Spectroscopy of 18^{18}Na: Bridging the two-proton radioactivity of 19^{19}Mg

The unbound nucleus $^{18}$Na, the intermediate nucleus in the two-proton radioactivity of $^{19}$Mg, was studied by the measurement of the resonant elastic scattering reaction $^{17}$Ne(p,$^{17}$Ne)p performed at 4 A.MeV. Spectroscopic properties of the low-lying states were obtained in a R-matrix analysis of the excitation function. Using these new results, we show that the lifetime of the $^{19}$Mg radioactivity can be understood assuming a sequential emission of two protons via low energy tails of $^{18}$Na resonances

Spectroscopy of the unbound nucleus 18Na

Expérience GANIL, SPIRALInternational audienceThe unbound nucleus 18Na, the intermediate nucleus in the two-proton radioactivity of 19Mg, is studied through the resonant elastic scattering 17Ne(p,17Ne)p. The spectroscopic information obtained in this experiment is discussed and put in perspective with previous measurements and the structure of the mirror nucleus 18N

New and comprehensive β - and βp-decay spectroscopy results in the vicinity of Sn 100

26 pags., 30 figs., 11 tabs.A decay spectroscopy experiment on proton-rich nuclei in the vicinity of the doubly magic Sn100 was carried out at RIKEN Nishina Center. More than 20 nuclei with 43≤Z≤50 and N≤51, produced by fragmentation reactions were investigated via analyses of β-decay, βp-decay, and subsequent γ-ray data. Owing to higher statistics, the precision on the half-lives of many of the ground states and isomers was improved. β-decay endpoint energies of 11 states in 8 nuclei were measured for the first time, and the corresponding QEC and excitation energies were generally consistent with various mass models. Many β-delayed proton emission branching ratios were measured either for the first time or with higher precision compared to literature values, and some of them differed by more than 2σ. Many of the large discrepancies were associated with nuclei with long-lived isomeric states, highlighting large systematic uncertainties involved in these measurements. Twenty-five new γ rays were observed, and ten new states are proposed with unambiguous excitation energies, spins, and parities. Most of the energies of the excited states were consistent within 300 keV or 20%, whichever was greater, compared to shell model predictions in the proton/neutron (p1/2,g9/2) model space assuming a Sr76 core. A signature of a new (1/2-) isomer in Cd97 with T1/2=0.73(7) s was found, in good agreement with shell model predictions.The authors would like to thank the personnel at the RIKEN Nishina Center for providing the exotic radioactive isotope beam with record intensities. This experiment was performed at RI Beam Factory operated by RIKEN Nishina Center and CNS, University of Tokyo. We acknowledge the EUROBALL Owners Committee for loaning the germanium detectors and the PreSpec Collaboration for the readout electronics of the cluster detectors of EURICA. Support for the WAS3ABi setup was provided by the Rare Isotope Science Project, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, as well as KAKENHI (Grant No. 25247045) of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The authors acknowledge the support of the DFG cluster of excellence “Origin and Structure of the Universe,” German BMBF under Contract No. 05P15PKFNA and the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad via Project No. FPA2017- 84756-C4-2-P. Part of the research was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and also supported by FJ-NSP (French-Japanese International Associated Laboratory for Nuclear Structure Problems)

An above-barrier narrow resonance in ¹⁵F

Intense and purified radioactive beam of post-accelerated $^{14}$O was used to study the low-lying states in the unbound $^{15}$F nucleus. Exploiting resonant elastic scattering in inverse kinematics with a thick target, the second excited state, a resonance at E$\_R$=4.757(6)(10)~MeV with a width of $\Gamma$=36(5)(14)~keV was measured for the first time with high precision. The structure of this narrow above-barrier state in a nucleus located two neutrons beyond the proton drip line was investigated using the Gamow Shell Model in the coupled channel representation with a $^{12}$C core and three valence protons. It is found that it is an almost pure wave function of two quasi-bound protons in the $2s\_{1/2}$ shell.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, Submitted to Phys. Lett.

La structure nucléaire dans le voisinage de noyaux doublement magiques : mesure des temps de vie au voisinage du68^{68}Ni et recherche d'isotopes autour du 100^{100}Sn

Expérience GANIL/VAMOS/EXOGAMIn this thesis we investigated the structure of nuclei around 68Ni as well as the production, separation and identification of proton-rich isotopes lying in the vicinity of the doubly-magic 100Sn nucleus. In the first part, we discuss the evolution of collectivity and the interplay between collective and single-particle degrees of freedom in nuclei around 68Ni. We measured lifetimes in Zn isotopes around N = 40 produced in 238U + 70Zn deep-inelastic collisions at GANIL. We used a plunger device and the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method. The nuclei of interest were identified by the VAMOS spectrometer and the γ-rays with the EXOGAM array. The reduced electromagnetic transitions probabilities were extracted from the lifetimes. Several transitions and lifetimes are reported for the first time. The experimental results are discussed in the framework of shell model calculations. In the second part, the partial conservation of seniority in the g9/2 shell and its influence on one-particle transfer is discussed. The third part presents the analysis of a test performed at RIKEN (Japan) to evaluate two settings of the BigRIPS separator for optimizing the production and selection of 100Sn. This study has been used to setup our subsequent experiment, dedicated to the measurement of the Gamow-Teller strength in the decay of 100Sn. Nuclei around 100Sn were produced by fragmentation of a 345 MeV/u 124Xe beam on a Be target. The production cross-sections of nuclei around 100Sn were measured. The search for new isotopes and new isomers in all identified nuclei is presented.Nous avons étudié la structure des noyaux autour de 68Ni, ainsi que la production, séparation et identification des isotopes se trouvant dans le voisinage du noyau doublement magique 100Sn. Dans la première partie, est discutée l'évolution de la collectivité et l'interaction entre degrés de liberté particule indépendante et collectifs autour de 68Ni. Nous avons mesuré des temps de vie dans les noyaux de Zn autour de N=40, produits par réactions profondément inélastiques 238U+70Zn à GANIL, à l'aide d'un "plunger". Les noyaux d'intéérêt, étaient identifiés par le spectromètre VAMOS, les gamma par le détecteur EXOGAM. Des durées de vie, nous avons extrait les probabilités de transition réduites. De nouvelles transitions ainsi que des durées de vie sont mesurées pour la première fois. Les résultats sont discutés dans le cadre de calculs modèle en couches. Dans la deuxième partie, la conservation partielle de séniorité dans la couche g9/2 et son influence sur le transfert d'une particule est discuté. La troisième partie présente un test réalisé à RIKEN (Japon), visant à évaluer deux configurations du séparateur BigRIPS, afin d'optimiser la production et la sélection des noyaux de 100Sn. Cette étude a été utilisée par la suite pour notre expérience, consacrée à la mesure de la force Gamow-Teller dans la désintégration de 100Sn. Les noyaux autour de 100Sn ont été produits par fragmentation d'un faisceau de 124Xe à 345 MeV/u. La section efficace de production des noyaux autour de 100Sn a été mesurée. La recherche de nouveaux isotopes et de nouveaux isomères est présentée

Production cross section measurement and identification of new isotopes in the vicinity of 100Sn

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