Physics Letters B (Sep 2014)

Study of the deformation-driving νd5/2 orbital in 6728Ni39 using one-neutron transfer reactions

  • J. Diriken,
  • N. Patronis,
  • A.N. Andreyev,
  • S. Antalic,
  • V. Bildstein,
  • A. Blazhev,
  • I.G. Darby,
  • H. De Witte,
  • J. Eberth,
  • J. Elseviers,
  • V.N. Fedosseev,
  • F. Flavigny,
  • Ch. Fransen,
  • G. Georgiev,
  • R. Gernhauser,
  • H. Hess,
  • M. Huyse,
  • J. Jolie,
  • Th. Kröll,
  • R. Krücken,
  • R. Lutter,
  • B.A. Marsh,
  • T. Mertzimekis,
  • D. Muecher,
  • F. Nowacki,
  • R. Orlandi,
  • A. Pakou,
  • R. Raabe,
  • G. Randisi,
  • P. Reiter,
  • T. Roger,
  • M. Seidlitz,
  • M. Seliverstov,
  • K. Sieja,
  • C. Sotty,
  • H. Tornqvist,
  • J. Van De Walle,
  • P. Van Duppen,
  • D. Voulot,
  • N. Warr,
  • F. Wenander,
  • K. Wimmer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.08.004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 736, no. C
pp. 533 – 538

Abstract

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The νg9/2,d5/2,s1/2 orbitals are assumed to be responsible for the swift onset of collectivity observed in the region below 68Ni. Especially the single-particle energies and strengths of these orbitals are of importance. We studied such properties in the nearby 67Ni nucleus, by performing a (d,p)-experiment in inverse kinematics employing a post-accelerated radioactive ion beam (RIB) at the REX-ISOLDE facility. The experiment was performed at an energy of 2.95 MeV/u using a combination of the T-REX particle detectors, the Miniball γ-detection array and a newly-developed delayed-correlation technique as to investigate μs-isomers. Angular distributions of the ground state and multiple excited states in 67Ni were obtained and compared with DWBA cross-section calculations, leading to the identification of positive-parity states with substantial νg9/2 (1007 keV) and νd5/2 (2207 keV and 3277 keV) single-particle strengths up to an excitation energy of 5.8 MeV. 50% of the νd5/2 single-particle strength relative to the νg9/2-orbital is concentrated in and shared between the first two observed 5/2+ levels. A comparison with extended Shell Model calculations and equivalent (3He, d) studies in the region around 9040Zr50 highlights similarities for the strength of the negative-parity pf and positive-parity g9/2 state, but differences are observed for the d5/2 single-particle strength.

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