Higher harmonic anisotropic flow of identified particles in Pb-Pb collisions with the ALICE detectorAnisotropic flow plays a crucial role in establishing the equation of state of the Quark Gluon Plasma. The results at RHIC and LHC have demonstrated that the matter created in heavy-ion collisions…Naghmeh Mohammadi·Aug 19, 2016SaveLearn
Results of the ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: The symmetry energy at suprasaturation densityDirected and elliptic flows of neutrons and light charged particles were measured for the reaction 197Au+197Au at 400 MeV/nucleon incident energy within the ASY-EOS experimental campaign at the GSI…P. Russotto, S. Gannon, S. Kupny et al.·Aug 15, 2016SaveLearn
Coherent pion production in proton-deuteron collisionsValues of the proton analysing power in the pd3He\,π0/3H\,π+ reactions at 350-360~MeV per nucleon were obtained by using a polarised proton beam incident on a…S. Dymov, V. Shmakova, D. Mchedlishvili et al.·Aug 15, 2016SaveLearn
Ordering of the 0d5/2 and 1s1/2 proton levels in light nucleiA survey of the available single-proton data in A≤17 nuclei, along with calculations using a Woods-Saxon potential, show that the ordering of the 0d5/2 and 1s1/2 proton orbitals are…C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, J. P. Schiffer·Aug 15, 2016SaveLearn
High-precision quadrupole moment reveals significant intruder component in 33Al20 ground stateThe electric quadrupole moment of the 33Al20 ground state, located at the border of the island of inversion, was obtained using continuous-beam beta-detected nuclear quadrupole resonance (beta-NQR).…H. Heylen, M. De Rydt, G. Neyens et al.·Aug 15, 2016SaveLearn
Charge-dependent directed flow in Cu+Au collisions at s_NN = 200 GeVWe present the first measurement of charge-dependent directed flow in Cu+Au collisions at s_NN = 200 GeV. The results are presented as a function of the particle transverse momentum and…STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins et al.·Aug 14, 2016SaveLearn
Test of Lorentz invariance in β decay of polarized 20NaWe search for a dependence of the lifetime of 20Na nuclei on the nuclear spin direction. Such a directional dependence would be evidence for Lorentz-invariance violation in weak…A. Sytema, J. E. van den Berg, O. Böll et al.·Aug 12, 2016SaveLearn
Study of the astrophysically important 23Na(α,p)26Mg and 23Na(α,n)26Al reactionsThe 23Na(α,p)26Mg and 23Na(α,n)26Al reactions are important for our understanding of the 26Al abundance in massive stars. The aim of this work is to report on a direct and…M. L. Avila, K. E. Rehm, S. Almaraz-Calderon et al.·Aug 10, 2016SaveLearn
Study of (α,p) and (α,n) reactions with a Multi-Sampling Ionization ChamberA large number of (α,p) and (α,n) reactions are known to play a fundamental role in nuclear astrophysics. This work presents a novel technique to study these reactions with the active target…M. L. Avila, K. E. Rehm, S. Almaraz-Calderon et al.·Aug 10, 2016SaveLearn
Recent Experimental Results on Nuclear Cluster PhysicsKnowledge on nuclear cluster physics has increased considerably since the pioneering discovery of 12C+12C resonances half a century ago and nuclear clustering remains one of the most fruitful domains…C. Beck·Aug 10, 2016SaveLearn
New limit for the half-life of double beta decay of 94Zr to the first excited state of 94MoNeutrinoless Double Beta Decay is a phenomenon of fundamental interest in particle physics. The decay rates of double beta decay transitions to the excited states can provide input for Nuclear…N. Dokania, V. Nanal, G. Gupta et al.·Aug 8, 2016SaveLearn
Fission fragment mass distributions in reactions populating 200PbThe fission fragment mass distributions have been measured in the reactions 16O + 184W and 19F+ 181Ta populating the same compound nucleus 200Pb? at similar excitation energies. It is found that the…A. Chaudhuri, A. Sen, T. K. Ghosh et al.·Aug 6, 2016SaveLearn
News from strong interactions program of the NA61/SHINE experimentThe NA61/SHINE experiment aims to discover the critical point of strongly interacting matter and study the properties of the onset of deconfinement. This is performed by a two dimensional phase…Katarzyna Grebieszkow·Aug 4, 2016SaveLearn
Effects of Longitudinal Asymmetry in Heavy-Ion CollisionsIn collisions of identical nuclei at a given impact parameter, the number of nucleons participating in the overlap region of each nucleus can be unequal due to nuclear density fluctuations. The…Rashmi Raniwala, Sudhir Raniwala, Constantin Loizides·Aug 4, 2016SaveLearn
Study of the pd(dp) -> 3He pi pi reactions close to thresholdNew experimental data on the pd -> 3He pi+ pi- reaction obtained with the COSY-MOMO detector below the three-pion threshold are presented. The reaction was also studied in inverse kinematics with a…F. Bellemann, A. Berg, J. Bisplinghoff et al.·Aug 4, 2016SaveLearn
Analysis of Neutron Stars Observations Using a Correlated Fermi Gas ModelBackground: The nuclear symmetry energy is a fundamental ingredient in determining the equation of state (EOS) of neutron stars (NS). Recent terrestrial experiments constrain both its value and slope…O. Hen, A. W. Steiner, E. Piasetzky et al.·Aug 1, 2016SaveLearn
Determination of the neutron capture cross sections of 232Th at 14.1 MeV and 14.8 MeV using the neutron activation methodThe 232Th(n,γ)233Th neutron capture reaction cross sections were measured at average neutron energies of 14.1 MeV and 14.8 MeV using the activation method. The neutron flux was determined using the…Chang-Lin Lan, Bao-Lin Xie, Meng Peng et al.·Jul 30, 2016SaveLearn
Soft QGP probes with ALICEIn heavy-ion collisions at the LHC a hot and dense medium of deconfided partons, the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), is created. Its global properties can be characterized by the measurements of particles…Łukasz Kamil Graczykowski·Jul 29, 2016SaveLearn
Kinematic sensitivity to the Fierz term of β-decay differential spectraThe current most stringent constraints on exotic scalar or tensor couplings in neutron and nuclear β decay, involving left-handed neutrinos, are obtained from the Fierz interference term. The…Martin Gonzalez-Alonso, Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic·Jul 28, 2016SaveLearn
Unstable nuclei in dissociation of light stable and radioactive nuclei in nuclear track emulsionA role of the unstable nuclei 6Be, 8Be and 9B in the dissociation of relativistic nuclei 7,9Be, 10B and 10,11C is under study on the basis of nuclear track…D. A. Artemenkov, A. A. Zaitsev, P. I. Zarubin·Jul 27, 2016SaveLearn
Target and Beam-Target Spin Asymmetries in Exclusive Pion Electroproduction for Q2>1 GeV2. I. e p → e π+ nBeam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive π+ electroproduction reaction γ* p n π+. The results were obtained from scattering of…P. E. Bosted, M. J. Amaryan, S. Anefalos Pereira et al.·Jul 26, 2016SaveLearn
Determination of the analysing power for the pp → ppη reaction using WASA-at-COSY detector systemWe report on the measurement of the analyzing power for the (vec)pp->ppeta reaction with beam momenta of 2026 MeV/c and 2188 MeV/c performed with the WASA-at-COSY detector at the Cooler Synchrotron…I. Schaetti-Ozerianska, P. Moskal, M. Zielinski·Jul 25, 2016SaveLearn
Determination of the real part of the η'-Nb optical potentialThe excitation function and momentum distribution of η' mesons have been measured in photoproduction off 93Nb in the energy range of 1.2-2.9 GeV. The experiment has been performed with the…M. Nanova, S. Friedrich, V. Metag et al.·Jul 25, 2016SaveLearn
Shape coexistence in 153HoThe high-spin states in 153Ho, have been studied by 139 57 La(20Ne, 6n) reaction at a projectile energy of 139 MeV at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata, India, utilizing an earlier…Dibyadyuti Pramanik, S. Sarkar, M. Saha Sarkar et al.·Jul 23, 2016SaveLearn
Manifestation of nuclear cluster structure in Coulomb sumsExperimental Coulomb sum values of 6Li and 7Li nuclei have been obtained, extending the earlier reported momentum transfer range of Coulomb sums for these nuclei up to q = 0.750 ... 1.625 fm-1.…A. Yu. Buki, I. S. Timchenko·Jul 23, 2016SaveLearn