EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

Collectivity of neutron-rich Cr and Fe toward N=50

  • Werner V.,
  • Santamaria C.,
  • Louchart C.,
  • Obertelli A.,
  • Doornenbal P.,
  • Nowacki F.,
  • Authelet G.,
  • Baba H.,
  • Calvet D.,
  • Château F.,
  • Corsi A.,
  • Delbart A.,
  • Gheller J.-M.,
  • Gillibert A.,
  • Isobe T.,
  • Lapoux V.,
  • Matsushita M.,
  • Momiyama S.,
  • Motobayashi T.,
  • Niikura M.,
  • Otsu H.,
  • Péron C.,
  • Peyaud A.,
  • Pollacco E.C.,
  • Roussé J.-Y.,
  • Sakurai H.,
  • Sasano M.,
  • Shiga Y.,
  • Takeuchi S.,
  • Taniuchi R.,
  • Uesaka T.,
  • Wang H.,
  • Yoneda K.,
  • Browne F.,
  • Chung L.X.,
  • Dombradi Zs.,
  • Franchoo S.,
  • Giacoppo F.,
  • Gottardo A.,
  • Hadynska-Klek K.,
  • Korkulu Z.,
  • Koyama S.,
  • Kubota Y.,
  • Lee J.,
  • Lettmann M.,
  • Lozeva R.,
  • Matsui K.,
  • Miyazaki T.,
  • Nishimura S.,
  • Olivier L.,
  • Ota S.,
  • Patel Z.,
  • Pietralla N.,
  • Sahin E.,
  • Shand C.,
  • Söderström P.-A.,
  • Stefan I.,
  • Steppenbeck D.,
  • Sumikama T.,
  • Suzuki D.,
  • Vajta Zs.,
  • Wu J.,
  • Xu Z.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201610703007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 107
p. 03007

Abstract

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Within the SEASTAR project at RIKEN-RIBF, 66Cr and 70,72Fe have been produced via protonknockout reactions, and their first excited 2+ and 4+ states have been discovered. The combination of the liquid-hydrogen target and TPC system MINOS has been used in combination with the DALI2 detector array for the first time. A 345 MeV/u 238U beam with a mean intensity of about 12 pnA impinged on a Be target. Fission fragments were separated and identified using the BigRIPS spectrograph, and reaction products were analyzed using the ZeroDegree spectrograph. A plateau of excitation energies, with a small change in the systematic trends past N = 44, reveals an extension of the N = 40 region of collectivity toward N = 50. Hence, the isotopes of interest are located within the N = 40 island of inversion. An interpretation of the observed trends is offered through large scale shell model calculations.