Author(s)
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Vilen, M. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Kelly, J.M. (Jyvaskyla U. ; CERN) ; Kankainen, A. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Brodeur, M. (U. Notre Dame (main)) ; Aprahamian, A. (U. Notre Dame (main)) ; Canete, L. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; de Groote, R. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; de Roubin, A. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Eronen, T. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Jokinen, A. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Moore, I.D. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Mumpower, M.R. (Los Alamos Natl. Lab., Theor. Div.) ; Nesterenko, D.A. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; O'Brien, J. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Perdomo, A. Pardo (U. Notre Dame (main)) ; Penttilä, H. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Reponen, M. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Rinta-Antila, S. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Surman, R. (U. Notre Dame (main)) |
Abstract
| The JYFLTRAP double Penning trap at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL) facility has been used to measure the atomic masses of 13 neutron-rich rare-earth isotopes. Eight of the nuclides, $^{161}$Pm, $^{163}$Sm, $^{164,165}$Eu, $^{167}$Gd, and $^{165,167,168}$Tb, were measured for the first time. The systematics of the mass surface has been studied via one- and two-neutron separation energies as well as neutron pairing-gap and shell-gap energies. The proton-neutron pairing strength has also been investigated. The impact of the new mass values on the astrophysical rapid neutron capture process has been studied. The calculated abundance distribution results in a better agreement with the solar abundance pattern near the top of the rare-earth abundance peak at around $A\approx165$. |