Physics Letters B (Dec 2015)

Observation of isoscalar multipole strengths in exotic doubly-magic 56Ni in inelastic α scattering in inverse kinematics

  • S. Bagchi,
  • J. Gibelin,
  • M.N. Harakeh,
  • N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki,
  • N.L. Achouri,
  • H. Akimune,
  • B. Bastin,
  • K. Boretzky,
  • H. Bouzomita,
  • M. Caamaño,
  • L. Càceres,
  • S. Damoy,
  • F. Delaunay,
  • B. Fernández-Domínguez,
  • M. Fujiwara,
  • U. Garg,
  • G.F. Grinyer,
  • O. Kamalou,
  • E. Khan,
  • A. Krasznahorkay,
  • G. Lhoutellier,
  • J.F. Libin,
  • S. Lukyanov,
  • K. Mazurek,
  • M.A. Najafi,
  • J. Pancin,
  • Y. Penionzhkevich,
  • L. Perrot,
  • R. Raabe,
  • C. Rigollet,
  • T. Roger,
  • S. Sambi,
  • H. Savajols,
  • M. Senoville,
  • C. Stodel,
  • L. Suen,
  • J.C. Thomas,
  • M. Vandebrouck,
  • J. Van de Walle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.10.060
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 751, no. C
pp. 371 – 375

Abstract

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The Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance (ISGMR) and the Isoscalar Giant Dipole Resonance (ISGDR) compression modes have been studied in the doubly-magic unstable nucleus 56Ni. They were measured by inelastic α-particle scattering in inverse kinematics at 50 MeV/u with the MAYA active target at the GANIL facility. The centroid of the ISGMR has been obtained at Ex=19.1±0.5 MeV. Evidence for the low-lying part of the ISGDR has been found at Ex=17.4±0.7 MeV. The strength distribution for the dipole mode shows similarity with the prediction from the Hartree–Fock (HF) based random-phase approximation (RPA) [1]. These measurements confirm inelastic α-particle scattering as a suitable probe for exciting the ISGMR and the ISGDR modes in radioactive isotopes in inverse kinematics.