but a near-symmetric fission component was consistently required for the 48Ca + 244Pu reaction, giving upper limit to the fusion probabilities PCN of ∼10−2, ∼5 times lower than previous results. PCN for the 50Ti reaction was lower than 48Ca, whilst no evidence of fusion-fission was found for the 54Cr reaction

Isomeric Lifetime Measurement in the Neutron-rich 189^{189}Ta

International audienceIsomeric states of the neutron-rich isotope 18973Ta116 were populated via fragmentation of a primary beam of 208Pb ions at 1 GeV/u impinging on a 9Be target at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany. The isotopes of interest were separated, identified and delivered to the DESPEC setup. Two isomers were deduced in 189Ta116 and their lifetimes were measured based on the γ-ray time distributions