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Title: Single-particle and collective excitations in the N = 28 isotones Fe 54 and Mn 53

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C

The fusion-evaporation reaction S 32 + Si 28 at 125 MeV beam energy was used to populate high-spin states in the semimagic N = 28 nuclei Mn 53 and Fe 54 . With a combination of the Gammasphere spectrometer and ancillary devices including the Microball CsI(Tl) array, extensive high-spin level schemes are derived. They exhibit rotational-like collective structures and competing single-particle excitations. The experimental results are compared with predictions from shell-model calculations, for which the inclusion of isopin-symmetry-breaking terms is found to improve the description. An interpretation of the high-spin states is put forward using cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations, indicative of contributions from collective excitations beyond some 8-MeV excitation energy and highlighting the importance of the g 9 / 2 intruder orbital in this energy range.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Swedish Research Council (VR)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; FG05-88ER-40406
OSTI ID:
1640264
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1706104
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Vol. 102 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 2 works
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