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Coulomb excitation of pear-shaped nuclei
/ Butler, Peter (Liverpool U.) ; Gaffney, Liam (Liverpool U. ; CERN) ; Spagnoletti, Pietro (West Scotland U.) ; Konki, Joonas (CERN) ; Scheck, Marcus (West Scotland U.) ; Smith, John (West Scotland U.) ; Abrahams, Kenzo (Western Cape U.) ; Bowry, Michael (TRIUMF) ; Cederkäll, Joakim (Lund U.) ; Chupp, Timothy (Michigan U.) et al.
There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric-dipole moments of atoms, which would indicate CP violation and hence probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. [...]
2019 - 5 p.
- Published in : EPJ Web Conf. 223 (2019) 01007
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In : IV International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics (NSD2019), Venice, Italy, 13 -17 May 2019, pp.01007
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The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei
/ Butler, P.A. (Liverpool U.) ; Gaffney, L.P. (Liverpool U. ; CERN) ; Spagnoletti, P. (West Scotland U.) ; Konki, J. (CERN) ; Scheck, M. (West Scotland U.) ; Smith, J.F. (West Scotland U.) ; Abrahams, K. (Western Cape U.) ; Bowry, M. (TRIUMF) ; Cederkäll, J. (Lund U.) ; Chupp, T. (Michigan U.) et al.
There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric-dipole moments of atoms, which would indicate CP violation and hence probe physics beyond the standard model of particle physics. [...]
arXiv:2003.10147.-
2019-06-06 - 6 p.
- Published in : Nature Commun. 10 (2019) 2473
Fulltext: 2003.10147 - PDF; 7a6aa522dd658653207485bc1ee38876 - PDF; s41467-019-10494-5 - PDF;
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Addendum: The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei
/ Butler, P A (Liverpool U.) ; Gaffney, L P (Liverpool U. ; CERN) ; Spagnoletti, P (West Scotland U.) ; Konki, J (CERN) ; Scheck, M (West Scotland U.) ; Smith, J F (West Scotland U.) ; Abrahams, K (Western Cape U.) ; Bowry, M (TRIUMF) ; Cederkäll, J (Lund U.) ; Chupp, T (Michigan U.) et al.
2020
- Published in : Nature Commun. 11 (2020) 3560
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Publisher Correction: The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei [doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10494-5]
/ Butler, P A (Liverpool U.) ; Gaffney, L P (Liverpool U. ; CERN) ; Spagnoletti, P (West Scotland U.) ; Konki, J (CERN) ; Scheck, M (West Scotland U.) ; Smith, J F (West Scotland U.) ; Abrahams, K (Western Cape U.) ; Bowry, M (TRIUMF) ; Cederkäll, J (Lund U.) ; Chupp, T et al.
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper..
2020 - 1 p.
- Published in : Nature Commun. 11 (2020) 5185
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Evolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive $^{222}\mathrm{Ra}$ and $^{228}\mathrm{Ra}$ Beams
/ Butler, P.A. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Gaffney, L.P. (U. Liverpool (main) ; CERN) ; Spagnoletti, P. (Paisley U.) ; Abrahams, K. (Western Cape U.) ; Bowry, M. (Paisley U. ; TRIUMF) ; Cederkäll, J. (Lund U.) ; de Angelis, G. (INFN, Legnaro) ; De Witte, H. (Leuven U.) ; Garrett, P.E. (Guelph U.) ; Goldkuhle, A. (Cologne U.) et al.
There is sparse direct experimental evidence that atomic nuclei can exhibit stable pear shapes arising from strong octupole correlations. In order to investigate the nature of octupole collectivity in radium isotopes, electric octupole ($E3$) matrix elements have been determined for transitions in $^{222,228}$Ra nuclei using the method of sub-barrier, multi-step Coulomb excitation. [...]
arXiv:2001.09681.-
2020-02-01 - 6 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 (2020) 042503
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Studies of pear-shaped nuclei using accelerated radioactive beams
/ Gaffney, L P (Liverpool U.) ; Butler, P A (Liverpool U.) ; Scheck, M (Liverpool U. ; Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Hayes, A B (Rochester U.) ; Wenander, F (CERN) ; Albers, M (Cologne U.) ; Bastin, B (GANIL) ; Bauer, C (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Blazhev, A (Cologne U.) ; Bonig, S (Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.) et al.
There is strong circumstantial evidence that certain heavy, unstable atomic nuclei are ‘octupole deformed’, that is, distorted into a pear shape. This contrasts with the more prevalent rugby-ball shape of nuclei with reflection-symmetric, quadrupole deformations. [...]
2013
- Published in : Nature 497 (2013) 199-204
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Collectivity in the light radon nuclei measured directly via Coulomb excitation
/ Gaffney, L.P. (Leuven U. ; Liverpool U.) ; Robinson, A.P. (York U., England ; Manchester U.) ; Jenkins, D.G. (York U., England) ; Andreyev, A.N. (Leuven U. ; York U., England ; JAEA, Ibaraki) ; Bender, M. (CENBG, Gradignan) ; Blazhev, A. (Cologne U.) ; Bree, N. (Leuven U.) ; Bruyneel, B. (Cologne U.) ; Butler, P.A. (Liverpool U.) ; Cocolios, T.E. (CERN ; Manchester U.) et al.
Background: Shape coexistence in heavy nuclei poses a strong challenge to state-of-the-art nuclear models, where several competing shape minima are found close to the ground state. A classic region for investigating this phenomenon is in the region around $Z=82$ and the neutron mid-shell at $N=104$. [...]
arXiv:1503.03245.-
2015-06-22 - 11 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 91 (2015) 064313
External link: Preprint
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Coulomb excitation of $^{222}$Rn
/ Spagnoletti, P (West Scotland U. ; Simon Fraser U., Dept. Chem.) ; Butler, P A (Liverpool U.) ; Gaffney, L P (Liverpool U. ; CERN) ; Abrahams, K (Western Cape U.) ; Bowry, M (West Scotland U. ; TRIUMF) ; Cederkäll, J (Lund U.) ; Chupp, T (U. Michigan, Ann Arbor) ; de Angelis, G (INFN, Legnaro) ; De Witte, H (Leuven U.) ; Garrett, P E (Guelph U.) et al.
The nature of quadrupole and octupole collectivity in $^{222}$Rn was investigated by determining the electric-quadrupole (E2) and octupole (E3) matrix elements using subbarrier, multistep Coulomb excitation. The radioactive $^{222}$Rn beam, accelerated to 4.23 MeV/u, was provided by the HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN. [...]
2022 - 10 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 105 (2022) 024323
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Fast-timing study of the $l$-forbidden $1/2^+ \rightarrow 3/2^+ M1$ transition in $^{129}Sn$
/ Lică, R (CERN ; Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Mach, H (Warsaw, Inst. Nucl. Studies) ; Fraile, L M (UCM, Madrid, Dept. Phys.) ; Gargano, A (INFN, Naples) ; Borge, M J G (CERN ; Madrid, Inst. Estructura Materia) ; Mărginean, N (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Sotty, C O (Bucharest, IFIN-HH ; Leuven U.) ; Vedia, V (UCM, Madrid, Dept. Phys.) ; Andreyev, A N (York U., England) ; Benzoni, G (INFN, Milan) et al.
The levels in Sn129 populated from the β− decay of In129 isomers were investigated at the ISOLDE facility of CERN using the newly commissioned ISOLDE Decay Station (IDS). The lowest 1/2+ state and the 3/2+ ground state in Sn129 are expected to have configurations dominated by the neutron s1/2 (l=0) and d3/2 (l=2) single-particle states, respectively. [...]
2016 - 7 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 93 (2016) 044303
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Single-neutron orbits near $^{78}$Ni: Spectroscopy of the N=49 isotope $^{79}$Zn
/ Orlandi, R (Madrid, Inst. Estructura Materia ; Leuven U. ; West Scotland U. ; JAEA, Ibaraki ; SUPA, UK) ; Mücher, D (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Raabe, R (Leuven U.) ; Jungclaus, A (Madrid, Inst. Estructura Materia) ; Pain, S D (Oak Ridge) ; Bildstein, V (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Chapman, R (West Scotland U. ; SUPA, UK) ; de Angelis, G (INFN, Legnaro) ; Johansen, J G (Aarhus U.) ; Van Duppen, P (Leuven U.) et al.
Single-neutron states in the Z=30 , N=49 isotope 79 Zn have been populated using the 78 Zn(d, p) 79 Zn transfer reaction at REX-ISOLDE, CERN. The experimental setup allowed the combined detection of protons ejected in the reaction, and of γ rays emitted by 79 Zn. [...]
2015 - 5 p.
- Published in : Phys. Lett. B 740 (2015) 298-302
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