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Title: Enhanced Electric Dipole Strength for the Weakly Bound States in Ne 27

Abstract

In this paper, an enhanced low-energy electric dipole (E1) strength is identified for the weakly bound excited states of the neutron-rich isotope 27Ne. The Doppler-shift lifetime measurements employing a combination of the γ-ray tracking array GRETINA, the plunger device, and the S800 spectrograph determine the lower limit of 0.030 e2 fm2 or 0.052 W.u. for the 1/2+ → 3/2 E1 transition in 27Ne, representing one of the strongest E1 strengths observed among the bound discrete states in this mass region. This value is at least 30 times larger than that measured for the 3/2 decay to the 3/2+gs ground state. A comparison of the present results to large-scale shell-model calculations points to an important role of core excitations and deformation in the observed E1 enhancement, suggesting a novel example of the electric dipole modes manifested in weakly bound deformed systems.

Authors:
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  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Osaka Univ., Osaka (Japan)
  3. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (United States)
  4. Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany)
  5. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan); RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama (Japan)
  6. Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of York, York (United Kingdom)
  7. Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1490972
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1489082; OSTI ID: 1524942
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0003180; NA0000979; SC0014537
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Loelius, C., Kobayashi, N., Iwasaki, H., Bazin, D., Belarge, J., Bender, P. C., Brown, B. A., Elder, R., Elman, B., Gade, A., Grinder, M., Heil, S., Hufnagel, A., Longfellow, B., Lunderberg, E., Mathy, M., Otsuka, T., Petri, M., Syndikus, I., Tsunoda, N., Weisshaar, D., and Whitmore, K. Enhanced Electric Dipole Strength for the Weakly Bound States in Ne27. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.262501.
Loelius, C., Kobayashi, N., Iwasaki, H., Bazin, D., Belarge, J., Bender, P. C., Brown, B. A., Elder, R., Elman, B., Gade, A., Grinder, M., Heil, S., Hufnagel, A., Longfellow, B., Lunderberg, E., Mathy, M., Otsuka, T., Petri, M., Syndikus, I., Tsunoda, N., Weisshaar, D., & Whitmore, K. Enhanced Electric Dipole Strength for the Weakly Bound States in Ne27. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.262501
Loelius, C., Kobayashi, N., Iwasaki, H., Bazin, D., Belarge, J., Bender, P. C., Brown, B. A., Elder, R., Elman, B., Gade, A., Grinder, M., Heil, S., Hufnagel, A., Longfellow, B., Lunderberg, E., Mathy, M., Otsuka, T., Petri, M., Syndikus, I., Tsunoda, N., Weisshaar, D., and Whitmore, K. Fri . "Enhanced Electric Dipole Strength for the Weakly Bound States in Ne27". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.262501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490972.
@article{osti_1490972,
title = {Enhanced Electric Dipole Strength for the Weakly Bound States in Ne27},
author = {Loelius, C. and Kobayashi, N. and Iwasaki, H. and Bazin, D. and Belarge, J. and Bender, P. C. and Brown, B. A. and Elder, R. and Elman, B. and Gade, A. and Grinder, M. and Heil, S. and Hufnagel, A. and Longfellow, B. and Lunderberg, E. and Mathy, M. and Otsuka, T. and Petri, M. and Syndikus, I. and Tsunoda, N. and Weisshaar, D. and Whitmore, K.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, an enhanced low-energy electric dipole (E1) strength is identified for the weakly bound excited states of the neutron-rich isotope 27Ne. The Doppler-shift lifetime measurements employing a combination of the γ-ray tracking array GRETINA, the plunger device, and the S800 spectrograph determine the lower limit of 0.030 e2 fm2 or 0.052 W.u. for the 1/2+ → 3/2– E1 transition in 27Ne, representing one of the strongest E1 strengths observed among the bound discrete states in this mass region. This value is at least 30 times larger than that measured for the 3/2– decay to the 3/2+gs ground state. A comparison of the present results to large-scale shell-model calculations points to an important role of core excitations and deformation in the observed E1 enhancement, suggesting a novel example of the electric dipole modes manifested in weakly bound deformed systems.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.262501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 26,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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