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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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Evolution of single-particle structure near the $N=20$ island of inversion
/ MacGregor, P T (Manchester U.) ; Sharp, D K (Manchester U.) ; Freeman, S J (Manchester U.) ; Hoffman, C R (Argonne, PHY) ; Kay, B P (Argonne, PHY) ; Tang, T L (Argonne, PHY) ; Gaffney, L P (Liverpool U. ; CERN) ; Baader, E F (CERN) ; Borge, M J G (Madrid, Inst. Estructura Materia) ; Butler, P A (Liverpool U.) et al.
The single-particle properties of $^{29}$Mg have been investigated via a measurement of the $^{28}$Mg(d,p) 29Mg reaction, in inverse kinematics, using the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer. The negative-parity intruder states from the f p shell have been identified and used to benchmark modern shell-model calculations. [...]
2021 - 7 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 104 (2021) L051301
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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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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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First Exploration of Neutron Shell Structure Below Lead and Beyond $\boldsymbol{N=126}$
/ Tang, T.L. (Argonne) ; Kay, B.P. (Argonne) ; Hoffman, C.R. (Argonne) ; Schiffer, J.P. (Argonne) ; Sharp, D.K. (Manchester U.) ; Gaffney, L.P. (CERN) ; Freeman, S.J. (Manchester U.) ; Mumpower, M.R. ; Arokiaraj, A. ; Baader, E.F. (CERN) et al.
The nuclei below lead but with more than 126 neutrons are crucial to an understanding of the astrophysical $r$-process in producing nuclei heavier than $A\sim190$. Despite their importance, the structure and properties of these nuclei remain experimentally untested as they are difficult to produce in nuclear reactions with stable beams. [...]
arXiv:2001.00976; LA-UR-19-30930.-
2020-02-14 - 7 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 (2020) 062502
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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. [...]
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2020-02-01 - 6 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 (2020) 042503
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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. [...]
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2019-06-06 - 6 p.
- Published in : Nature Commun. 10 (2019) 2473
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Electromagnetic properties of low-lying states in neutron-deficient Hg isotopes: Coulomb excitation of $^{182}$Hg, $^{184}$Hg, $^{186}$Hg and $^{188}$Hg
/ Wrzosek-Lipska, K (Warsaw U., Heavy Ion Lab ; Leuven U.) ; Rezynkina, K (Leuven U. ; U. Strasbourg) ; Bree, N (Leuven U.) ; Zielińska, M (Warsaw U., Heavy Ion Lab ; IRFU, Saclay) ; Gaffney, L P (Liverpool U. ; Leuven U. ; CERN ; West Scotland U.) ; Petts, A (Liverpool U.) ; Andreyev, A (Leuven U. ; York U., England) ; Bastin, B (Leuven U. ; GANIL) ; Bender, M (Lyon, IPN) ; Blazhev, A (Cologne U.) et al.
The neutron-deficient mercury isotopes serve as a classical example of shape coexistence, whereby at low energy near-degenerate nuclear states characterized by different shapes appear. The electromagnetic structure of even-mass $^{182-188}$ Hg isotopes was studied using safe-energy Coulomb excitation of neutron-deficient mercury beams delivered by the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN. [...]
2019 - 23 p.
- Published in : Eur. Phys. J. A 55 (2019) 130
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