Orbital Dependent Nucleonic Pairing in the Lightest Known Isotopes of Tin
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
- ORNL
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) & Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
By studying the {sup 109}Xe {yields} {sup 105}Te {yields} {sup 101}Sn superallowed {alpha}-decay chain, we observe low-lying states in {sup 101}Sn, the one-neutron system outside doubly magic {sup 100}Sn. We find that the spins of the ground state (J=7/2) and first excited state (J=5/2) in {sup 101}Sn are reversed with respect to the traditional level ordering postulated for {sup 103}Sn and the heavier tin isotopes. Through simple arguments and state-of-the-art shell-model calculations we explain this unexpected switch in terms of a transition from the single-particle regime to the collective mode in which orbital-dependent pairing correlations dominate.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 993026
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 16; ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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