The mutable nature of particle-core excitations with spin in the one-valence-proton nucleus 133Sb

  • G. Bocchi
  • , S. Leoni
  • , B. Fornal
  • , G. Colò
  • , P. F. Bortignon
  • , S. Bottoni
  • , A. Bracco
  • , C. Michelagnoli
  • , D. Bazzacco
  • , A. Blanc
  • , G. de France
  • , M. Jentschel
  • , U. Köster
  • , P. Mutti
  • , J. M. Régis
  • , G. Simpson
  • , T. Soldner
  • , C. A. Ur
  • , W. Urban
  • , L. M. Fraile
  • R. Lozeva, B. Belvito, G. Benzoni, A. Bruce, R. Carroll, N. Cieplicka-Oryǹczak, F. C.L. Crespi, F. Didierjean, J. Jolie, W. Korten, T. Kröll, S. Lalkovski, H. Mach, N. Mărginean, B. Melon, D. Mengoni, B. Million, A. Nannini, D. Napoli, B. Olaizola, V. Paziy, Zs Podolyák, P. H. Regan, N. Saed-Samii, B. Szpak, V. Vedia

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Abstract

The γ-ray decay of excited states of the one-valence-proton nucleus 133Sb has been studied using cold-neutron induced fission of 235U and 241Pu targets, during the EXILL campaign at the ILL reactor in Grenoble. By using a highly efficient HPGe array, coincidences between γ-rays prompt with the fission event and those delayed up to several tens of microseconds were investigated, allowing to observe, for the first time, high-spin excited states above the 16.6 μs isomer. Lifetimes analysis, performed by fast-timing techniques with LaBr3(Ce) scintillators, revealed a difference of almost two orders of magnitude in B(M1) strength for transitions between positive-parity medium-spin yrast states. The data are interpreted by a newly developed microscopic model which takes into account couplings between core excitations (both collective and non-collective) of the doubly magic nucleus 132Sn and the valence proton, using the Skyrme effective interaction in a consistent way. The results point to a fast change in the nature of particle-core excitations with increasing spin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)273-278
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume760
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2016

Bibliographical note

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by
SCOAP3.

Keywords

  • Gamma spectroscopy
  • Large Ge array
  • Neutron induced fission
  • Nuclear state lifetime
  • Particle-core couplings

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