Radioactive decays at limits of nuclear stability

M Pfützner, M Karny, LV Grigorenko, K Riisager - Reviews of modern physics, 2012 - APS
The last decades brought impressive progress in synthesizing and studying properties of
nuclides located very far from the beta stability line. Among the most fundamental properties …

Recent progress in two-proton radioactivity

L Zhou, SM Wang, DQ Fang, YG Ma - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2022 - Springer
During the last few decades, rare isotope beam facilities have provided unique data for
studying the properties of nuclides located far from the beta-stability line. Such nuclei are …

Two-proton emission and related phenomena

M Pfützner, I Mukha, SM Wang - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
One of characteristic phenomena for nuclei beyond the proton dripline is the simultaneous
emission of two protons (2p). The current status of our knowledge of this most recently …

The roles of three-nucleon force and continuum coupling in mirror symmetry breaking of oxygen mass region

S Zhang, YZ Ma, JG Li, BS Hu, Q Yuan, ZH Cheng… - Physics Letters B, 2022 - Elsevier
With both three-nucleon force and continuum coupling included, we have developed a self-
consistent ab initio Gamow shell model within the Gamow Hartree-Fock (GHF) basis …

Three-body forces and proton-rich nuclei

JD Holt, J Menéndez, A Schwenk - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
We present the first study of three-nucleon (3 N) forces for proton-rich nuclei along the N= 8
and N= 20 isotones. Our results for the ground-state energies and proton separation …

On the origin of nuclear clustering

J Okołowicz, M Płoszajczak… - Progress of Theoretical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Clustering is one of the most complex phenomena known to the structure of atomic nuclei. A
comprehensive description of this ubiquitous phenomenon goes beyond standard shell …

Two-neutron radioactivity and four-nucleon emission from exotic nuclei

LV Grigorenko, IG Mukha, C Scheidenberger… - Physical Review C …, 2011 - APS
A theoretical method for estimates of a width of “true” four-nucleon decays is developed.
Several candidate isotopes to possess this property are considered. Our lifetime estimates …

Observation of Long-Range Three-Body Coulomb Effects in the Decay of

KW Brown, RJ Charity, LG Sobotka, Z Chajecki… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
The interaction of an E/A= 57.6-MeV Ne 17 beam with a Be target is used to populate levels
in Ne 16 following neutron knockout reactions. The decay of Ne 16 states into the three-body …

Proton decays in and and isospin-symmetry breaking in carbon isotopes and isotones

N Michel, JG Li, FR Xu, W Zuo - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Proton-rich nuclei possess unique properties in the nuclear chart. Due to the presence of
both continuum coupling and Coulomb interaction, phenomena such as halos, Thomas …

Observation and Spectroscopy of New Proton-Unbound Isotopes and : An Interplay of Prompt Two-Proton and Sequential Decay

I Mukha, LV Grigorenko, X Xu, L Acosta, E Casarejos… - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Previously unknown isotopes Ar 30 and Cl 29 have been identified by measurement of the
trajectories of their in-flight decay products S 28+ p+ p and S 28+ p, respectively. The …