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Author Hall, O. et al; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Morales, A.I.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J.L.; Tolosa-Delgado, A.
Title beta-delayed neutron emission of r-process nuclei at the N=82 shell closure Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 816 Issue Pages 136266 - 7pp
Keywords beta-delayed neutron emission; r-processimportant
Abstract Theoretical models of beta-delayed neutron emission are used as crucial inputs in r-process calculations. Benchmarking the predictions of these models is a challenge due to a lack of currently available experimental data. In this work the beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities of 33 nuclides in the important mass regions south and south-west of Sn-132 are presented, 16 for the first time. The measurements were performed at RIKEN using the Advanced Implantation Detector Array (AIDA) and the BRIKEN neutron detector array. The P-1n values presented constrain the predictions of theoretical models in the region, affecting the final abundance distribution of the second r-process peak at A approximate to 130.
Address (up) [Hall, O.; Davinson, T.; Bruno, C. G.; Griffin, C. J.; Kahl, D.] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Phys & Astron, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, Midlothian, Scotland, Email: oscar.hall@ed.ac.uk
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000647421500016 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4819
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Author IDS Collaboration (Heideman, J. et al); Algora, A.; Morales, A.I.
Title Evidence of nonstatistical neutron emission following beta decay near doubly magic Sn-132 Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 108 Issue 2 Pages 024311 - 9pp
Keywords
Abstract Models of the beta-delayed neutron emission (beta n) assume that neutrons are emitted statistically via an intermediate compound nucleus post beta decay. Evidence to the contrary was found in an In-134 beta-decay experiment carried out at ISOLDE CERN. Neutron emission probabilities from the unbound states in Sn-134 to known low-lying, single-particle states in Sn-133 were measured. The neutron energies were determined using the time-of-flight technique, and the subsequent decay of excited states in Sn-133 was studied using gamma-ray detectors. Individual beta n probabilities were determined by correlating the relative intensities and energies of neutrons and gamma rays. The experimental data disagree with the predictions of representative statistical models which are based upon the compound nucleus postulate. Our results suggest that violation of the compound nucleus assumption may occur in beta-delayed neutron emission. This impacts the neutron-emission probabilities and other properties of nuclei participating in the r-process. A model of neutron emission, which links the observed neutron emission probabilities to nuclear shell effects, is proposed.
Address (up) [Heideman, J.; Grzywacz, R.; Xu, Z. Y.; Madurga, M.; Halverson, C.; King, T. T.; Singh, M.; Yokoyama, R.] Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001053419100001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5620
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Author Hornillos, M.B.G.; Gorlychev, V.; Caballero, R.; Cortes, G.; Poch, A.; Pretel, C.; Calvino, F.; Tain, J.L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Cano-Ott, D.; Martinez, T.; Mendoza, E.; Rissanen, J.; Aysto, J.; Jokinen, A.; Eronen, T.; Moore, I.; Penttila, H.
Title Monte Carlo Simulations for the Study of a Moderated Neutron Detector Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of the Korean Physical Society Abbreviated Journal J. Korean Phys. Soc.
Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 1573-1576
Keywords Monte Carlo simulations; GEANT4; MCNPX; Beta delayed neutron emission; Neutron detector
Abstract This work presents the Monte Carlo simulations performed with the MCNPX and GEANT4 codes for the design of a BEta deLayEd Neutron detector, BELEN-20. This detector will be used for the study of beta delayed neutron emission and consists of a block of polyethylene with dimensions 90 x 90 x 80 cm(3) and 20 cylindrical (3)He gas counters. The results of these simulations have been validated experimentally with a (252)Cf source in the laboratory at UPC, Barcelona. Also the first experiment with this detector has been carried out in November 2009 in JYFL, Finland. In this experiment the neutron emission probability after beta decay of the fission products (88)Br, (94,95)Rb, and (138)I has been measured; this data is still under analysis. Simulations with MCNPX and GEANT4 have been performed in order to obtain the efficiency of the BELEN-20 detector for each of the above nuclei using the neutron energy distribution corresponding to each nucleus.
Address (up) [Hornillos, MBG; Gorlychev, V; Caballero, R; Cortes, G; Poch, A; Pretel, C; Calvino, F] Univ Politecn Cataluna, Seccio Engn Nucl, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: belen.gomez@upc.edu
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Publisher Korean Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0374-4884 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000294080700028 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 733
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Author Jin, S.Y. et al; Algora, A.
Title Spectroscopy of Cd-98 by two-nucleon removal from In-100 Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 104 Issue 2 Pages 024302 - 6pp
Keywords
Abstract Low-lying states of Cd-98 have been populated by the two-nucleon removal reaction (In-100, Cd-98+gamma) and studied using in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN. Two new gamma transitions were identified and assigned as decays from a previously unknown state. This state is suggested to be based on a pi 1g(/9/2)(-1)2p(1/2)(-2) configuration with J(pi) = 5(-). The present observation extends the systematics of the excitation energies of the first 5(-) state in N = 50 isotones toward Sn-100. The determined energy of the 5(- )state in Cd-98 continues a smooth trend along the N = 50 isotones. The systematics are compared with shell-model calculations in different model spaces. Good agreement is achieved when considering a model space consisting of the pi(1f(5/2), 2p(3/2), 2p(1/2), 1g(9/2)) orbitals. The calculations with a smaller model space omitting the orbitals below the Z = 38 subshell could not reproduce the experimental energy difference between the ground and first 5(-) states in N = 50 isotones, because proton excitations across Z = 38 subshell yield a large amount of correlation energy that lowers the ground states.
Address (up) [Jin, S. Y.; Wang, S. T.; Liu, J.; Liu, Z.; Sun, Z. Y.] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Modern Phys, CAS Key Lab High Precis Nucl Spect, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China, Email: wangshitao@impcas.ac.cn;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000680432700002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4933
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Author Jordan, D.; Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.
Title An event generator for simulations of complex beta-decay experiments Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 828 Issue Pages 52-57
Keywords Monte Carlo event generator; Complex beta-decay experiments simulations
Abstract This article describes a Monte Carlo event generator for the design, optimization and performance characterization of beta decay spectroscopy experimental set-ups. The event generator has been developed within the Geant4 simulation architecture and provides new features and greater flexibility in comparison with the current available decay generator.
Address (up) [Jordan, D.; Algora, A.; Tain, J. L.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Ctr Mixto, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia, Spain, Email: jordan@ific.uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000377399700007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2714
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Author Jordan, D.; Tain, J.L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Gomez-Hornillos, M.B.; Caballero-Folch, R.; Cortes, G.; Cano-Ott, D.; Mendoza, E.; Bandac, I.; Bettini, A.; Fraile, L.M.; Domingo, C.
Title Measurement of the neutron background at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory LSC Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal Astropart Phys.
Volume 42 Issue Pages 1-6
Keywords Neutron background; Underground physics; He-3 proportional counters
Abstract The energy distribution of the neutron background was measured for the first time at Hall A of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. For this purpose we used a novel approach based on the combination of the information obtained with six large high-pressure He-3 proportional counters embedded in individual polyethylene blocks of different size. In this way not only the integral value but also the flux distribution as a function of neutron energy was determined in the range from 1 eV to 10 MeV. This information is of importance because different underground experiments show different neutron background energy dependence. The high sensitivity of the setup allowed to measure a neutron flux level which is about four orders of magnitude smaller that the neutron background at sea level. The integral value obtained is Phi(Hall A) = (3.44 +/- 0.35) x 10(-6) cm(-2) s(-1).
Address (up) [Jordan, D.; Tain, J. L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia, Spain, Email: jordan@ific.uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0927-6505 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000315371900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1351
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Author Jungclaus, A.; Doornenbal, P.; Acosta, J.; Vaquero, V.; Browne, F.; Cortes, M.L.; Gargano, A.; Koiwai, T.; Naidja, H.; Taniuchi, R.; Tostevin, J.A.; Wimmer, K.; Algora, A.; Baba, H.; Fernandez, A.; Lalovic, N.; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Sakurai, H.
Title Position of the single-particle 3/2- state in 135Sn and the N = 90 subshell closure Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 851 Issue Pages 138561 - 5pp
Keywords
Abstract The decay of excited states of the nucleus Sn-135, with three neutrons outside the doubly-magic Sn-132 core, was studied in an experiment performed at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN. Several gamma rays emitted from excited Sn-135 ions were observed following one-neutron and one-neutron-one-proton removal from Sn-136 and Sb-137 beams, respectively, on a beryllium target at relativistic energies. Based on the analogy to 133Sn populated via one-neutron removal from Sn-134, an excitation energy of 695(15) keV is assigned to the 3/2(-) state with strongest single-particle character in 135Sn. This result provides the first direct information about the evolution of the neutron shell structure beyond N = 82 and thus allows for a crucial test of shellmodel calculations in this region. The experimental findings are in full agreement with calculations performed employing microscopic effective two-body interactions derived from CD-Bonn and N3LO nucleon-nucleon potentials, which do not predict a pronounced subshell gap at neutron number N=90. The occurrence of such a gap in Sn-140, i.e., when the 1f(7/2) orbital is completely filled, had been proposed in the past, in analogy to the magicity of Ca-48, featuring a completely filled 0f(7/2) orbital one harmonic oscillator shell below.
Address (up) [Jungclaus, A.; Acosta, J.; Vaquero, V.; Fernandez, A.] CSIC, Inst Estruct Mat, E-28006 Madrid, Spain, Email: andrea.jungclaus@csic.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001208129000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6114
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Author Kiss, G.G. et al; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.; Tain, J.L.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Morales, A.I.; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Tolosa, A.
Title Measuring the beta-decay Properties of Neutron-rich Exotic Pm, Sm, Eu, and Gd Isotopes to Constrain the Nucleosynthesis Yields in the Rare-earth Region Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Astrophysical Journal Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J.
Volume 936 Issue 2 Pages 107 - 18pp
Keywords
Abstract The beta-delayed neutron-emission probabilities of 28 exotic neutron-rich isotopes of Pm, Sm, Eu, and Gd were measured for the first time at RIKEN Nishina Center using the Advanced Implantation Detector Array (AIDA) and the BRIKEN neutron detector array. The existing beta-decay half-life (T (1/2)) database was significantly increased toward more neutron-rich isotopes, and uncertainties for previously measured values were decreased. The new data not only constrain the theoretical predictions of half-lives and beta-delayed neutron-emission probabilities, but also allow for probing the mechanisms of formation of the high-mass wing of the rare-earth peak located at A approximate to 160 in the r-process abundance distribution through astrophysical reaction network calculations. An uncertainty quantification of the calculated abundance patterns with the new data shows a reduction of the uncertainty in the rare-earth peak region. The newly introduced variance-based sensitivity analysis method offers valuable insight into the influence of important nuclear physics inputs on the calculated abundance patterns. The analysis has identified the half-lives of Sm-168 and of several gadolinium isotopes as some of the key variables among the current experimental data to understand the remaining abundance uncertainty at A = 167-172.
Address (up) [Kiss, G. G.; Vitez-Sveiczer, A.; Algora, A.; Szegedi, T. N.] Inst Nucl Res ATOMKI, Bem Ter 18-c, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary, Email: ggkiss@atomki.hu;
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Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0004-637x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000850804600001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5353
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Author Kowalska, M.; Naimi, S.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Beck, D.; Blank, B.; Blaum, K.; Bohm, C.; Borgmann, C.; Breitenfeldt, M.; Fraile, L.M.; George, S.; Herfurth, F.; Herlert, A.; Kreim, S.; Lunney, D.; Minaya-Ramirez, E.; Neidherr, D.; Rosenbusch, M.; Rubio, B.; Schweikhard, L.; Stanja, J.; Zuber, K.
Title Trap-assisted decay spectroscopy with ISOLTRAP Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 689 Issue Pages 102-107
Keywords Penning trap mass spectrometers; Trap-assisted decay spectroscopy; Studies at ISOL-type facilities
Abstract Penning traps are excellent high-precision mass spectrometers for radionuclides. The high-resolving power used for cleaning isobaric and even isomeric contaminants can be exploited to improve decay-spectroscopy studies by delivering purified samples. An apparatus allowing trap-assisted decay spectroscopy has been coupled to the ISOLTRAP mass spectrometer at ISOLDE/CERN. The results from studies with stable and radioactive ions show that the setup can be used to perform decay studies on purified short-lived nuclides and to assist mass measurements.
Address (up) [Kowalska, M.; Herlert, A.] CERN, Dept Phys, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, Email: kowalska@cern.ch
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000307797500016 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1134
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Author Kucuk, L. et al; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Molina, F.
Title Half-life determination of T-z =-1 and T-z =-1/2 proton-rich nuclei and the beta decay of Zn-58 Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication European Physical Journal A Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. A
Volume 53 Issue 6 Pages 134 - 10pp
Keywords
Abstract We have measured the beta-decay half-lives of 16 neutron-deficient nuclei with T-z = -1/2 and -1, ranging from chromium to germanium. They were produced in an experiment carried out at GANIL and optimized for the production of Zn-58, for which in addition we present the decay scheme and absolute Fermi and Gamow-Teller transition strengths. Since all of these nuclei lie on the rp-process pathway, the T-1/2 values are important ingredients for the rp-process reaction flow calculations and for models of X-ray bursters.
Address (up) [Kucuk, L.; Oktem, Y.; Cakirli, R. B.; Ganioglu, E.; Susoy, G.] Istanbul Univ, Dept Phys, TR-34134 Istanbul, Turkey, Email: sonja.orrigo@ific.uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6001 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000404286000003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3189
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