An experimental view on shape coexistence in nuclei

PE Garrett, M Zielińska, E Clément - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear shape coexistence is the phenomenon in which distinct shapes occur within the
same nucleus and at a similar energy. In this work, we provide an overview of the …

Evolution of shell structure in exotic nuclei

T Otsuka, A Gade, O Sorlin, T Suzuki, Y Utsuno - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
The atomic nucleus is a quantum many-body system whose constituent nucleons (protons
and neutrons) are subject to complex nucleon-nucleon interactions that include spin-and …

78Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation

R Taniuchi, C Santamaria, P Doornenbal, A Obertelli… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Nuclear magic numbers correspond to fully occupied energy shells of protons or neutrons
inside atomic nuclei. Doubly magic nuclei, with magic numbers for both protons and …

Shape Coexistence in as the Portal to the Fifth Island of Inversion

F Nowacki, A Poves, E Caurier, B Bounthong - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Large-scale shell-model calculations predict that the region of deformation which comprises
the heaviest chromium and iron isotopes at and beyond N= 40 will merge with a new one at …

[HTML][HTML] The neutron-rich edge of the nuclear landscape: Experiment and theory.

F Nowacki, A Obertelli, A Poves - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we describe the experimental facilities and methods which make it possible to
produce and measure the properties of the extreme neutron-rich nuclei. We then develop …

[HTML][HTML] Ab initio computations from 78Ni towards 70Ca along neutron number N= 50

BS Hu, ZH Sun, G Hagen, GR Jansen, T Papenbrock - Physics Letters B, 2024 - Elsevier
We present coupled-cluster computations of nuclei with neutron number N= 50 “south” of 78
Ni using nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon forces from chiral effective field theory. We find …

NSCL and FRIB at Michigan State University: Nuclear science at the limits of stability

A Gade, BM Sherrill - Physica Scripta, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State
University (MSU) is a scientific user facility that offers beams of rare isotopes at a wide range …

Persistence of the Shell Gap Around : First Spectroscopy of

L Olivier, S Franchoo, M Niikura, Z Vajta, D Sohler… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of Cu 79 is performed at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory
of RIKEN. The nucleus of interest is produced through proton knockout from a Zn 80 beam at …

Are There Signatures of Harmonic Oscillator Shells Far from Stability? First Spectroscopy of

N Paul, A Corsi, A Obertelli, P Doornenbal, G Authelet… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
The first measurement of the low-lying states of the neutron-rich Zr 110 and Mo 112 was
performed via in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy after one proton removal on hydrogen at∼ 200 …

Mapping of a New Deformation Region around

S Michimasa, M Kobayashi, Y Kiyokawa, S Ota… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We performed the first direct mass measurements of neutron-rich scandium, titanium, and
vanadium isotopes around the neutron number 40 at the RIKEN RI Beam Factory using the …