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Title: $β^-$ decay of $$T_z$$ = +$$\frac{11}{2}$$ isotopes $$\mathrm{^{37}Al}$$ and $$\mathrm{^{39}Si}$$: Understanding Gamow-Teller strength distribution in neutron-rich nuclei

Abstract

$β^-$ decay of $$T_z$$ = +$$\frac{11}{2}$$ nuclei $$\mathrm{^{37}Al}$$ and $$\mathrm{^{39}Si}$$ was studied to obtain information about excited states in the daughter and granddaughter nuclei. New information on excited states has been obtained for $$\mathrm{^{37,39}P}$$ whereas level schemes for $$\mathrm{^{37}Si}$$ and $$\mathrm{^{37,39}S}$$ were confirmed and expanded on as compared to the most recent investigations. For the nuclei studied, the valence proton and neutron occupy different major shells with opposite parities, hence, the $β^-$ decay preferentially and primarily populates core-excited $1p1h$ intruder states with a parity opposite to the ground state of the daughter nucleus. These low-lying intruder states shed light on the $N = 20$ shell gap and its evolution with neutron number. The $β^-$ decay of very neutron-rich nuclei also illustrates how the Gamow-Teller (GT) strength distribution changes with neutron excess. Comparing $β^-$ decay of $$\mathrm{^{37,39}Si}$$ presented here with $$\mathrm{^{38,40}Si}$$ from a previous study, we clearly see an even-odd effect in the GT strength distribution with the decay from even-even nuclei showing strong low-lying strength whereas for the odd $$A$$ being very fragmented. Finally, configuration interaction shell-model calculations with the state-of-art SDPFSDG-MU effective interaction were performed to understand the structure of the $1p1h$ states and explore the GT strength distribution.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [1];  [8];  [3];  [9];  [10];  [1];  [1]
  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Nuclear Science Division
  3. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
  4. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  5. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan). Advanced Science Research Center; Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Center for Nuclear Study
  6. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  7. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States). Dept. of Physics
  8. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Physics; Katholieke Univ., Leuven (Belgium). Inst. voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica
  9. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
  10. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Center for Nuclear Study
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1574994
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1545426
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0003841; AC02-05CH11231; SC0009883; NA0000979; NA0002132; NA00033221; NA0003180
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Abromeit, B., Tripathi, Vandana, Crawford, H. L., Liddick, S. N., Yoshida, S., Utsuno, Y., Bender, P. C., Crider, B. P., Dungan, R., Fallon, P., Kravvaris, K., Larson, N., Lubna, R. S., Otsuka, T., Prokop, C. J., Richard, A. L., Shimizu, N., Tabor, S. L., and Volya, A. $β^-$ decay of $T_z$ = +$\frac{11}{2}$ isotopes $\mathrm{^{37}Al}$ and $\mathrm{^{39}Si}$: Understanding Gamow-Teller strength distribution in neutron-rich nuclei. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.100.014323.
Abromeit, B., Tripathi, Vandana, Crawford, H. L., Liddick, S. N., Yoshida, S., Utsuno, Y., Bender, P. C., Crider, B. P., Dungan, R., Fallon, P., Kravvaris, K., Larson, N., Lubna, R. S., Otsuka, T., Prokop, C. J., Richard, A. L., Shimizu, N., Tabor, S. L., & Volya, A. $β^-$ decay of $T_z$ = +$\frac{11}{2}$ isotopes $\mathrm{^{37}Al}$ and $\mathrm{^{39}Si}$: Understanding Gamow-Teller strength distribution in neutron-rich nuclei. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.014323
Abromeit, B., Tripathi, Vandana, Crawford, H. L., Liddick, S. N., Yoshida, S., Utsuno, Y., Bender, P. C., Crider, B. P., Dungan, R., Fallon, P., Kravvaris, K., Larson, N., Lubna, R. S., Otsuka, T., Prokop, C. J., Richard, A. L., Shimizu, N., Tabor, S. L., and Volya, A. Mon . "$β^-$ decay of $T_z$ = +$\frac{11}{2}$ isotopes $\mathrm{^{37}Al}$ and $\mathrm{^{39}Si}$: Understanding Gamow-Teller strength distribution in neutron-rich nuclei". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.014323. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574994.
@article{osti_1574994,
title = {$β^-$ decay of $T_z$ = +$\frac{11}{2}$ isotopes $\mathrm{^{37}Al}$ and $\mathrm{^{39}Si}$: Understanding Gamow-Teller strength distribution in neutron-rich nuclei},
author = {Abromeit, B. and Tripathi, Vandana and Crawford, H. L. and Liddick, S. N. and Yoshida, S. and Utsuno, Y. and Bender, P. C. and Crider, B. P. and Dungan, R. and Fallon, P. and Kravvaris, K. and Larson, N. and Lubna, R. S. and Otsuka, T. and Prokop, C. J. and Richard, A. L. and Shimizu, N. and Tabor, S. L. and Volya, A.},
abstractNote = {$β^-$ decay of $T_z$ = +$\frac{11}{2}$ nuclei $\mathrm{^{37}Al}$ and $\mathrm{^{39}Si}$ was studied to obtain information about excited states in the daughter and granddaughter nuclei. New information on excited states has been obtained for $\mathrm{^{37,39}P}$ whereas level schemes for $\mathrm{^{37}Si}$ and $\mathrm{^{37,39}S}$ were confirmed and expanded on as compared to the most recent investigations. For the nuclei studied, the valence proton and neutron occupy different major shells with opposite parities, hence, the $β^-$ decay preferentially and primarily populates core-excited $1p1h$ intruder states with a parity opposite to the ground state of the daughter nucleus. These low-lying intruder states shed light on the $N = 20$ shell gap and its evolution with neutron number. The $β^-$ decay of very neutron-rich nuclei also illustrates how the Gamow-Teller (GT) strength distribution changes with neutron excess. Comparing $β^-$ decay of $\mathrm{^{37,39}Si}$ presented here with $\mathrm{^{38,40}Si}$ from a previous study, we clearly see an even-odd effect in the GT strength distribution with the decay from even-even nuclei showing strong low-lying strength whereas for the odd $A$ being very fragmented. Finally, configuration interaction shell-model calculations with the state-of-art SDPFSDG-MU effective interaction were performed to understand the structure of the $1p1h$ states and explore the GT strength distribution.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.100.014323},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 1,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: The decay chain showing the half-lives of β decay and β-delayed neutron emission daughters for the two neutron rich isotopes reported in this paper, namely 37Al and 39Si (both Tz = +11/2). The half lives (T1/2) of 37Al and 37,39Si are from this work while the rest frommore » NNDC. Yellow boxes : time in ms; green boxes : time in s; purple boxes : time in min« less

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