Theoretical description of the towing mode through a time-dependent quantum calculation

The target emission for the reaction of ⁵⁸Ni and ⁵⁸Ni at 44 MeV/A is investigated in a time-dependent quantum model. We show that, besides the well-known mechanisms of particle emission, a new phenomenon which gives rise to a specific angular and energetic distribution of the particle emission, is also expected. Properties of this mechanism are similar to the so-called “towing mode”, recently observed experimentally in a similar reaction (J.A. Scarpaci et al., Phys. Lett. B 428 (1998) 241). Characteristics of this new emission type are described.     

Energetic proton emission in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energy: Pre-equilibrium and cooperative effects

Energetic proton emission has been investigated as a function of the centrality in the reaction ⁵⁸Ni + ⁵⁸Ni at 30 AMeV. Protons with energy extending up to a relevant fraction of the total available energy in the reaction were measured and studied. The dependence on the reaction centrality has been extensively investigated and data have been compared with the results of microscopic transport calculations. The more striking observation concerns the extremely energetic proton (E^NN _P ≥ 130 MeV) multiplicity which is found to increase almost quadratically with the number of participant nucleons thus indicating the onset of a mechanism beyond one and two-body dynamics.     

Clustering states in the62Ni(58Ni,58Ni)62Ni reaction

Excitation function and angular distributions of the⁶²Ni(⁵⁸Ni,⁵⁸Ni)⁶²Ni elastic scattering have been measured at incident⁵⁸Ni energies from 220.0 to 230.0 MeV in steps of 0.5 MeV. Evidence of two structures was found in the excitation function; a statistical analysis suggests a possible nuclear cluster quasi-molecular nature for these structures.     

CROSS SECTION MEASUREMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS FOR Ni INDUCED BY 14MeV NEUTRONS

The cross sections of reactions ⁵⁸Ni(n,2n)⁵⁷Ni,⁵⁸Ni(n,p)^58mCo,⁵⁸Ni(n,p)^58gCo and ⁵⁸Ni(n,p)^58m+gCo were measured based on ²⁷Al(n,a) ²⁴Na reaction by activation methods.Incident neutron energies were 14.10MeV and 14.62MeV.A comparison was made between present results and other published data.The cross sections for ^58gCo nuclei formation are given for the first time.     

Hard gamma as probe of nuclear dynamics

Experimental results concerning the ⁵⁸Ni + ⁵⁸Ni at 30 MeV/u and ⁵⁸Ni + ¹⁹⁷Au at 30 and 45 MeV/u reactions are presented. The emission mechanism of hard photons has been exploited to get information on the time evolution of the reactions. From the measured hard gamma multiplicity associated to different classes of heavy residues a quantitative estimate of the reaction centrality has been obtained. Moreover, evidence of a prompt Intermediate Mass Fragment (IMF) emission is shown for the Ni + Au reaction at 45 MeV/u for central collisions exploring the correlation function between thermal photons and IMF’s.     

58Ni: an unpaired band crossing at new heights of angular momentum for rotating nuclei

High-spin states in 58Ni have been investigated by means of the fusion-evaporation reaction 28Si(32S, 2p)58Ni at 130 MeV beam energy. Discrete-energy levels are observed in 58Ni at record-breaking 42 MeV excitation energy and angular momenta in excess of 30h. The states form regular rotational bands with unprecedented high rotational frequencies. A comparison with configuration dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations reveals an exceptional two-band crossing scenario, the interaction strength of which is strongly shape dependent.     

中能重离子碰撞中集体流的同位旋效应

在同位旋相关的量子分子动力学模型的基础上,利用Skyrme–Hartree–Fock计算所得的中子、质子密度,同时利用费米气体模型得到相应的中子、质子费米面,抽样出稳定的⁵⁸Fe和⁵⁸Ni初始核.仔细研究了55MeV/u ⁵⁸Fe+⁵⁸Fe和55MeV/u⁵⁸Ni+⁵⁸Ni两个反应中集体流的同位旋效应.在不同碰撞参数下对不同类型的碎块,观察到丰中子反应系统⁵⁸Fe+⁵⁸Fe比⁵⁸Ni+⁵⁸Ni有更强的集体流,并能与实验结果定性符合.同时,研究了同位旋相关的对称能与核子–核子碰撞截面对集体流的影响.     

Evidence of non-statistical structures in the elastic and inelastic scattering of58Ni+58Ni and58Ni+62Ni and intermediate dinuclear states

Excitation functions and angular distributions of⁵⁸Ni+⁵⁸Ni and⁵⁸Ni+⁶²Ni scattering at energies just above the Coulomb barrier have been measured aroundθ _cm=90° in energy stepsΔE _cm=0.25 MeV fromE _cm ? 110 MeV toE _cm ? 120 MeV for⁵⁸Ni+⁵⁸Ni and fromE _cm ? 110 MeV toE _cm ? 118 MeV for⁵⁸Ni+⁶²Ni. Evidence for structure of non-statistical character has been found in the angle-summed excitation functions; this evidence is corroborated by the analysis of the angular distributions. This is the first time that non-statistical structure in elastic and inelastic scattering is reported with high confidence level for this mass and excitation energy ranges. Attempts are presented to understand the nature of this structure, including the presence of intermediate dinuclear states and virtual states in a potential well.     

High-spin states in 58Ni

High-spin states of ⁵⁸Ni were investigated via the study of in-beam γ-ray induced by the compound reaction ⁴⁸Ti(¹²C, 2n)⁵⁸Ni between 26 and 48 MeV. The energies and decay modes of these levels were determined from the analysis of γ-γ coincidence measurements at 35 MeV. The most intense lines in the ⁵⁸Ni γ-ray spectrum correspond to a cascade to the ground state, through levels at 1.454, 2.459, 3.619 and 4.381 MeV, also fed in other reactions, and by two previously unknown levels at 5.125 and 5.662 MeV; the spin assignments based on the present study are (apart from the ground state) 2, 4, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively for these levels. The first three were already known and the last three are new. The mixing ratios for the transitions between these levels are also determined. We observe also the same cascade in the reaction ⁵⁶Fe(α, 2n)⁵⁸Ni at an incident energy 18–24 MeV. Comparisons with other reactions, previous studies and recent shell-model calculations are presented.     

Spin flip in inelastic scattering: A possible explanation of the observed backward-angle peak

Utilizing an analogy between the spin-orbit field and a magnetic field, it is shown that a plane-wave Born-approximation calculation in two dimensions gives a good qualitative account of the observed features of the probability of spin flip in inelastic scattering. Comparisons of the two-dimensional model and the collective model DWBA are given for the reaction ⁵⁸Ni(p, p′)⁵⁸Ni(2⁺) at 20 MeV and 100 MeV.     

Cross sections and analyzing powers for fast-neutron scattering to the ground and first excited states of 58Ni and 60Ni

Differential cross sections for neutron scattering from ⁵⁸Ni and ⁶⁰Ni to the ground state and first excited state have been measured at 8, 10, 12 and 14 MeV. In addition, analyzing powers were measured for scattering to the same states for ⁵⁸Ni at 10 and 14 MeV, and for ⁶⁰Ni at 10 MeV. The data were analyzed in the framework of a coupled-channel formalism in which the vibrational model was assumed with deformed central and spin-orbit potentials. A spherical-optical-model analysis of the elastic scattering data was also performed following the coupled-channel analysis. Predictions for (p, p) and (p, p') scattering observables have been made and compared with measurements previously published. This approach permits neutron and proton deformation parameters to be deduced similarly from (n, n') and (p, p') scattering measurements for ^58,60Ni. These deformation parameters are compared in the framework of the core-polarization model of Madsen, Brown and Anderson.     

Coincidence spectroscopy of pion-nucleaus interactions in 60Ni

The preevaporation phase of the interaction of 70 MeV pions with ⁶⁰Ni has been studied by measuring multinucleon removal spectra via prompt γ-ray spectra in coincidence with energetic charged particles. The data provide a direct estimate of the reaction cross section due to inelastic scattering and of the multiplicity of energetic protons emitter by the excited nucleus.     

Fluctuations in inelastic proton scattering from58Ni in the energy range 17.1 to 20.6 MeV

Excitation functions of proton elastic and inelastic scattering on⁵⁸Ni have been measured for proton energies in the range 17.1 to 20.6 MeV, at laboratory angles of 90°, 120° and 155°. All show cross section fluctuations. Excitation functions are presented for the elastic and for five inelastic groups in the energy range 18.1 to 18.59 MeV. These were analyzed by the Fourier analysis method, and the average level width found to be about 13 keV. The observation of strong fluctuations in the higher inelastic yields has implications for several microscopic analyses reported in the literature of⁵⁸Ni(p, p′) data obtained at 17.7 MeV incident proton energy.     

Groundstate proton radioactivity of nuclei in the tin region

Proton radioactivities with decay energies of (0.98±0.08) MeV and (0.83±0.08) MeV were produced by the fusion reactions⁵⁸Ni+⁵⁸Ni→¹¹⁶Ba ? and⁵⁸Ni+⁵⁴Fe→¹¹²Xe ?, and their halflives were measured to be (33±7) μs and (109±17) μs, respectively. The intensities of the lines correspond to production cross sections of about 30 μb and 40 μb. The two activities are assigned to the direct proton decay of¹¹³Cs and¹⁰⁹I. The measured halflives are compared with values calculated ford _5/2 andg _7/2 groundstates of¹⁰⁹I and¹¹³Cs and spectroscopic factors are deduced for the decays. An extensive search for the proton decay of¹⁰⁵Sb, produced in the reaction⁵⁰Cr(⁵⁸Ni,p2 n)¹⁰⁵Sb, had a negative result, excluding decay energies between 0.5 MeV and 1.5 MeV for halflives between 10 ns and 5 s.     

Proton and α sequential emission in the 16O + 58Ni deep inelastic reaction: A semi-classical approach

The 132 MeV ¹⁶O + ⁵⁸Ni reaction has been experimentally investigated by using coincident charged particle techniques. A closed-form theoretical approach, describing in a simple picture the non-equilibrium component and the evaporative one of the angular correlation between light particles and reaction residues emitted in a peripheral heavy-ion collision, is applied — in the hypotesis of a sequential process — to the (C,N,O)-α and (C,N,O)-p differential multiplicities for the ¹⁶O + ⁵⁸Ni at 8.25 MeV/A deep inelastic collision. From this analysis some reaction mechanism information is deduced.     

78Kr高自旋态的形状共存

用熔合蒸发反应 58Ni(2 3Na,3p) (Ein=70 Me V)和 58Ni(2 8Si,α4p) (Ein=1 30 Me V)研究了78Kr的高自旋态 ,用美国劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室的γ球测量了实验中产生的瞬时符合事件,对新发现的一个负宇称带用多普勒位移衰减法对 1 0 0 4 ke V(1 0 -→ 8-)和 873ke V(8-→ 6-)作了多普勒展宽谱线形状测量 .得到了负宇称带 1 0 -态能级的寿命τ=(2 .2± 0 .3) ps,8-态能级的寿命τ=(1 .6± 0 .2 ) ps.故可知此负宇称带呈现长椭形变 ,与正宇称带的扁椭形变形状共存. Doppler shift attenuation lifetime measurements were performed in the 58 Ni( 23 Na,3p) reaction at 70 MeV and 58 Ni( 28 Si, α4p) reaction at 130 MeV. By analyzing the Doppler broadened line shapes of the 1 004 keV(10 -→8 -) negative parity transition in coincidence with depopulating transitions, the lifetime of the 10 - state has been deduced as τ =(2.2±0.3) ps. A similar analysis of 873 keV(8 -→6 -)transition gave values of τ =(1.6±0.2)...     

The (He,p) and (d, α) reactions to states in Co

The ⁵⁶Fe(³He, p)⁵⁸Co and ⁶⁰Ni(d, α)⁵⁸Co reactions have been investigated at 12.0 and 7.0 MeV bombarding energies, respectively, using the MIT multiple-gap spectrograph. For the (³He, p) reaction, levels below 6.0 MeV of excitation were observed and analysed using the DWBA to obtain L-values. In the (d, α) reaction, levels up to 3.4 MeV of excitation were observed. A level scheme for ⁵⁸Co is proposed. The ⁵⁸Fe(0.0) analogue was observed, and candidates for the antianalogue level are identified.     

The Cross-Section Measurements and Evaluations for 58Ni(n,p),60Ni(n,p),62Ni(n,α) and 54Fe(n,p) Reactions

Activation techniques have been used to measure the cross-section for ⁵⁸Ni(n,p),⁶⁰Ni(n,p) and ⁶²Ni(n,α) reactions in the neutron energy range 13.6—17.8MeV.The uncertainty of measured data has been aculated from 3%—7%.The covariance matrixes for measurement error are calculated.Evaluations for ⁵⁸Ni(n,p),⁶⁰Ni(n,p),⁶²Ni(n,α) and ⁵⁴Fe(n,p) crpss-section are made.     

Cross-section measurement for Ni(n,x)58(m+g)Co,Ni(n,x)60mCo,Ni(n,x)61Co and Ni(n,x)62mCo reactions induced by neutrons around 14MeV

The cross sections of Ni(n,x)58(m+g)CO,Ni(n,x)80mCo,Ni(n,x)61Co and Ni(n,x)62mCo reactions induced by neutrons around [14]MeV were measured in this work and calculated by a previously developed formula in this work.The neutron flux was determined using the monitor reaction 27Al(n,α)24Na and the neutron energies were measured with the method of cross-section ratios for 89Zr(n,2n)89Zr to 93Nb(n,2n)92mNbreactions.     

Quasi-free (p,pα) scattering on 24Mg, 28Si, 40Ca and 58Ni at 157 MeV

Sixfold energy spectra have been measured for the (p, pα) reaction at 157 MeV on ²⁴Mg, ²⁸Si, ⁴⁰Ca and ⁵⁸Ni around quasi-free kinematic conditions. For the three s-d shell nuclei the experiment covered a map ranging from 0 to 220 MeV/c in recoil momentum and from 0 to 20 MeV in excitation energy of the final nucleus. Recoil momentum distributions have been obtained for the 0⁺ ground state and the 2⁺ first excited state of ²⁰Ne, ²⁴Mg and ³⁶Ar, and also for the states around 4.4 MeV (mainly 4⁺) of ³⁶Ar. The a spectroscopic factors extracted by a DWIA analysis are about three times larger than those predicted by the SU(3) model; however, they agree quite well in relative magnitude for a number of cases. The disagreement in shape between experiment and theory observed at low recoil momentum for the 2⁺ states might result from another reaction mechanism. The cross sections for ⁵⁸Ni are about a factor often smaller than those for ⁴⁰Ca. The ⁵⁸Ni(p, pα)⁵⁴Fe reaction seems to lead mainly to excited states of the final nucleus.