{gamma}-ray spectroscopy of N=Z nuclei
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
The use of {gamma}-ray spectroscopy to probe the properties of marginally bound nuclear states has evolved from being a curiosity a decade ago to being the mainstream use for these devices. The key to this success has been the development of ultra-sensitive channel selection techniques which allow the parentage of each emitted {gamma}-ray to be established. With these techniques, and the enhanced efficiency of the arrays themselves, the level of sensitivity for nuclear spectroscopy has increased by several orders of magnitude, in some special cases reaching the 10's nanobarns level, 1000 times more sensitive than was possible a decade ago. In this paper I will discuss some recent developments in light nuclear spectroscopy, on nuclei with N=Z, below mass 100. These examples have been chosen to compliment other presentations at this conference which have covered similar experiments in heavier nuclei.
- OSTI ID:
- 21207513
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 495, Issue 1; Conference: Conference on experimental nuclear physics in europe: Facing the next millennium, Sevilla (Spain), 21-26 Jun 1999; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1301763; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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