110 research outputs found
Cannibalism as a life boat mechanism
Under certain conditions a cannibalistic population can survive when food for the adults is too scarce to support a non-cannibalistic population. Cannibalism can have this lifeboat effect if (i) the juveniles feed on a resource inaccessible to the adults; and (ii) the adults are cannibalistic and thus incorporate indirectly the inaccessible resource. Using a simple model we conclude that the mechanism works when, at low population densities, the average yield, in terms of new offspring, due to the energy provided by one cannibalized juvenile is larger than one
New insight into the low-energy He spectrum
The spectrum of He was studied by means of the He(,)He
reaction at a lab energy of 25 MeV/n and small center of mass (c.m.) angles.
Energy and angular correlations were obtained for the He decay products by
complete kinematical reconstruction. The data do not show narrow states at
1.3 and 2.4 MeV reported before for He. The lowest resonant
state of He is found at about 2 MeV with a width of 2 MeV and is
identified as . The observed angular correlation pattern is uniquely
explained by the interference of the resonance with a virtual state
(limit on the scattering length is obtained as fm), and with
the resonance at energy MeV.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Detector array for the H nucleus multi-neutron decay study
Setup fitting the requirements for the detailed study of the five-body decay
of the 7H nucleus obtained as a result of the proton transfer from the 8He
projectiles to the deuterium target nuclei is being built at the radioactive
beam line of ACCULINNA-2 separator in the G.N. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear
Reactions. Described here is the assembly of 100 BC-404 plastic scintillators,
intended for neutron detection, the annular Si detector telescope for the 3He
recoils, and the detector array providing the --TOF registration
of 3H nuclei emitted at the 7H decay. Results obtained by the Monte Carlo
simulations made for the energy values and flight passes of all these particles
are given together with the luminosity expected for the discussed experiments
Growth, Fecundity, and Diets of Newly Established Silver Carp in the Middle Mississippi River
The silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix has spread throughout the Mississippi River drainage. During 2003, we determined its population status and potential impact in the middle Mississippi River (MMR), the conduit between the lower Mississippi River and the upper Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois rivers. We quantified growth, age structure, fecundity, and diets of silver carp sampled with trammel nets and AC electrofishing in main-channel areas. Mean length at age in the MMR exceeded that of populations in Asia by as much as 26%. Individuals were typically more than 1 year old and 230 mm total length, suggesting that small, young fish were absent. Individuals in this population matured earlier (age 2) than in the species\u27 native range. Regardless of phytoplankton variation (using chlorophyll a as a surrogate) and zooplankton concentration at MMR sites, phytoplankton was consistently most abundant in diets. Silver carp are finding suitable resources within the MMR, allowing individuals to grow rapidly during early life, persist as adults, and successfully disperse upstream
The H states studied in the reaction and evidence of extremely correlated character of the H ground state
The extremely neutron-rich system H was studied in the direct
H transfer reaction with a 26
MeV secondary He beam. The measured missing mass spectrum shows a
resonant state in H at MeV relative to the H+ threshold.
The population cross section of the presumably -wave states in the energy
range from 4 to 8 MeV is
b/sr in the angular range . The
obtained missing mass spectrum is free of the H events below 3.5 MeV
( b/sr in the same angular
range). The steep rise of the H missing mass spectrum at 3 MeV allows to
show that MeV is the lower limit for the possible resonant state
energy in H tolerated by our data. According to paring energy estimates,
such a MeV resonance is a realistic candidate for the H ground
state (g.s.). The obtained results confirm that the decay mechanism of the
H g.s.\ (located at 2.2 MeV above the H+ threshold) is the
``true'' (or simultaneous) emission. The resonance energy profiles and the
momentum distributions of the sequential H \,\rightarrow \,
^5H(g.s.)+n\, \rightarrow \, ^3H+ decay fragments were analyzed by the
theoretically-updated direct four-body-decay and sequential-emission
mechanisms. The measured momentum distributions of the H fragments in the
H rest frame indicate very strong ``dineutron-type'' correlations in the
H ground state decay.Comment: 9 pages, 11 figure
Study of Proton and Deuteron Pickup Reactions 2H(10Be,3He)9Li an 2H(10Be,4He)8Li with 44 A MeV 10Be Radioactive Beam at ACCULINNA-2 Fragment Separator
The proton and deuteron pickup reactions 2H(10Be,3He)9Li and\\
2H(10Be,4He)8Li radioactive beam produced by the new fragment separator
ACCULINNA-2 at FLNR, JINR\@. These measurements were initially motivated as
test reactions intended for the elucidation of results obtained in the study of
the extremely neutron-rich 7H and 6H systems created in the 2H(10Be,3He)9Li and
2H(10Be,4He)8Li reactions using the same setup. In the 2H(10Be,3He)9Li reaction
the 9Li ground-state () and its first excited state (2.69~MeV, )
were identified in the low-energy region of its excitation spectrum. The
differential cross sections for the 9Li g.~s.) population were extracted at
forward center-of-mass angles () and compared with the FRESCO
calculations. Spectroscopic factor of , derived by a model for the
10Be9Li(g.s.) clustering was found in accord with the experimental
data. The energy spectrum of 8Li populated in the 2H(10Be,4He)8Li reaction
shows the strong peak which corresponds to excitation of the second excited
state of 8Li (2.25 MeV, ). The fact that the ground and the first excited
states of 8Li were not observed is fully consistent with Shell-Model
calculations carried out for the 10Be g.\,s. and 8Li level structure applying
momentum selection rules
Quasi-free (p,pN) scattering of light neutron-rich nuclei around N = 14
Background: For many years, quasifree scattering reactions in direct kinematics have been extensively used to study the structure of stable nuclei, demonstrating the potential of this approach. The RB3 collaboration has performed a pilot experiment to study quasifree scattering reactions in inverse kinematics for a stable C12 beam. The results from that experiment constitute the first quasifree scattering results in inverse and complete kinematics. This technique has lately been extended to exotic beams to investigate the evolution of shell structure, which has attracted much interest due to changes in shell structure if the number of protons or neutrons is varied. Purpose: In this work we investigate for the first time the quasifree scattering reactions (p,pn) and (p,2p) simultaneously for the same projectile in inverse and complete kinematics for radioactive beams with the aim to study the evolution of single-particle properties from N=14 to N=15. Method: The structure of the projectiles O23, O22, and N21 has been studied simultaneously via (p,pn) and (p,2p) quasifree knockout reactions in complete inverse kinematics, allowing the investigation of proton and neutron structure at the same time. The experimental data were collected at the R3B-LAND setup at GSI at beam energies of around 400 MeV/u. Two key observables have been studied to shed light on the structure of those nuclei: the inclusive cross sections and the corresponding momentum distributions. Conclusions: The knockout reactions (p,pn) and (p,2p) with radioactive beams in inverse kinematics have provided important and complementary information for the study of shell evolution and structure. For the (p,pn) channels, indications of a change in the structure of these nuclei moving from N=14 to N=15 have been observed, i.e., from the 0d5/2 shell to the 1s1/2. This supports previous observations of a subshell closure at N=14 for neutron-rich oxygen isotopes and its weakening for the nitrogen isotopes
Biologia reprodutiva de Pachyurus bonariensis (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) na fase pré-represamento do arroio Taquarembó, Sul do Brasil
Quasifree (p, 2p) Reactions on Oxygen Isotopes: Observation of Isospin Independence of the Reduced Single-Particle Strength
Quasifree one-proton knockout reactions have been employed in inverse kinematics for a systematic study of the structure of stable and exotic oxygen isotopes at the R3B/LAND setup with incident beam energies in the range of 300-450 MeV/u. The oxygen isotopic chain offers a large variation of separation energies that allows for a quantitative understanding of single-particle strength with changing isospin asymmetry. Quasifree knockout reactions provide a complementary approach to intermediate-energy one-nucleon removal reactions. Inclusive cross sections for quasifree knockout reactions of the type OA(p,2p)NA-1 have been determined and compared to calculations based on the eikonal reaction theory. The reduction factors for the single-particle strength with respect to the independent-particle model were obtained and compared to state-of-the-art ab initio predictions. The results do not show any significant dependence on proton-neutron asymmetry
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