First application of combined isochronous and Schottky mass spectrometry: Half-lives of fully ionized 49Cr24+ and 53Fe26+ atomsLifetime measurements of b -decaying highly charged ions have been performed in the storage ring CSRe by applying the isochronous Schottky mass spectrometry. The fully ionized 49Cr and 53Fe ions were…X. L. Tu, X. C. Chen, J. T. Zhang et al.·Apr 8, 2018SaveLearn
Observation of Pendellösung Fringes by Using Pulsed NeutronsPendellösung interference fringes of a single silicon crystal were observed by using pulsed cold neutrons. The nuclear scattering length of silicon was obtained as…Shigeyasu Itoh, Masaya Nakaji, Yuya Uchida et al.·Apr 6, 2018SaveLearn
Mass Measurements of Neutron-Deficient Y, Zr, and Nb Isotopes and Their Impact on rp and νp Nucleosynthesis ProcessesUsing isochronous mass spectrometry at the experimental storage ring CSRe in Lanzhou, the masses of 82Zr and 84Nb were measured for the first time with an uncertainty of 10 keV, and…Y. M. Xing, K. A. Li, Y. H. Zhang et al.·Apr 6, 2018SaveLearn
First Accurate Normalization of the β-delayed α Decay of 16N and Implications for the 12C(α,γ)16O Astrophysical Reaction RateThe 12C(α,γ)16O reaction plays a central role in astrophysics, but its cross section at energies relevant for astrophysical applications is only poorly constrained by…O. S. Kirsebom, O. Tengblad, R. Lica et al.·Apr 5, 2018SaveLearn
Deep excursion beyond the proton dripline. II. Toward the limits of existence of nuclear structureProspects of experimental studies of argon and chlorine isotopes located far beyond the proton dripline are studied by using systematics and cluster models. The deviations from the widespread…L. V. Grigorenko, I. Mukha, D. Kostyleva et al.·Apr 5, 2018SaveLearn
First observation of the competing fission modes in the neutron-deficient sub-lead regionFragment mass distributions from fission of excited compound nucleus 178Pt have been deduced from the measured fragment velocities. The 178Pt nucleus was created at the JAEA tandem facility…I. Tsekhanovich, A. N. Andreyev, K. Nishio et al.·Apr 5, 2018SaveLearn
Gamma-widths, lifetimes and fluctuations in the nuclear quasi-continuumStatistical γ-decay from highly excited states is determined by the nuclear level density (NLD) and the γ-ray strength function (γSF). These average quantities have been measured for several…M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen, J. E. Midtbø et al.·Apr 3, 2018SaveLearn
Experimental signature of collective enhancement in nuclear level densityWe present a probable experimental signature of collective enhancement in the nuclear level density (NLD) by measuring the neutron and the giant dipole resonance (GDR) γ rays emitted from the rare…Deepak Pandit, Srijit Bhattacharya, Debasish Mondal et al.·Apr 3, 2018SaveLearn
9Be+120Sn scattering at near-barrier energies within a four body modelCross sections for elastic and inelastic scattering of the weakly-bound 9Be nucleus on a 120Sn target have been measured at seven bombarding energies around and above the Coulomb barrier. The…A. Arazi, J. Casal, M. Rodríguez-Gallardo et al.·Apr 2, 2018SaveLearn
Ordinary muon capture studies for the matrix elements in ββ decayPrecise measurement of γ-rays following ordinary (non-radiative) capture of negative muons by natural Se, Kr, Cd and Sm, as well as isotopically enriched 48Ti, 76Se, 82Kr, 106Cd…D. Zinatulina, V. Brudanin, V. Egorov et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
Deep excursion beyond the proton dripline. I. Argon and chlorine isotope chainsThe proton-unbound argon and chlorine isotopes have been studied by measuring trajectories of their decay-in-flight products by using a tracking technique with micro-strip detectors. The proton…I. Mukha, L. V. Grigorenko, D. Kostyleva et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
The Majorana Demonstrator Status and Preliminary ResultsThe Majorana Collaboration is using an array of high-purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay are understood to be the…C. -H. Yu, S. I. Alvis, I. J. Arnquist et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
Search for Exotic Gluonic States in the Nucleus, A Letter of Intent to Jefferson Lab PAC 44We renew our intent to submit a proposal to perform a search for a non-zero value of the unmeasured hadronic double helicity flip structure function Δ(x,Q2), predicted to be sensitive to gluons in…J. Maxwell, D. Crabb, D. Day et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
Improved limit on neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge from GERDA Phase IIThe GERDA experiment searches for the lepton number violating neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge (76Ge → 76Se + 2e-) operating bare Ge diodes with an enriched…M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
New determination of the spectroscopic factor of 7Be ground state and the 6Li(p,γ)7Be astrophysical S(E) factorsThe `lithium problem' in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) has recently focused on the reactions involving 7Be. The 6Li(p, γ)7Be reaction can provide us not only the information for…Zhi-Hong Li, Er-Tao Li, Jun Su et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n → χ+ e+e-It has been proposed recently that a previously unobserved neutron decay branch to a dark matter particle (χ) could account for the discrepancy in the neutron lifetime observed in experiments that…X. Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier et al.·Mar 29, 2018SaveLearn
Azimuthally-differential pion femtoscopy relative to the third harmonic event plane in Pb-Pb collisions at s_ NN = 2.76 TeVAzimuthally-differential femtoscopic measurements, being sensitive to spatio-temporal characteristics of the source as well as to the collective velocity fields at freeze out, provide very important…ALICE Collaboration·Mar 28, 2018SaveLearn
Neutron background measurements with a hybrid neutron detector at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino LaboratoryWe report in situ neutron background measurements at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory (KSNL) by a hybrid neutron detector (HND) with a data size of 33.8 days under identical shielding…A. Sonay, M. Deniz, H. T. Wong et al.·Mar 27, 2018SaveLearn
Direct photon production at low transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at s = 2.76 and 8 TeVMeasurements of inclusive and direct photon production at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at s=2.76 and 8 TeV are presented by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The results are reported in…ALICE Collaboration·Mar 27, 2018SaveLearn
Into the fission valley of magic nucleus PoloniumThe word "radioactive" was first coined by Marie Curie when she, along with her husband Pierre Curie, discovered the element Polonium. The nucleus 210Po is a testing ground for many…Tilak Kumar Ghosh·Mar 23, 2018SaveLearn
On the emission probability of the 66.7 keV γ-transition in the decay of 171TmThe γ-emission probability of the 66.73 keV line in the decay of 171Tm has been experimentally determined using γ-spectrometry and inductively coupled mass spectrometry. Using a set of two reference…I. Kajan, S. Heinitz, R. Dressler et al.·Mar 23, 2018SaveLearn
Neutron-induced reactions in nuclear astrophysicsThe quest for the origin of the chemical elements, which we find in our body, in our planet (Earth), in our star (Sun), or in our galaxy (Milky Way) could only be resolved with a thorough…René Reifarth, David Brown, Saed Dababneh et al.·Mar 23, 2018SaveLearn
Comments on Proton Emission after Muon CaptureThe emission of particles after atomic muon capture was studied extensively during the early 70's. In particular, proton and neutron spectra were measured in order to determine whether nuclear…Ed V Hungerford·Mar 22, 2018SaveLearn
Study of activation cross sections of deuteron induced reactions on erbium in the 32-50 MeV energy rangeActivation cross sections of the natEr(d,x)163,165,166,167,168,170Tm and natEr(d,x)171,161Er nuclear reactions have been measured in the 32-50 MeV energy range, above 40 MeV for the first time. The…F. Tárkányi, A. Hermanne, F. Ditrói et al.·Mar 22, 2018SaveLearn
Activation cross sections of Proton Induced Nuclear Reactions on neodymium up to 65 MeVIn the frame of a systematic study of the activation cross sections of charged particle induced nuclear reactions on rare earths for production of therapeutic radionuclides, proton induced reactions…F. Tárkányi, A. Hermanne, F. Ditrói et al.·Mar 22, 2018SaveLearn