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Author Cederwall, B. et al; Algora, A.; Gadea, A. url  doi
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  Title Evidence for a spin-aligned neutron-proton paired phase from the level structure of Pd-92 Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature  
  Volume 469 Issue 7328 Pages 68-71  
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  Abstract Shell structure and magic numbers in atomic nuclei were generally explained by pioneering work(1) that introduced a strong spin-orbit interaction to the nuclear shell model potential. However, knowledge of nuclear forces and the mechanisms governing the structure of nuclei, in particular far from stability, is still incomplete. In nuclei with equal neutron and proton numbers (N = Z), enhanced correlations arise between neutrons and protons (two distinct types of fermions) that occupy orbitals with the same quantum numbers. Such correlations have been predicted to favour an unusual type of nuclear superfluidity, termed isoscalar neutron-proton pairing(2-6), in addition to normal isovector pairing. Despite many experimental efforts, these predictions have not been confirmed. Here we report the experimental observation of excited states in the N = Z = 46 nucleus Pd-92. Gamma rays emitted following the Ni-58(Ar-36,2n)Pd-92 fusion-evaporation reaction were identified using a combination of state-of-the-art high-resolution c-ray, charged-particle and neutron detector systems. Our results reveal evidence for a spin-aligned, isoscalar neutron-proton coupling scheme, different from the previous prediction(2-6). We suggest that this coupling scheme replaces normal superfluidity (characterized by seniority coupling(7,8)) in the ground and low-lying excited states of the heaviest N = Z nuclei. Such strong, isoscalar neutron-proton correlations would have a considerable impact on the nuclear level structure and possibly influence the dynamics of rapid proton capture in stellar nucleosynthesis.  
  Address [Cederwall, B.; Moradi, F. Ghazi; Back, T.; Johnson, A.; Blomqvist, J.; Andgren, K.; Lagergren, K.; Liotta, R.; Qi, C.; Hadinia, B.; Khaplanov, A.; Persson, A.; Sandzelius, M.] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden, Email: cederwall@nuclear.kth.se  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0028-0836 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000285921600032 Approved no  
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Soderstrom, P.A. et al); Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Interaction position resolution simulations and in-beam measurements of the AGATA HPGe detectors Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 638 Issue 1 Pages 96-109  
  Keywords gamma-ray tracking; AGATA; Monte Carlo simulations; HPGe detectors; Fusion-evaporation reactions  
  Abstract The interaction position resolution of the segmented HPGe detectors of an AGATA triple cluster detector has been studied through Monte Carlo simulations and in an in-beam experiment. A new method based on measuring the energy resolution of Doppler-corrected gamma-ray spectra at two different target to detector distances is described. This gives the two-dimensional position resolution in the plane perpendicular to the direction of the emitted gamma-ray. The gamma-ray tracking was used to determine the full energy of the gamma-rays and the first interaction point, which is needed for the Doppler correction. Five different heavy-ion induced fusion-evaporation reactions and a reference reaction were selected for the simulations. The results of the simulations show that the method works very well and gives a systematic deviation of <1 mm in the FVVHM of the interaction position resolution for the gamma-ray energy range from 60 keV to 5 MeV. The method was tested with real data from an in-beam measurement using a (30)5i beam at 64 MeV on a thin C-12 target. Pulse-shape analysis of the digitized detector waveforms and gamma-ray tracking was performed to determine the position of the first interaction point, which was used for the Doppler corrections. Results of the dependency of the interaction position resolution on the gamma-ray energy and on the energy, axial location and type of the first interaction point, are presented. The FVVHM of the interaction position resolution varies roughly linearly as a function of gamma-ray energy from 8.5 mm at 250 key to 4 mm at 1.5 MeV, and has an approximately constant value of about 4 mm in the gamma-ray energy range from 1.5 to 4 MeV.  
  Address [Soderstrom, P. -A.; Nyberg, J.; Al-Adili, A.; Atac, A.; Veyssiere, C.] Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden, Email: P-A.Soderstrom@physics.uu.se  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000290082600015 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial (up) 619  
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Author Dijon, A. et al; Gadea, A. url  doi
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  Title Lifetime measurements in Co-63 and Co-65 Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 83 Issue 6 Pages 064321 - 7pp  
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  Abstract Lifetimes of the 9/2(1)(-) and 3/2(1)(-) states in Co-63 and the 9/2(1)(-) state in Co-65 were measured using the recoil distance Doppler shift and the differential decay curve methods. The nuclei were populated by multinucleon transfer reactions in inverse kinematics. gamma rays were measured with the EXOGAM Ge array and the recoiling fragments were fully identified using the large-acceptance VAMOS spectrometer. The E2 transition probabilities from the 3/2(1)(-) and 9/2(1)(-) states to the 7/2(-) ground state could be extracted in Co-63 as well as an upper limit for the 9/2(1)(-) -> 7/2(1)(-) B(E2) value in Co-65. The experimental results were compared to large-scale shell-model calculations in the pf and pfg(9/2) model spaces, allowing us to draw conclusions on the single-particle or collective nature of the various states.  
  Address [Dijon, A.; Clement, E.; de France, G.; Van Isacker, P.; Ljungvall, J.; Rejmund, M.; Schmitt, C.] CEA DSM CNRS IN2P3, Grand Accelerateur Natl Ions Lourds GANIL, F-14076 Caen, France, Email: dijon@ganil.fr  
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  ISSN 0556-2813 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000291889200002 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial (up) 664  
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Author Morales, A.I. et al; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Gadea, A.; Molina, F.; Rubio, B. doi  openurl
  Title Synthesis of N=127 isotones through (p,n) charge-exchange reactions induced by relativistic (208)Pb projectiles Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 84 Issue 1 Pages 011601 - 5pp  
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  Abstract The production cross sections of four N = 127 isotones ((207)Hg, (206)Au, (205)Pt, and (204)Ir) have been measured using (p,n) charge-exchange reactions, induced in collisions of a (208)Pb primary beam at 1 A GeV with a Be target. These data allow one to investigate the use of a reaction mechanism to extend the limits of the chart of nuclides toward the important r-process nuclei in the region of the third peak of elemental abundance distribution.  
  Address [Morales, AI; Benlliure, J; Alvarez-Pol, H; Casarejos, E; Dragosavac, D; Perez-Loureiro, D; Verma, S] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain, Email: anaisabel.morales@usc.es  
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  Notes WOS:000292925800001 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial (up) 697  
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Author Szilner, S. et al; Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Interplay between single-particle and collective excitations in argon isotopes populated by transfer reactions Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 84 Issue 1 Pages 014325 - 7pp  
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  Abstract New gamma transitions have been identified in argon isotopes in (40)Ar + (208)Pb multiple transfer reactions by exploiting, in a fragment-gamma measurement, the new generation of magnetic spectrometers based on trajectory reconstruction coupled to large gamma arrays. The coupling of single-particle degrees of freedom to nuclear vibration quanta was discussed. The interpretation of the newly observed states within a particle-phonon coupling picture was used to consistently follow, via their excitation energies, the evolution of collectivity in odd Ar isotopes. The proposed level schemes are supported by the results of sd-pf shell-model calculations, which have been also employed to evaluate the strength functions of the populated states.  
  Address [Szilner, S; Jelavic-Malenica, D; Soic, N] Rudjer Boskovic Inst, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia  
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  Notes WOS:000293129600004 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial (up) 711  
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Author Corradi, L.; Szilner, S.; Pollarolo, G.; Colo, G.; Mason, P.; Farnea, E.; Fioretto, E.; Gadea, A.; Haas, F.; Jelavic-Malenica, D.; Marginean, N.; Michelagnoli, C.; Montagnoli, G.; Montanari, D.; Scarlassara, F.; Soic, N.; Stefanini, A.M.; Ur, C.A.; Valiente-Dobon, J.J. doi  openurl
  Title Single and pair neutron transfers at sub-barrier energies Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 84 Issue 3 Pages 034603 - 10pp  
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  Abstract Multinucleon transfer cross sections in the (96)Zr+(40)Ca system have been measured, in inverse kinematics, at bombarding energies ranging from the Coulomb barrier to similar to 25% below. Targetlike recoils have been identified in A, Z and velocity with the large solid angle magnetic spectrometer PRISMA. The experimental data for one- and two-neutron transfer channels have been compared with semiclassical microscopic calculations. For the two-neutron transfer channels the relevance of the transitions to the ground state and to the 0(+) excited states of (42)Ca are discussed by employing, for the reaction mechanism, the successive approximation. It is found that the transition to the 0(+) state at similar to 6 MeV, whose wave function is dominated by the two neutrons in the 2p(3/2) shell, is much larger than the ground state one. The comparison with the inclusive data reveals that transitions to states with high multipolarity and non-natural parity are important. This suggests that more complex two-particle correlations have to be incorporated in the treatment of the transfer process.  
  Address [Corradi, L; Szilner, S; Fioretto, E; Michelagnoli, C; Stefanini, AM; Valiente-Dobon, JJ] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy  
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  Notes WOS:000294566900007 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial (up) 751  
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Author Estevez, E. et al; Algora, A.; Rubio, B.; Bernabeu, J.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J.L.; Gadea, A.; Agramunt, J. doi  openurl
  Title beta-decay study of (150)Er, (152)Yb, and (156)Yb: Candidates for a monoenergetic neutrino beam facility Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 84 Issue 3 Pages 034304 - 6pp  
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  Abstract The beta decays of (150)Er, (152)Yb, and (156)Yb nuclei are investigated using the total absorption spectroscopy technique. These nuclei can be considered possible candidates for forming the beam of a monoenergetic neutrino beam facility based on the electron capture (EC) decay of radioactive nuclei. Our measurements confirm that for the cases studied the EC decay proceeds mainly to a single state in the daughter nucleus.  
  Address [Aguado, MEE; Algora, A; Rubio, B; Bernabeu, J; Nacher, E; Tain, JL; Gadea, A; Agramunt, J] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: algora@ific.uv.es  
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  Notes WOS:000294566900004 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial (up) 752  
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Author AGATA and PRISMA Collaborations (Gadea, A. et al) doi  openurl
  Title Conceptual design and infrastructure for the installation of the first AGATA sub-array at LNL Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 654 Issue 1 Pages 88-96  
  Keywords AGATA; PRISMA spectrometer; DANTE heavy-ion detector; HELENA multiplicity filter; Cologne plunger; TRACE Si detector  
  Abstract The first implementation of the AGATA spectrometer consisting of five triple germanium detector clusters has been installed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN. This setup has two major goals, the first one is to validate the gamma-tracking concept and the second is to perform an experimental physics program using the stable beams delivered by the Tandem-PIAVE-ALPI accelerator complex. A large variety of physics topics will be addressed during this campaign, aiming to investigate both neutron and proton-rich nuclei. The setup has been designed to be coupled with the large-acceptance magnetic-spectrometer PRISMA. Therefore, the in-beam prompt gamma rays detected with AGATA will be measured in coincidence with the products of multinucleon-transfer and deep-inelastic reactions measured by PRISMA. Moreover, the setup is versatile enough to host ancillary detectors, including the heavy-ion detector DANTE, the gamma-ray detector array HELENA, the Cologne plunger for lifetime measurements and the Si-pad telescope TRACE. In this paper the design; characteristics and performance figures of the setup will be described.  
  Address [Gadea, A] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, E-46003 Valencia, Spain, Email: gadea@ific.uv.es  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000295765100014 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial (up) 791  
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Author Montanari, D. et al; Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Elastic, inelastic, and one-nucleon transfer processes in (48)Ca+(64)Ni Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 84 Issue 5 Pages 9pp  
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  Abstract Elastic, inelastic, and one-nucleon transfer channels in the (48)Ca+(64)Ni reaction have been measured at approximate to 6 MeV/nucleon with the PRISMA-CLARA setup, at Legnaro National Laboratory, consisting of the coupling of a large solid angle magnetic spectrometer with a germanium array. By trajectory reconstruction the reaction products have been fully identified in mass, nuclear charge, and kinetic energy, while coincident gamma spectra of binary partners have been constructed after Doppler correction. Absolute differential cross sections have been extracted for the inelastic excitation and one-nucleon transfer, also for specific excited states. The data are in good agreement with semiclassical calculations and distorted wave Born approximation predictions. The work outlines an experimental method which can become valuable to extract structural information from heavy-ion reaction studies.  
  Address [Montanari, D; Recchia, F; Lenzi, SM; Lunardi, S; Montagnoli, G; Scarlassara, F] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis, Padua, Italy, Email: silvia.leoni@mi.infn.it  
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  Notes WOS:000297123300004 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial (up) 815  
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Author Krolas, W. et al; Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Coupling of the proton-hole and neutron-particle states in the neutron-rich (48)K isotope Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 84 Issue 6 Pages 064301 - 8pp  
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  Abstract Excited states in the Z = 19, N = 29 neutron-rich (48)K isotope have been studied using deep-inelastic transfer reactions with a thick target at Gammasphere and with a thin target at the PRISMA-CLARA spectrometer. The lowest excited states were located; they involve a proton hole in the s(1/2) or d(3/2) orbital coupled to a p(3/2) neutron. A new 7.1(5)-ns, 5(+) isomer, the analog of the 7/2 isomer in (47)K, was identified. Based on the observed gamma-decay pattern of the isomer a revised spin-parity assignment of 1(-) is proposed for the ground state of (48)K.  
  Address [Krolas, W.; Broda, R.; Fornal, B.; Pawlat, T.; Szpak, B.; Wrzesinski, J.] H Niewodniczanski Inst Nucl Phys PAN, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland  
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