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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 (down) 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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Author Fernandez, A.; Hufschmidt, D.; Colaux, J.L.; Valiente-Dobon, J.J.; Godinho, V.; Jimenez de Haro, M.C.; Feria, D.; Gadea, A.; Lucas, S. doi  openurl
  Title Low gas consumption fabrication of He-3 solid targets for nuclear reactions Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Materials & Design Abbreviated Journal Mater. Des.  
  Volume (down) 186 Issue Pages 108337 - 10pp  
  Keywords He-3 solid targets; Quasistatic magnetron sputtering; Low gas consumption; Nuclear reactions; Inverse kinematics; Target stability  
  Abstract Nanoporous solids that stabilize trapped gas nanobubbles open new possibilities to fabricate solid targets for nuclear reactions. A methodology is described based on the magnetron sputtering (MS) technique operated under quasistatic flux conditions to produce such nanocomposites films with He-3 contents of up to 16 at.% in an amorphous-silicon matrix. In addition to the characteristic low pressure (3-6 Pa) needed for the gas discharge, the method ensures almost complete reduction of the process gas flow during film fabrication. The method could produce similar materials to those obtained under classical dynamic flux conditions for MS. The drastic reduction (>99.5%) of the gas consumption is fundamental for the fabrication of targets with scarce and expensive gases. Si:He-3 and W:He-3 targets are presented together with their microstructural (scanning and transmission electron microscopy, SEM and TEM respectively) and compositional (Ion Beam Analysis, IBA) characterization. The He-3 content achieved was over 1 x 10(18) at/cm(2) for film thicknesses between 1.5 and 3 μm for both Si and W matrices. First experiments to probe the stability of the targets for nuclear reaction studies in inverse kinematics configurations are presented.  
  Address [Fernandez, Asuncion; Hufschmidt, Dirk; Godinho, Vanda; Jimenez de Haro, Maria C.; Feria, David] Univ Seville, CSIC, Inst Ciencia Mat Sevilla, Avda Amer Vespucio 49, Seville 41092, Spain, Email: asuncion@icmse.csic.es  
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  ISSN 0264-1275 ISBN Medium  
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Author Zanon, I. et al; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title High-Precision Spectroscopy of O-20 Benchmarking Ab Initio Calculations in Light Nuclei Type Journal Article
  Year 2023 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 131 Issue 26 Pages 262501 - 7pp  
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  Abstract The excited states of unstable O-20 were investigated via.-ray spectroscopy following the O-19(d, p)O-20 reaction at 8 AMeV. By exploiting the Doppler shift attenuation method, the lifetimes of the 2(2)(+) and 3(1)(+) states were firmly established. From the gamma-ray branching and E2/M1 mixing ratios for transitions deexciting the 2(2)(+) and 3(1)(+) states, the B(E2) and B(M1) were determined. Various chiral effective field theory Hamiltonians, describing the nuclear properties beyond ground states, along with a standard USDB interaction, were compared with the experimentally obtained data. Such a comparison for a large set of gamma-ray transition probabilities with the valence space in medium similarity renormalization group ab initio calculations was performed for the first time in a nucleus far from stability. It was shown that the ab initio approaches using chiral effective field theory forces are challenged by detailed high-precision spectroscopic properties of nuclei. The reduced transition probabilities were found to be a very constraining test of the performance of the ab initio models.  
  Address [Zanon, I.; Goasduff, A.; Gottardo, A.; Napoli, D. R.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.] INFN, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Email: irene.zanon@lnl.infn.it  
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Author Perez-Vidal, R.M. et al; Gadea, A.; Jurado, M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Huyuk, T. doi  openurl
  Title Evidence of Partial Seniority Conservation in the pi g9/2 Shell for the N=50 Isotones Type Journal Article
  Year 2022 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 129 Issue 11 Pages 112501 - 7pp  
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  Abstract The reduced transition probabilities for the 4+1 -2+1 and 2+1 -0+1 transitions in 92Mo and 94Ru and for the 4+1 -2+1 and 6+1 -4+1 transitions in 90Zr have been determined in this experiment making use of a multinucleon transfer reaction. These results have been interpreted on the basis of realistic shell-model calculations in the f5=2, p3=2, p1=2, and g9=2 proton valence space. Only the combination of extensive lifetime information and large scale shell-model calculations allowed the extent of the seniority conservation in the N = 50 g9=2 orbital to be understood. The conclusion is that seniority is largely conserved in the first 71g9=2 orbital.  
  Address [Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Gadea, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Huyuk, T.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: perezvidal@lnl.infn.it  
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Cederwall, B. et al); Gadea, A.; Jurado, M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Huyuk, T.; Perez-Vidal, R.M. doi  openurl
  Title Isospin Properties of Nuclear Pair Correlations from the Level Structure of the Self-Conjugate Nucleus Ru-88 Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 124 Issue 6 Pages 062501 - 6pp  
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  Abstract The low-lying energy spectrum of the extremely neutron-deficient self-conjugate (N = Z) nuclide Ru-88(44)44 has been measured using the combination of the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) spectrometer, the NEDA and Neutron Wall neutron detector arrays, and the DIAMANT charged particle detector array. Excited states in Ru-88 were populated via the Fe-54(Ar-36, 2n gamma)Ru-88* fusion-evaporation reaction at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) accelerator complex. The observed gamma-ray cascade is assigned to Ru-88 using clean prompt gamma-gamma-2-neutron coincidences in anticoincidence with the detection of charged particles, confirming and extending the previously assigned sequence of low-lying excited states. It is consistent with a moderately deformed rotating system exhibiting a band crossing at a rotational frequency that is significantly higher than standard theoretical predictions with isovector pairing, as well as observations in neighboring N > Z nuclides. The direct observation of such a “delayed” rotational alignment in a deformed N = Z nucleus is in agreement with theoretical predictions related to the presence of strong isoscalar neutron-proton pair correlations.  
  Address [Cederwall, B.; Liu, X.; Aktas, O.; Ertoprak, A.; Zhang, W.; Qi, C.; Nyberg, A. Atac; Back, T.; Doncel, M.; Gottardo, A.] KTH Royal Inst Technol, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden, Email: cederwall@nuclear.kth.se  
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Author Boso, A. et al; Gadea, A.; Huyuk, T. doi  openurl
  Title Neutron Skin Effects in Mirror Energy Differences: The Case of Mg-23-Na-23 Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 121 Issue 3 Pages 032502 - 5pp  
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  Abstract Energy differences between analogue states in the T = 1/2 Mg-23-Na-23 mirror nuclei have been measured along the rotational yrast bands. This allows us to search for effects arising from isospin-symmetrybreaking interactions (ISB) and/or shape changes. Data are interpreted in the shell model framework following the method successfully applied to nuclei in the f(7/2) shell. It is shown that the introduction of a schematic ISB interaction of the same type of that used in the f(7/2) shell is needed to reproduce the data. An alternative novel description, applied here for the first time, relies on the use of an effective interaction deduced from a realistic charge-dependent chiral nucleon-nucleon potential. This analysis provides two important results: (i) The mirror energy differences give direct insight into the nuclear skin; (ii) the skin changes along the rotational bands are strongly correlated with the difference between the neutron and proton occupations of the s(1/2) “halo” orbit.  
  Address [Boso, A.; Lenzi, S. M.; Recchia, F.; Zuker, A. P.; John, P. R.; Mengoni, D.; Michelagnoli, C.] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-135131 Padua, Italy, Email: alberto.boso@npl.co.uk  
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Author Delafosse, C. et al; Gadea, A.; Perez-Vidal, R.M.; Domingo-Pardo, C. doi  openurl
  Title Pseudospin Symmetry and Microscopic Origin of Shape Coexistence in the Ni-78 Region: A Hint from Lifetime Measurements Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 121 Issue 19 Pages 192502 - 7pp  
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  Abstract Lifetime measurements of excited states of the light N = 52 isotones Kr-88, Se-86, and Ge-84 have been performed, using the recoil distance Doppler shift method and VAMOS and AGATA spectrometers for particle identification and gamma spectroscopy, respectively. The reduced electric quadrupole transition probabilities B(E2; 2(+)-> 0(+)) and B(E2; 4(+)-> 2(+)) were obtained for the first time for the hard-to-reach 84Ge. While the B(E2; 2(+)-> 0(+) ) values of Kr-88, Se-86 saturate the maximum quadrupole collectivity offered by the natural valence (3s, 2d, 1g(7/2), 1h(11/2)) space of an inert Ni-78 core, the value obtained for Ge-84 largely exceeds it, suggesting that shape coexistence phenomena, previously reported at N less than or similar to 49, extend beyond N = 50. The onset of collectivity at Z = 32 is understood as due to a pseudo-SU(3) organization of the proton single-particle sequence reflecting a clear manifestation of pseudospin symmetry. It is realized that the latter provides actually reliable guidance for understanding the observed proton and neutron single particle structure in the whole medium-mass region, from Ni to Sn, pointing towards the important role of the isovector-vector rho field in shell-structure evolution.  
  Address [Delafosse, C.; Verney, D.; Marevic, P.; Gottardo, A.; Babo, M.; Franchoo, S.; Ibrahim, F.; Matea, I; Olivier, L.; Portail, C.; Stefan, I] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS IN2P3, Inst Phys Nucl, F-91406 Orsay, France, Email: verney@ipno.in2p3.fr  
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Author Dudouet, J. et al; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Gadea, A.; Perez-Vidal, R.M. doi  openurl
  Title Kr-96(36)60-Low-Z Boundary of the Island of Deformation at N=60 Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 118 Issue 16 Pages 162501 - 6pp  
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  Abstract Prompt.-ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich Kr-96, produced in transfer-and fusion-induced fission reactions, has been performed using the combination of the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array and the VAMOS + +spectrometer. A second excited state, assigned to J pi = 4(+), is observed for the first time, and a previously reported level energy of the first 2+ excited state is confirmed. The measured energy ratio R-4/2 = E(4(+))/E(2(+)) = 2.12(1) indicates that this nucleus does not show a well-developed collectivity contrary to that seen in heavier N = 60 isotones. This new measurement highlights an abrupt transition of the degree of collectivity as a function of the proton number at Z = 36, of similar amplitude to that observed at N = 60 at higher Z values. A possible reason for this abrupt transition could be related to the insufficient proton excitations in the g(9/2), d(5/2), and s(1/2) orbitals to generate strong quadrupole correlations or to the coexistence of competing different shapes. An unexpected continuous decrease of R-4/2 as a function of the neutron number up to N = 60 is also evidenced. This measurement establishes the Kr isotopic chain as the low-Z boundary of the island of deformation for N = 60 isotones. A comparison with available theoretical predictions using different beyond mean-field approaches shows that these models fail to reproduce the abrupt transitions at N = 60 and Z = 36.  
  Address [Dudouet, J.; Maquart, G.; Stezowski, O.; Redon, N.] Univ Lyon 1, CNRS IN2P3, IPN Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France, Email: j.dudouet@ipnl.in2p3.fr  
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Hadynska-Klek, K. et al); Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Superdeformed and Triaxial States in Ca-42 Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 117 Issue 6 Pages 062501 - 7pp  
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  Abstract Shape parameters of a weakly deformed ground-state band and highly deformed slightly triaxial sideband in Ca-42 were determined from E2 matrix elements measured in the first low-energy Coulomb excitation experiment performed with AGATA. The picture of two coexisting structures is well reproduced by new state-of-the-art large-scale shell model and beyond-mean-field calculations. Experimental evidence for superdeformation of the band built on 0(2)(+) has been obtained and the role of triaxiality in the A similar to 40 mass region is discussed. Furthermore, the potential of Coulomb excitation as a tool to study superdeformation has been demonstrated for the first time.  
  Address [Hadynska-Klek, K.; Napiorkowski, P. J.; Zielinska, M.; Srebrny, J.; Abraham, T.; Iwanicki, J.; Jaworski, G.; Kisielinski, M.; Komorowska, M.; Kowalczyk, M.; Mierzejewski, J.; Ozmen, S. F.; Palacz, M.; Prochniak, L.; Rusek, K.; Wrzosek-Lipska, K.] Univ Warsaw, Heavy Ion Lab, Pasteura 5A, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland  
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Crespi, F.C.L. et al); Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Isospin Character of Low-Lying Pygmy Dipole States in Pb-208 via Inelastic Scattering of O-17 Ions Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume (down) 113 Issue 1 Pages 012501 - 5pp  
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  Abstract The properties of pygmy dipole states in Pb-208 were investigated using the Pb-208(O-17, O-17'gamma) reaction at 340 MeV and measuring the gamma decay with high resolution with the AGATA demonstrator array. Cross sections and angular distributions of the emitted gamma rays and of the scattered particles were measured. The results are compared with (gamma, gamma') and (p, p') data. The data analysis with the distorted wave Born approximation approach gives a good description of the elastic scattering and of the inelastic excitation of the 2(+) and 3(-) states. For the dipole transitions a form factor obtained by folding a microscopically calculated transition density was used for the first time. This has allowed us to extract the isoscalar component of the 1(-) excited states from 4 to 8 MeV.  
  Address [Crespi, F. C. L.; Bracco, A.; Nicolini, R.; Pellegri, L.; Leoni, S.; Avigo, R.; Bottoni, S.; Camera, F.; Ceruti, S.; Morales, A. I.; Vandone, V.; Pullia, A.] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy, Email: angela.bracco@mi.infn.it  
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