Tue·Jul 26, 2016Tuesday·July 26, 2016

1. 01*

   Manifestation of nuclear cluster structure in Coulomb sums

   A.Yu. Buki · I.S. Timchenko

   Experimental Coulomb sum values of 6^Li and 7^Li nuclei have been obtained, extending the earlier reported momentum transfer range of Coulomb sums for these nuclei up to q = 0.750 ... 1.625 fm^-1. The dependence of the Coulomb sums on the momentum transfers of 6^Li and 7^Li is shown to differ substantially from similar dependences for all the other nuclei investigated. Relationship between the nuclear cluster structure and Coulomb sums has been considered. The momentum transfer value, above which the Coulomb sum becomes constant, is found to be related to the cluster isolation parameter x, which characterizes the degree of nuclear clusterization.

   nucl-exnucl-th0 citations
2. 02*

   Shape coexistence in 153Ho

   Dibyadyuti Pramanik · S. Sarkar🇬🇧 · M. Saha Sarkar · Abhijit Bisoi · Sudatta Ray · Shinjinee Dasgupta🇮🇳 · A.Chakraborty🇯🇵 · Krishichayan · Ritesh Kshetri🇨🇦 · Indrani Ray🇫🇷 · S. Ganguly · M. K. Pradhan🇮🇳 and 10 other authors

   The high-spin states in 153Ho, have been studied by 139 57 La(20Ne, 6n) reaction at a projectile energy of 139 MeV at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata, India, utilizing an earlier campaign of Indian National Gamma Array (INGA) setup. Data from gamma-gamma coincidence, directional correlation and polarization measurements have been analyzed to assign and confirm the spins and parities of the levels. We have suggested a few additions and revisions of the reported level scheme of 153Ho. The RF-gamma time difference spectra have been useful to confirm the half-life of an isomer in this nucleus. From the comparison of experimental and theoretical results, it is found that there are definite indications of shape coexistence in this nucleus. The experimental and calculated lifetimes of several isomers have been compared to follow the coexistence and evolution of shape with increasing spin.

   nucl-exnucl-thPRC(2016)·10 citations
3. 03*

   Determination of the real part of the {\eta}'-Nb optical potential

   M. Nanova🇩🇪 · S. Friedrich🇩🇪 · V. Metag🇩🇪 · E. Ya. Paryev🇷🇺 · F. N. Afzal🇩🇪 · D. Bayadilov🇩🇪 · R. Beck🇩🇪 · M. Becker🇩🇪 · S. Böse🇩🇪 · K.-T. Brinkmann🇩🇪 · V. Crede🇺🇸 · D. Elsner🇩🇪 and 42 other authors

   The excitation function and momentum distribution of {\eta}' mesons have been measured in photoproduction off 93^Nb in the energy range of 1.2-2.9 GeV. The experiment has been performed with the combined Crystal Barrel and MiniTAPS detector system, using tagged photon beams from the ELSA electron accelerator. Information on the sign and magnitude of the real part of the {\eta}'-Nb potential has been extracted from a comparison of the data with model calculations. An attractive potential of -(41 \pm 10(stat) \pm 15(syst)) MeV depth at normal nuclear matter density is deduced within model uncertainties. This value is consistent with the potential depth of -(37 \pm 10(stat) \pm 10(syst)) MeV obtained in an earlier measurement for a light nucleus (carbon). This relatively shallow {\eta}'-nucleus potential will make the search for {\eta}'-nucleus bound states more difficult.

   nucl-exPRC(2016)·40 citations
4. 04*

   Determination of the analysing power for the $\vec{p}p\to pp\eta$ reaction using WASA-at-COSY detector system

   I. Schaetti-Ozerianska🇵🇱 · P. Moskal🇵🇱 · M. Zielinski🇵🇱

   We report on the measurement of the analyzing power for the (vec)pp->ppeta reaction with beam momenta of 2026 MeV/c and 2188 MeV/c performed with the WASA-at-COSY detector at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY. The eta meson from the (vec)pp-> ppeta reaction was identified by the techniques of missing mass and invariant mass. The angular distribution of the determined analyzing power strongly disagree with theoretical predictions. A comparison of the obtained Ay angular distribution with a series of associated Legendre polynomials revealed negligible contribution of the Sd partial wave at Q = 15 MeV. However, at Q = 72 MeV, a significant interference of the Ps and Pp partial waves was observed.

   nucl-exhep-exEPJ Web Conf.(2016)·2 citations
5. 05*

   From the Coulomb breakup of halo nuclei to neutron radiative capture

   Pierre Capel🇩🇪 · Yvan Nollet

   Coulomb breakup is used to infer radiative-capture cross sections at astrophysical energies. We test theoretically the accuracy of this indirect technique in the particular case of 15C, for which both the Coulomb breakup to ^{14}C+n and the radiative capture 14C(n,{\gamma})15C have been measured. We analyse the dependance of Coulomb-breakup calculations on the projectile description in both its initial bound state and its continuum. Our calculations depend not only on the Asymptotic Normalisation Coefficient (ANC) of the 15C ground state, but also on the 14C-n continuum. This questions the method proposed by Summers and Nunes [Phys. Rev. C 78, 011601 (2008), ibid. 78, 069908 (2008)], which assumes that an ANC can be directly extracted from the comparison of calculations to breakup data. Fortunately, the sensitivity to the continuum description can be absorbed in a normalisation constant obtained by a simple {\chi}2 fit of our calculations to the measurements. By restricting this fit to low 14C-n energy in the continuum, we can achieve a better agreement between the radiative-capture cross sections inferred from the Coulomb-breakup method and the exact ones. This result revives the Coulomb-breakup technique to infer neutron radiative-capture capture to loosely-bound states, which would be very useful for r- and s-process modelling in explosive stellar environments.

   ↳ nucl-thastro-ph.SRnucl-exPoS(2016)·0 citations
6. 06*

   In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group for Closed and Open-Shell Nuclei

   H. Hergert🇺🇸

   We present a pedagogical introduction to the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group (IM-SRG) framework for ab initio calculations of nuclei. The IM-SRG performs continuous unitary transformations of the nuclear many-body Hamiltonian in second-quantized form, which can be implemented with polynomial computational effort. Through suitably chosen generators, it is possible to extract eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian in a given nucleus, or drive the Hamiltonian matrix in configuration space to specific structures, e.g., band- or block-diagonal form. Exploiting this flexibility, we describe two complementary approaches for the description of closed- and open-shell nuclei: The first is the Multireference IM-SRG (MR-IM-SRG), which is designed for the efficient calculation of nuclear ground-state properties. The second is the derivation of nonempirical valence-space interactions that can be used as input for nuclear Shell model (i.e., configuration interaction (CI)) calculations. This IM-SRG+Shell model approach provides immediate access to excitation spectra, transitions, etc., but is limited in applicability by the factorial cost of the CI calculations. We review applications of the MR-IM-SRG and IM-SRG+Shell model approaches to the calculation of ground-state properties for the oxygen, calcium, and nickel isotopic chains or the spectroscopy of nuclei in the lower $sd$ shell, respectively, and present selected new results, e.g., for the ground- and excited state properties of neon isotopes.

   ↳ nucl-thnucl-exPhys.Scripta(2017)·105 citations
7. 07*

   Slow Muons and Muonium

   Klaus Kirch🇨🇭

   The Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland operates the high intensity proton accelerator facility HIPA. A 590 MeV kinetic energy proton beam of presently up to 2.4 mA is sent to target stations producing pions, muons and neutrons for fundamental and applied physics. The beam power of 1.4 MW provides the world's highest intensities of low momentum muons which can be stopped in low mass targets. Rates of surface muons of up to about $10^8$/s are being provided to various unique precision particle physics experiments. Two feasibility studies are ongoing to considerably improve the available muon beams. The high intensity muon beamline, HiMB, could deliver on the order of $10^{10}$/s surface muons and the stopped muon cooler, muCool, aims at a gain factor of $10^{10}$ in phase space quality while sacrificing only less than 3 orders of magnitude in intensity for low energy ${\mu }^{+}$. These beams will allow a new generation of precision physics experiments with stopped muons and muonium atoms.

   ↳ hep-phhep-exnucl-exphysics.ins-det6 citations
8. 08*

   Enhanced collectivity of gamma vibration in neutron-rich Dy isotopes with N=108 - 110

   Kenichi Yoshida🇯🇵 · Hiroshi Watanabe🇯🇵

   Background: The $\gamma$ vibrational mode of excitation is an acknowledged collective mode in deformed nuclei. The collectivity depends on the details of the shell structure around the Fermi levels, in particular the presence of the orbitals that have the enhanced transition matrix elements of the non-axial quadrupole excitation. Quite recently, a sudden decrease in the excitation energy of the $\gamma$ vibration was observed at RIKEN RIBF for the neutron-rich Dy isotopes at $N=106$. Purpose: In the present work, by studying systematically the microscopic structure of the $\gamma$ vibration in the neutron-rich Dy isotopes with $N=98-114$, we try to understand the mechanism of the observed softening. Methods: The low-frequency modes of excitation in the neutron-rich rare-earth nuclei are described based on nuclear density-functional theory. We employ the Skyrme energy-density functionals (EDF) in the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculation for the ground states and in the Quasiparticle Random-Phase Approximation (QRPA) for the excitations. Results: The lowering of the excitation energy around $N=106$ is reproduced well by employing the SkM* and SLy4 functionals. We find the similar isotopic dependence of the excitation energy in the neutron-rich Er and Yb isotopes as well. Conclusions: The microscopic framework of the Skyrme-EDF based QRPA describes well the isotopic dependence of the energy of the $\gamma$ vibration in the well-deformed neutron-rich rare-earth nuclei. The strong collectivity at $N=108-110$ is expected as the Fermi level of neutrons lies just among the orbitals that play an important role in generating the collectivity around $N=106$.

   ↳ nucl-thnucl-exPTEP(2016)·5 citations

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