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Estienne, M.; Fallot, M.; Algora, A.; Briz-Monago, J.; Bui, V.M.; Cormon, S.; Gelletly, W.; Giot, L.; Guadilla, V.; Jordan, D.; Le Meur, L.; Porta, A.; Rice, S.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J.L.; Valencia, E.; Zakari-Issoufou, A.A. |
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Updated Summation Model: An Improved Agreement with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Fluxes |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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123 |
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2 |
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022502 - 6pp |
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A new summation method model of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is presented. It is updated with the most recent evaluated decay databases and with our total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements performed during the last decade. For the first time, the spectral measurements from the Daya Bay experiment are compared with the antineutrino energy spectrum computed with the updated summation method without any renormalization. The results exhibit a better agreement than is obtained with the Huber-Mueller model in the 2-5 MeV range, the region that dominates the detected flux. A systematic trend is found in which the antineutrino flux computed with the summation model decreases with the inclusion of more pandemonium-free data. The calculated flux obtained now lies only 1.9% above that detected in the Daya Bay experiment, a value that may be reduced with forthcoming new pandemonium-free data, leaving less room for a reactor anomaly. Eventually, the new predictions of individual antineutrino spectra for the U-235, Pu-239, Pu-241, and U-238 are used to compute the dependence of the reactor antineutrino spectral shape on the fission fractions. |
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[Estienne, M.; Fallot, M.; Briz-Monago, J.; Bui, V. M.; Cormon, S.; Giot, L.; Guadilla, V.; Le Meur, L.; Porta, A.; Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A.] Univ Nantes, CNRS, IN2P3, SUBATECH,IMT Atlantique, F-44307 Nantes, France, Email: magali.estienne@subatech.in2p3.fr |
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WOS:000474894200010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Perez-Cerdan, A.B.; Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J.L.; Sarriguren, P.; Fraile, L.M.; Borge, M.J.G.; Caballero, L.; Dessagne, P.; Jungclaus, A.; Heitz, G.; Marechal, F.; Poirier, E.; Salsac, M.D.; Tengblad, O. |
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Deformation of Sr and Rb isotopes close to the N = Z line via beta-decay studies using the total absorption technique |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
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Physical Review C |
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Phys. Rev. C |
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88 |
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1 |
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014324 - 15pp |
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A study of the Gamow-Teller strength distributions B(GT) in the beta decay of Sr-78 and Rb-76,Rb-78 has been made using a total absorption spectrometer (TAS). Following the success in deducing the sign of the deformation for Sr-76, a similar approach is adopted for Sr-78 based on a comparison of the measured B(GT) with quasiparticle random-phase approximation calculations. This work confirms its previously expected prolate deformation in the ground state. Conclusions about the structure of the odd-odd Rb-76,Rb-78 isotopes have been drawn based on their measured B(GT) distributions. |
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[Perez-Cerdan, A. B.; Rubio, B.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J. L.; Caballero, L.] CSIC Univ Valencia, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: berta.rubio@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000322531400002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Guadilla, V. et al; Tain, J.L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Gelletly, W.; Jordan, D.; Monserrate, M.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Rubio, B.; Valencia, E. |
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Characterization and performance of the DTAS detector |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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910 |
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79-89 |
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beta decay; Total absorption gamma-ray spectrometer; Exotic nuclei; NaI(Tl) detector; Non-proportional scintillation light yield; Monte Carlo simulations |
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DTAS is a segmented total absorption y-ray spectrometer developed for the DESPEC experiment at FAIR. It is composed of up to eighteen NaI(Tl) crystals. In this work we study the performance of this detector with laboratory sources and also under real experimental conditions. We present a procedure to reconstruct offline the sum of the energy deposited in all the crystals of the spectrometer, which is complicated by the effect of NaI(Tl) light-yield non-proportionality. The use of a system to correct for time variations of the gain in individual detector modules, based on a light pulse generator, is demonstrated. We describe also an event-based method to evaluate the summing-pileup electronic distortion in segmented spectrometers. All of this allows a careful characterization of the detector with Monte Carlo simulations that is needed to calculate the response function for the analysis of total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy data. Special attention was paid to the interaction of neutrons with the spectrometer, since they are a source of contamination in studies of beta-delayed neutron emitting nuclei. |
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[Guadilla, V; Tain, J. L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Gelletly, W.; Jordan, D.; Monserrate, M.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Orrigo, S. E. A.; Rubio, B.; Valencia, E.] CSIC Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: guadilla@ific.uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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WOS:000453652500010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Pragati; Deo, A.Y.; Podolyak, Z.; Walker, P.M.; Algora, A.; Rubio, B.; Agramunt, J.; Fraile, L.M.; Al-Dahan, N.; Alkhomashi, N.; Briz, J.A.; Estevez Aguado, M.E.; Farrelly, G.; Gelletly, W.; Herlert, A.; Koster, U.; Maira, A. |
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Decay of the N=126, Fr-213 nucleus |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Physical Review C |
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Phys. Rev. C |
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94 |
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6 |
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064316 - 8pp |
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gamma rays following the EC/beta(+) and alpha decay of the N = 126, Fr-213 nucleus have been observed at the CERN isotope separator on-line (ISOLDE) facility with the help of gamma-ray and conversion-electron spectroscopy. These gamma rays establish several hitherto unknown excited states in Rn-213. Also, five new a-decay branches from the Fr-213 ground state have been discovered. Shell model calculations have been performed to understand the newly observed states in Rn-213. |
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[Pragati; Deo, A. Y.] Indian Inst Technol Roorkee, Dept Phys, Roorkee 247667, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email: aydeofph@iitr.ac.in |
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2469-9985 |
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WOS:000390269300004 |
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no |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2895 |
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Fujita, Y.; Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W. |
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Spin-isospin excitations probed by strong, weak and electro-magnetic interactions |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
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Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics |
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Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. |
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66 |
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3 |
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549-606 |
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Gamow-Teller transitions; beta decay; Charge-exchange reactions; Isospin symmetry; High resolution; Proton-rich nuclei |
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Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions are the most common weak interaction processes of spin-isospin (sigma tau) type in atomic nuclei. They are of interest not only in nuclear physics but also in astrophysics; they play an important role in supernovae explosions and nucleosynthesis. The direct study of weak decay processes, however, gives relatively limited information about GT transitions and the states excited via GT transitions (GT states); beta decay can only access states at excitation energies lower than the decay Q-value, and neutrino-induced reactions have very small cross-sections. However, one should note that beta decay has a direct access to the absolute GT transition strengths B(GT) from a study of half-lives, Q(beta)-values and branching ratios. They also provide information on GT transitions in nuclei far-from-stability. Studies of M1 gamma transitions provide similar information. In contrast, the complementary charge-exchange (CE) reactions, such as the (p, n) or ((3)He, t) reactions at intermediate beam energies and 0 degrees, can selectively excite GT states up to high excitation energies in the final nucleus. It has been found empirically that there is a close proportionality between the cross-sections at 0 degrees and the transition strengths B(GT) in these CE reactions. Therefore, CE reactions are useful tools to study the relative values of B(GT) strengths up to high excitation energies. In recent ((3)He, t) measurements, one order-of-magnitude improvement in the energy resolution has been achieved. This has made it possible to make one-to-one comparisons of GT transitions studied in CE reactions and beta decays. Thus GT strengths in ((3)He, t) reactions can be normalised by the beta-decay values. In addition, comparisons with closely related M1 transitions studied in gamma decay or electron inelastic scattering [(e, e')1, and furthermore with “spin” M I transitions that can be studied by proton inelastic scattering [(p, p')[ have now been made possible. In these comparisons, the isospin quantum number T and associated symmetry structure in the same mass A nuclei (isobars) play a key role. Isospin symmetry can extend our scope even to the structures of unstable nuclei that are far from reach at present unstable beam factories. |
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[Fujita, Y] Osaka Univ, Dept Phys, Osaka 5600043, Japan, Email: fujita@rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp |
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WOS:000292473100003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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692 |
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Fujita, Y.; Rubio, B.; Molina, F.; Adachi, T.; Fujita, H.; Blank, B.; Ganioglu, E.; Gelletly, W.; Orrigo, S.E.A. |
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The Tz = ±1 → 0 and ±2 →±1 Mirror Gamow–Teller transitions in pf-shell nuclei |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Acta Physica Polonica B |
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Acta Phys. Pol. B |
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47 |
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3 |
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867-881 |
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Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions are the most common weak-interaction processes in the Universe. They play important roles in various processes of nucleosynthesis, for example, in the rapid proton-capture process (rp-process). In the pf-shell region, the rp-process runs through neutron-deficient nuclei with T-z = -2, -1, and 0 mainly by means of GT and Fermi transitions, where T-z is the z component of isospin T defined by T-z = (N = Z)/2. Under the assumption of isospin symmetry, mirror nuclei with reversed Z and N numbers, and thus with opposite signs of T-z, have the same structure. Therefore, symmetry is also expected for the GT transitions starting from and ending up in mirror nuclei. We have been studying the T-z = -2 -> -1 and -1 -> 0 GT transitions in beta decays, while those from stable T-z = +2 and +1 nuclei by means of hadronic (He-3; t) charge-exchange (CE) reactions. The results from these studies are compared in order to examine the mirror-symmetry structure in nuclei. In addition, these results are combined for the better understanding of GT transitions in the pf-shell region. |
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[Fujita, Y.; Adachi, T.; Fujita, H.] Osaka Univ, RCNP, Ibaraki, Osaka 5670047, Japan |
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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego |
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WOS:000373495500033 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2626 |
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Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J.L. |
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Beta decay studies with total absorption spectroscopy and the Lucrecia spectrometer at ISOLDE |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Journal of Physics G |
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J. Phys. G |
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44 |
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8 |
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084004 - 25pp |
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beta decay; strength functions; total absorption gamma spectroscopy; nuclear shapes |
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Here we present the experimental activities carried out at ISOLDE with the total absorption spectrometer Lucrecia, a large 4 pi scintillator detector designed to absorb a full gamma cascade following beta decay. This spectrometer is designed to measure beta-feeding to excited states without the systematic error called Pandemonium. The set up allows the measurement of decays of very short half life. Experimental results from several campaigns, that focus on the determination of the shapes of beta-decaying nuclei by measuring their beta decay strength distributions as a function of excitation energy in the daughter nucleus, are presented. |
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[Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Tain, J. L.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: berta.rubio@ific.uv.es |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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WOS:000404730700001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Goigoux, T. et al; Algora, A.; Guadilla, V.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Morales, A.I.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W. |
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Two-Proton Radioactivity of Kr-67 |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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117 |
Issue |
16 |
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162501 - 6pp |
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In an experiment with the BigRIPS separator at the RIKEN Nishina Center, we observed two-proton (2p) emission from Kr-67. At the same time, no evidence for 2p emission of Ge-59 and Se-63, two other potential candidates for this exotic radioactivity, could be observed. This observation is in line with Q value predictions which pointed to Kr-67 as being the best new candidate among the three for two-proton radioactivity. Kr-67 is only the fourth 2p ground-state emitter to be observed with a half-life of the order of a few milliseconds. The decay energy was determined to be 1690(17) keV, the 2p emission branching ratio is 37(14)%, and the half-life of Kr-67 is 7.4(30) ms. |
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[Goigoux, T.; Ascher, P.; Blank, B.; Gerbaux, M.; Giovinazzo, J.; Grevy, S.; Nieto, T. Kurtukian; Magron, C.] Univ Bordeaux, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, IN2P3, UMR CNRS 5797, Chemin Solarium, F-33175 Gradignan, France |
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WOS:000385641900003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2831 |
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Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.; Rubio, B.; Fallot, M.; Gelletly, W. |
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Beta-decay studies for applied and basic nuclear physics |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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European Physical Journal A |
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Eur. Phys. J. A |
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57 |
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3 |
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85 - 28pp |
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In this reviewwe will present the results of recent beta-decay studies using the total absorption technique that cover topics of interest for applications, nuclear structure and astrophysics. The decays studied were selected primarily because they have a large impact on the prediction of (a) the decay heat in reactors, important for the safety of present and future reactors and (b) the reactor electron anti-neutrino spectrum, of interest for particle/nuclear physics and reactor monitoring. For these studies the total absorption technique was chosen, since it is the only method that allows one to obtain beta-decay probabilities free from a systematic error called the Pandemonium effect. The total absorption technique is based on the detection of the. cascades that follow the initial beta decay. For this reason the technique requires the use of calorimeters with very high. detection efficiency. The measurements presented and discussed here were performed mainly at the IGISOL facility of the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) using isotopically pure beams provided by the JYFLTRAP Penning trap. Examples are presented to show that the results of our measurements on selected nuclei have had a large impact on predictions of both the decay heat and the anti-neutrino spectrum from reactors. Some of the cases involve beta-delayed neutron emission thus one can study the competition between gamma – and neutron-emission from states above the neutron separation energy. The gamma-to-neutron emission ratios can be used to constrain neutron capture (n, gamma) cross sections for unstable nuclei of interest in astrophysics. The information obtained from the measurements can also be used to test nuclear model predictions of half-lives and Pn values for decays of interest in astrophysical network calculations. These comparisons also provide insights into aspects of nuclear structure in particular regions of the nuclear chart. |
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[Algora, A.; Tain, J. L.; Rubio, B.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Paterna, Spain, Email: algora@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000625127600001 |
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Deo, A.Y.; Podolyak, Z.; Walker, P.M.; Algora, A.; Rubio, B.; Agramunt, J.; Fraile, L.M.; Al-Dahan, N.; Alkhomashi, N.; Briz, J.A.; Estevez, E.; Farrelly, G.; Gelletly, W.; Herlert, A.; Koster, U.; Maira, A.; Singla, S. |
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Structures of Po-201 and Rn-205 from EC/beta(+)-decay studies |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review C |
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Phys. Rev. C |
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81 |
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2 |
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024322 - 8pp |
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Several low-lying excited states in Rn-205(86)119 and Po-201(84)117 were identified for the first time following EC/beta(+) decay of Fr-205 and At-201, respectively, using gamma-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy at the CERN isotope separator on-line (ISOLDE) facility. The EC/beta(+) branch from Fr-205 was measured to be 1.5(2)%. The excited states of the daughter nuclei are understood in terms of the odd nucleon coupling to the neighboring even-even core. The neutron single-particle energies of the p(3/2) orbital relative to the f(5/2) ground state in Rn-205, and the f(5/2) orbital relative to the p(3/2) ground state in Po-201, were determined to be 31.4(2) and 5.7(3) keV, respectively. We tentatively identify a 13/2(+) isomeric level at 657.1(5) keV in Rn-205. The systematic behavior of the 13/2(+) and 3/2(-) levels is also discussed. |
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[Deo, A. Y.; Podolyak, Zs.; Walker, P. M.; Al-Dahan, N.; Alkhomashi, N.; Farrelly, G.; Gelletly, W.] Univ Surrey, Dept Phys, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England, Email: A.Deo@surrey.ac.uk |
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ISI:000278341300001 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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431 |
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