Double Beta Decay to the Excited States: ReviewA brief review of double beta decay to the excited states of daughter nuclei is given. Results of the most sensitive experiments are presented.A. S. Barabash·Sep 19, 2017SaveLearn
Disentangling the role of vibration, rotation, and neutron transfer in the fusion of neutron-rich mid-mass nucleiWe report the first measurement of the fusion excitation functions for 39,47K + 28Si at near-barrier energies. Evaporation residues resulting from the fusion process were identified by…J. Vadas, Varinderjit Singh, B. B. Wiggins et al.·Sep 18, 2017SaveLearn
L\'evy-stable two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in s_NN=200 GeV Au+Au collisionsWe present a detailed measurement of charged two-pion correlation functions in 0%-30% centrality s_NN=200 GeV Au+Au collisions by the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion…A. Adare, C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand et al.·Sep 17, 2017SaveLearn
The search for magnetic-induced charged currents in Pb--Pb collisions with ALICEIn non-central heavy-ion collisions unprecedented strong magnetic fields, of the order of 1018 Gauss, are expected to be produced. The interplay of such fields with QCD anomalies in the…Jacopo Margutti·Sep 17, 2017SaveLearn
A laser excitation scheme for 229mThDirect laser excitation of the lowest known nuclear excited state in 229Th has been a longstanding objective. It is generally assumed that reaching this goal would require a considerably reduced…Lars von der Wense, Benedict Seiferle, Simon Stellmer et al.·Sep 16, 2017SaveLearn
New determination of proton spectroscopic factors and reduced widths for 8Be states in the 16.5-18.0 MeV excitation energy region via the study of the 7Li(3He,d)8Be transfer reaction at Elab =\ 20 MeVThe angular distributions of 8Be states in the excitation energy region, Ex \ (16.5-18.2) MeV, produced in the 7Li(3% He,d)8Be proton transfer reaction have been…A. Belhout, S. Ouichaoui, H. Beaumevieille et al.·Sep 16, 2017SaveLearn
Laser spectroscopic characterization of the nuclear clock isomer 229mThThe isotope 229Th is the only nucleus known to possess an excited state 229mTh in the energy range of a few electron volts, a transition energy typical for electrons in the valence shell of…Johannes Thielking, Maxim V. Okhapkin, Przemyslaw Glowacki et al.·Sep 15, 2017SaveLearn
J/ψ elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeVWe report a precise measurement of the J/ψ elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The J/ψ mesons are reconstructed at mid-rapidity…ALICE Collaboration·Sep 15, 2017SaveLearn
Constraining the magnitude of the Chiral Magnetic Effect with Event Shape Engineering in Pb-Pb collisions at s NN = 2.76$ TeVIn ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, the event-by-event variation of the elliptic flow v2 reflects fluctuations in the shape of the initial state of the system. This allows to select events…ALICE Collaboration·Sep 14, 2017SaveLearn
The 95zr(n, gamma)96zr cross section from the surrogate ratio method and its effect on the s-process nucleosynthesisThe 95Zr(n,gamma)96Zr reaction cross section is crucial in the modelling of s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars because it controls the operation of the branching point at the…S. Q. Yan, Z. H. Li, Y. B. Wang et al.·Sep 14, 2017SaveLearn
Spin dependence of η meson production in proton-proton collisions close to thresholdTaking advantage of the high acceptance and axial symmetry of the WASA-at-COSY detector, and the high degree of the polarized proton beam of COSY, the reaction pp ppη has been measured close to…P. Adlarson, W. Augustyniak, W. Bardan et al.·Sep 13, 2017SaveLearn
New results on Initial State and Quarkonia with ALICEThe study of quarkonia in heavy-ion collisions has been the subject of intense experimental and theoretical effort, ever since their production was predicted to be sensitive to the formation of a…Giuseppe Trombetta·Sep 13, 2017SaveLearn
Testing microscopically derived descriptions of nuclear collectivity: Coulomb excitation of 22MgMany-body nuclear theory utilizing microscopic or chiral potentials has developed to the point that collectivity might be dealt with in an ab initio framework without the use of effective…J. Henderson, G. Hackman, P. Ruotsalainen et al.·Sep 12, 2017SaveLearn
Collective long-range particle correlations in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions at the LHC with the CMS detectorMeasurements of two-particle angular correlations of inclusive charged particles as well as identified strange hadron in pp and pPb collisions are presented over a wide range in pseudorapidity and…Zhenyu Chen·Sep 11, 2017SaveLearn
Evidence for Z=6 `magic number' in neutron-rich carbon isotopesThe nuclear shell structure, which originates in the nearly independent motion of nucleons in an average potential, provides an important guide for our understanding of nuclear structure and the…D. T. Tran, H. J. Ong, G. Hagen et al.·Sep 11, 2017SaveLearn
A New Measurement of the 6Li(n,α)t Cross Section at MeV Energies Using a Fission Chamber and 6Li ScintillatorsA new measurement is presented of the 6Li(n,α)t cross section from 245 keV to 10 MeV using a 252Cf fission chamber with 6LiI(Eu) and Cs2LiYCl6:Ce (CLYC) scintillators which act as…Leo E. Kirsch, M. Devlin, S. M. Mosby et al.·Sep 11, 2017SaveLearn
Effect of broken axial symmetry on the electric dipole strength and the collective enhancement of level densities in heavy nucleiThe basic parameters for calculations of radiative neutron capture , photon strength functions and nuclear level densities near the neutron separation energy are determined based on experimental data…Eckart Grosse, Arnd R. Junghans, Jon N. Wilson·Sep 10, 2017SaveLearn
Measurement of quarkonium production in proton--lead and proton--proton collisions at 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detectorThe modification of the production of J/ψ, ψ(2S), and Υ(nS) (n = 1, 2, 3) in p+Pb collisions with respect to their production in pp collisions has been studied. The…ATLAS Collaboration·Sep 10, 2017SaveLearn
The 12C(a,g)16O reaction and its implications for stellar helium burningThe creation of carbon and oxygen in our universe is one of the forefront questions in nuclear astrophysics. The determination of the abundance of these elements is key to both our understanding of…R. J. deBoer, J. Gorres, M. Wiescher et al.·Sep 10, 2017SaveLearn
Observation of 6He+t cluster states in 9Li6He+t cluster states of exited 9Li have been measured by 32.7 MeV/nucleon 9Li beams bombarding on 208Pb target. Two resonant states are clearly observed with the excitation…W. H. Ma, J. S. Wang, D. Patel et al.·Sep 8, 2017SaveLearn
Kaon transverse charge density from space- and timelike dataWe used the world data on the kaon form factor to extract the transverse kaon charge density using a dispersion integral of the imaginary part of the kaon form factor in the timelike region. Our…N. A. Mecholsky, J. Meija-Ott, M. Carmignotto et al.·Sep 8, 2017SaveLearn
Measurement of longitudinal flow de-correlations in Pb+Pb collisions at sNN = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detectorMeasurements of longitudinal flow decorrelations are presented for charged particles in the pseudorapidity range |η|<2.4 using 7 μb-1 and 470 μb-1 of Pb+Pb collisions at…ATLAS Collaboration·Sep 7, 2017SaveLearn
Structure of 29F in the Rotation-aligned Coupling Scheme of the Particle-Rotor ModelRecent results from RIKEN/RIBF on the low-lying level structure of 29F are interpreted within the Particle-Rotor Model. We show that the experimental data can be understood in the Rotation-aligned…A. O. Macchiavelli, P. Fallon, H. L. Crawford et al.·Sep 7, 2017SaveLearn
Kaon femtoscopy in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 2.76 TeVWe present the results of three-dimensional femtoscopic analyses for charged and neutral kaons recorded by ALICE in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 2.76 TeV. Femtoscopy is used to measure…ALICE Collaboration·Sep 6, 2017SaveLearn
Energy dependent forward B → J/ψ measurements in p+p collisions at PHENIXThe heavy flavor studies at RHIC help improve the knowledge of the bottom/charm quark production and can test Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Compared to the LHC/Tevatron, the RHIC heavy flavor…Xuan Li·Sep 5, 2017SaveLearn