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Title: Total absorption spectroscopy measurement on neutron-rich 74,75Cu isotopes

Abstract

This paper reports on the first β-decay study of 74,75Cu isotopes using the technique of total absorption spectroscopy (TAS). The experiment was performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University using the Summing NaI(Tl) (SuN) detector. The Cu isotopes are good candidates to probe the single-particle structure in the region because they have one proton outside the Z = 28 shell. Comparing the β-decay intensity distributions in the daughter Zn isotopes to the theoretical predictions provides a stringent test of the calculations. The nuclei in this region are also identified as playing an important role in the astrophysical r-process. Furthermore, the measured β-decay intensity distributions provide essential nuclear physics inputs required to better understand heavy element nucleosynthesis.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [3];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [5];  [5];  [3]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [6];  [7]; ORCiD logo [3];  [5];  [5]
  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI (United States)
  3. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  5. Univ. of Oslo (Norway)
  6. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  7. Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1833256
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1833795
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-21-21404; LLNL-JRNL-737106
Journal ID: ISSN 0375-9474; TRN: US2300013
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; AC52-07NA27344; AC52-06NA25396; PHY 1350234; PHY 1102511; PHY 1811855; PHY 0822648; NA0002132
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Physics. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1018; Journal ID: ISSN 0375-9474
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Beta decay; Total absorption spectroscopy; Beta-decay intensity

Citation Formats

Naqvi, F., Karampagia, S., Spyrou, A., Liddick, S. N., Dombos, A. C., Bleuel, D. L., Brown, B. A., Campo, L. Crespo, Couture, Aaron Joseph, Crider, B., Ginter, T., Guttormsen, M., Larsen, A. C., Lewis, R., Möller, Peter, Mosby, Shea Morgan, Perdikakis, G., Prokop, Christopher J., Renstrøm, T., and Siem, S. Total absorption spectroscopy measurement on neutron-rich 74,75Cu isotopes. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2021.122359.
Naqvi, F., Karampagia, S., Spyrou, A., Liddick, S. N., Dombos, A. C., Bleuel, D. L., Brown, B. A., Campo, L. Crespo, Couture, Aaron Joseph, Crider, B., Ginter, T., Guttormsen, M., Larsen, A. C., Lewis, R., Möller, Peter, Mosby, Shea Morgan, Perdikakis, G., Prokop, Christopher J., Renstrøm, T., & Siem, S. Total absorption spectroscopy measurement on neutron-rich 74,75Cu isotopes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2021.122359
Naqvi, F., Karampagia, S., Spyrou, A., Liddick, S. N., Dombos, A. C., Bleuel, D. L., Brown, B. A., Campo, L. Crespo, Couture, Aaron Joseph, Crider, B., Ginter, T., Guttormsen, M., Larsen, A. C., Lewis, R., Möller, Peter, Mosby, Shea Morgan, Perdikakis, G., Prokop, Christopher J., Renstrøm, T., and Siem, S. Fri . "Total absorption spectroscopy measurement on neutron-rich 74,75Cu isotopes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2021.122359. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1833256.
@article{osti_1833256,
title = {Total absorption spectroscopy measurement on neutron-rich 74,75Cu isotopes},
author = {Naqvi, F. and Karampagia, S. and Spyrou, A. and Liddick, S. N. and Dombos, A. C. and Bleuel, D. L. and Brown, B. A. and Campo, L. Crespo and Couture, Aaron Joseph and Crider, B. and Ginter, T. and Guttormsen, M. and Larsen, A. C. and Lewis, R. and Möller, Peter and Mosby, Shea Morgan and Perdikakis, G. and Prokop, Christopher J. and Renstrøm, T. and Siem, S.},
abstractNote = {This paper reports on the first β-decay study of 74,75Cu isotopes using the technique of total absorption spectroscopy (TAS). The experiment was performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University using the Summing NaI(Tl) (SuN) detector. The Cu isotopes are good candidates to probe the single-particle structure in the region because they have one proton outside the Z = 28 shell. Comparing the β-decay intensity distributions in the daughter Zn isotopes to the theoretical predictions provides a stringent test of the calculations. The nuclei in this region are also identified as playing an important role in the astrophysical r-process. Furthermore, the measured β-decay intensity distributions provide essential nuclear physics inputs required to better understand heavy element nucleosynthesis.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2021.122359},
journal = {Nuclear Physics. A},
number = ,
volume = 1018,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Fri Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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