Stopping power of Au for silver ions at low velocities

Energy loss measurements for the slowing down of Ag ions in Au, in the velocity range 1:6v0 < v < 4:4v0, where v0 is the Bohr velocity, are presented. The measurements were performed using the Doppler shift technique and also with a new method, where a secondary beam of low velocity heavy ions is produced by elastic scattering of the accelerated beam. The results are compared to the SRIM2000 calculations (www.srim.org) and to recent measurements in this velocity region

g factors of coexisting isomeric states in Pb-188

The $g$ factors of the ${12}^{+}$, {11}^{\ensuremath{-}}, and {8}^{\ensuremath{-}} isomeric states in $^{188}\mathrm{Pb}$ were measured using the time-differential perturbed angular distribution method as g({12}^{+})=\ensuremath{-}0.179(6), g({11}^{\ensuremath{-}})=+1.03(3), and g({8}^{\ensuremath{-}})=\ensuremath{-}0.037(7). The $g$ factor of the ${12}^{+}$ state follows the observed slight down-sloping evolution of the $g$ factors of the ${i}_{13/2}^{2}$ neutron spherical states with decreasing $N$. The $g$ factors of the {11}^{\ensuremath{-}} and {8}^{\ensuremath{-}} isomers proposed as oblate and prolate deformed states, respectively, were interpreted within the rotational model, using calculated and empirical $g$ factor values for the involved single-particle orbitals

Low-lying bands with different quadrupole deformation in 133 Nd

The mean lifetimes of ten states in ${}^{133}\mathrm{Nd}$ excited via the reaction ${}^{104}\mathrm{Pd}{(}^{32}\mathrm{S},2pn)$ at ${E}_{{32}_{\mathrm{S}}}=135$ MeV were measured by means of the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method. The spectra obtained by setting a gate on the shifted component of a transition directly feeding the level of interest were analyzed within the framework of the differential decay-curve method. The intraband transition strengths are compared to calculations within the particle plus rotor model which reveal differences in the quadrupole deformations \ensuremath{\epsilon} and \ensuremath{\gamma} of the bands studied

Recent results on heavy-ion induced reactions of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay at INFN-LNS

Abstract. The possibility to use a special class of heavy-ion induced direct reactions, such as double charge exchange reactions, is discussed in view of their application to extract information that may be helpful to determinate the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of neutrinoless double beta decay halflife. The methodology of the experimental campaign presently running at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud is reported and the experimental challenges characterizing such activity are describe

New results from the NUMEN project

NUMEN aims at accessing experimentally driven information on Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the half-life of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ), by high-accuracy measurements of the cross sections of Heavy Ion (HI) induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions. First evidence about the possibility to get quantitative information about NME from experiments is found for the (18O,18Ne) and (20Ne,20O) reactions. Moreover, to infer the neutrino average masses from the possible measurement of the half-life of 0νββ decay, the knowledge of the NME is a crucial aspect. The key tools for this project are the high resolution Superconducting Cyclotron beams and the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud in Catania (Italy). The measured cross sections are extremely low, limiting the present exploration to few selected isotopes of interest in the context of typically low-yield experimental runs. A major upgrade of the LNS facility is foreseen in order to increase the experimental yield of at least two orders of magnitude, thus making feasible a systematic study of all the cases of interest. peerReviewe

High-spin states in 123 Te

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COTS Tolerant to Total Ionizing Dose (TID): AlGaN/GaNbased transistor 10 KeV X-ray Analysis

Content from this work may be used under the terms of theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.Gallium nitride commercial transistors (GaN FET) are great candidates as power devices tolerant to the effects of Total ionizing dose (TID). Therefore, we have evaluated its robustness by analysing parameters in its characteristic parameters. Devices were exposed to a 10 keV X-ray source accumulating a total of 350 krad(Si). However, results indicate that the tested components are more tolerant to the effects of TID when in on-state mode rather than the off-mode, that is, when the device is working, which is good news for COTS applications in environments subject to the effects of ionizing radiation