Nuclear structure of proton-rich unstable nucleus 28P studied by g-factor measurement

Nuclear structure of proton-rich unstable nucleus ²⁸P has been studied by measuring its g-factor for the first time. The g-factor of ²⁸P (I^π=3⁺, T_1/2=270.3 ms) was measured by means of β-NMR technique combined with the new polarization technique for charge exchange reaction product in the intermediate energy heavy ion collisions. The obtained g-factor of g=0.1028(27) is very much quenched from the Schmidt value, but is well reproduced by the shell model (+0.102). In connection with the magnetic moment of the mirror partner and the β-ray transition probability, the orbital angular momenta and intrinsic spins of protons and neutrons have been determined as 〈l_p〉=0.43(29), 〈l_n〉=1.85(29), 〈S_p)=0.28(4), and 〈S_n〉=0.44(4).     

Proton alignment in 82Sr investigated by g-factor measurements

The proton alignment in ⁸²Sr has been investigated by the g-factor measurements of the ground state rotational band levels up to spin I=8⁺. The g-factors were measured by a transient-magnetic-field ion implantation perturbed angular distribution method. The obtained g-factors increase with the increasing of spin along the band and clearly show the g_9/2 proton alignment that starts at I=6⁺.     

Study of the structure of borromean nucleus 17Ne

The ¹⁷Ne nucleus is a possible candidate with a two-proton borromean halo structure. Since the theoretical model is difficult to handle the three-body system, it is difficult to determine the two-proton halo structure in ¹⁷Ne. In the present research, we try to study the breakup reaction of ¹⁷Ne. For the Borromean nuclei, one-proton knockout results in an unstable nucleus which is decaying further by proton emission. This process will result in an angular correlation between the direction of the aligned recoiling unstable nucleus and its decay products. The angular correlations can give us information about the configuration of the valence proton in the ¹⁷Ne. Furthermore, theoretical calculations indicate that the momentum distributions of ¹⁶F c.m are sensitive to the structure of the halo in ¹⁷Ne. Thus the measurement of momentum distributions of ¹⁶F c.m may also give us conclusive information on the structure of ¹⁷Ne. The present experiment has been done at IMP in Lanzhou using the radioactive beam ¹⁷Ne at 30.8 MeV/u on a 43mg/cm^{2 12}C target. The data analysis is under procedure and the primary results are provided.     

Theoretical investigation of the structure of 19N

We have employed the shell model and Skyrme-Hartree-Fock methods to investigate the structure of the neutron-rich nucleus ¹⁹N. The level scheme of ¹⁹N from the shell-model calculation with the WBT interaction is displayed. The potential-energy-surface calculation with the SGII interaction implies that ¹⁹N should be a deformed nucleus. The theoretical β-decay half life of ¹⁹N reproduces well the available experimental data.     

Magnetic moment measurements of mirror nuclei 12B and 12N

The spin polarized β-emitting mirror nuclei ¹²B(I^π=1⁺,T_1/2=20.18 ms) and ¹²N(I^π=1⁺,T_1/2=11 ms) are produced by the low nuclear reactions ¹¹B(d, p) ¹²B and ¹⁰B(³He,n) ¹²N and by selecting the projectile energy and the recoil angle. Their magnetic moments are measured by the β-NMR technique. The magnetic moments obtained after Knight shift correction are μ(¹²B)=1.001(17) μ_N and μ(¹²N)=0.4571(1) μ_N. The calculation using the existing shell model could not reproduce the measured magnetic moments for ¹²B and ¹²N simultaneously.     

Production cross-section of 230Ra in the reaction of 60 MeV/u 18O ions with 238U

A thick natural uranium target was bombarded with a 60 MeV/u ¹⁸O beam. The neutron-rich isotope ²³⁰Ra as the target residue was produced through the multinucleon transfer reaction(²³⁸U-4p-4n). The barium and radium fraction as BaCl₂ precipitate were radiochemically separated first from the mixture of uranium and reaction products. Then, the radium fraction was separated from BaCl₂ precipitate by using cation exchange technique. The γ-ray spectra of the Ra fraction were measured using an HPGe detector. The production cross sections of ²³⁰Ra were obtained by a combination of the radiochemical separation technique and off-line γ-ray spectroscopy. The cross section of ²³⁰Ra has been determined to be 66±20 μb.     

g-factors measurement of magnetic rotation band in 85Zr

The magnetic-rotational band in ⁸⁵Zr was populated by the fusion-evaporation reaction ⁶⁰Ni(²⁸Si, 2pn)⁸⁵Zr with a 98 MeV Si beam from the HI-13 tandem accelerator at China Institute of Atomic Energy. The g-factors of the high spin states of this magnetic rotation band in ⁸⁵Zr were measured by the TMF-IMPAD method for the first time. The measured g-factors decrease with the increasing of spin. It implies that the valence neutron alignment is more rapid than that of the valence proton, which leads to a decrease of g-factors along the band.     

Excess 3H in the volcanic lakes: evidence for natural nuclear fusion

The excess ³H (tritium) have been observed in the volcanic lakes Nemrut (Turkey), Laacher (Germany) and Pavin (France). The ⁴He and ³He concentrations in Lakes Nemrut, Laacher, and Pavin were determined to be 25 and 190, 10 and 50, and 70 and 500 times larger than the atmospheric saturation value respectively. The isotopic ratio of the helium excess, ³He_ex/⁴He_ex, in Lakes Nemrut, Laacher and Pavin was (1.032±0.006)×10^－5, (7.42±0.03)×10^－6 and (9.09±0.01)×10^－6 respectively. The ³He/⁴He ratio of helium isotopes in the lake can help us to identify the origin of gas fluxes from the interior of the Earth. The ³He/⁴He ratios in the Lakes Nemrut, Laacher and Pavin clearly indicate that a large amount of helium isotopes were released to the lakes from mantle source. The excess ³H at the bottom of Lakes Nemrut, Laacher and Pavin have a good correlation with mantle ³He. We consider that the excess ³H might be also released from mantle source and both ³H and ³He might be produced by nuclear fusion (d-d reaction) in an environment rich in H atoms and (U+Th) at high temperature and high pressure condition in deep Earth.     

η production in proton-nucleus collisions near threshold

The η-meson production in proton-nucleus (pA) collisions near threshold is studied within a relativistic meson-exchange model. The primary production amplitude is presented in the distorted-wave impulse approximation for the nucleus with isospin 0 or 1 by assuming that N^*(1535) is excited via a meson exchange and then decays into η and nucleon pair(ηN). Taking ¹⁸O and ¹²C nuclei as examples, we evaluate the production cross sections as a function of the incident proton energy, and analyze the effects of nuclear medium and various meson-exchange contributions. Finally we discuss implications for further     

Description of the candidate chiral doublet bands in 98Tc

The candidate chiral doublet bands in ⁹⁸Tc with configuration πg_9/2 × νh_11/2 are studied theoretically for the first time via the triaxial particle rotor model. The main properties of the doublet bands including the energy spectra and electromagnetic transitions are calculated for different triaxiality parameter γ, and the data in ⁹⁸Tc can be well described by the calculations with γ=38°. Based on the analysis of angular momentum components, it is found that the chiral rotational geometry in ⁹⁸Tc deviates from the ideal chiral picture.     

Dependence of the cross sections for Ir isotopes on the values of Qgg in the heavy ion collision

¹⁹⁷Au were irradiated with 47 MeV/u ¹²C ions. Iridium was produced via the multinucleon transfer reactions in bombardments of ¹⁹⁷Au with ¹²C. and was separated radiochemically from Au and the mixture of the reaction products. The γ radioactivities of Ir isotopes were measured by using a HPGe detector. The production cross sections of Ir isotopes were determined from activities of Ir isotopes at the end of bombardment and the other relative data. It has been found that the cross sections for neutron-rich isotopes of iridium show an exponential dependence on the values of Q_gg. Our experimental results also demonstrate lack of correlation between the cross sections and Q_gg in the case of neutron-deficient isotopes of iridium. The fact can be explained from that neutron-rich isotopes of iridium were produced in the deep inelastic transfer reactions.     

O(α_sv~2) correction to J/ψ plus η_c production in e~+e~- annihilation at √s=10.6 GeV

Based on the nonrelativistic QCD factorization approach, O(α_sv2) corrections to J/ψ plus η_c production in m e⁺e^- annihilation at √s=10.6 ≥v are calculated in this work. The numerical results show that the correction at α_sv2 order is only about a few percent of the total theoretical result. This indicates that the perturbative expansions become convergent and that a higher order correction will be smaller. The uncertainties from the long-distance matrix elements, renormalization scale and the measurement in the experiment are also discussed. Our result is in agreement with the previous result by Jia.     

Structure change of 156Yb at high-spin states

High-spin states of ¹⁵⁶Yb have been studied via the ¹⁴⁴Sm(¹⁶O,4n)¹⁵⁶Yb fusion-evaporation reaction at beam energy 102~MeV. The positive-parity yrast band and negative-parity cascade have been extended up to higher-spin states, respectively. The characteristics of the negative-parity sequence above the 25^－ state may related to the excitation from the nucleon in the Z=64, N=82 core. The E-GOS curve for the positive-parity yrast sequence in ¹⁵⁶Yb indicate that this nucleus may undergo an evolution from quasivibrational to quasirotational structure with increasing angular momentum. The Cranked Woods-Saxon-Strutinsky calculations by means of Total-Routhian-Surface (TRS) methods has been made to understand this structure change.     

Developments in accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) method for 182Hf

The present detection limit for ¹⁸²Hf at CIAE HI-13 AMS systems could not satisfy various applications (e. g. detection of a nearby supernovae signal). Therefore, techniques were developed in this work to improve the AMS measurement of ¹⁸²Hf mainly on building a new injector and using a method that based on solid-phase reaction for the preparation of HfF₄ samples from HfO₂. The experimental results show that mass resolution of the injector can reached 630, and the F^－/O－ and beam current of ¹⁸⁰HfF₅^－ for HfF₄ samples produced by dry method is about 2—3 times and 1.5 times of that by previously method, respectively.     

Systematic analysis of DJ(2580), DJ(2650), DJ(2740), DJ(2760), DJ(3000) and DJ(3000) in the D meson family

In this work, we tentatively assign the charmed mesons D_J(2580), D_J^*(2650), D_J(2740), D_J^*(2760), D_J(3000) and D_J^*(3000) observed by the LHCb collaboration according to their spin, parity and masses, then systematically study their strong decays to ground state charmed mesons plus pseudoscalar mesons with the ³P₀ decay model. Based on these studies, we assign the D_J^*(2760) as the 1D(5/2)3^- state, the D_J^*(3000) as the 1F(5/2)2⁺ or 1F(7/2)4⁺ state, the D_J(3000) as the 1F(7/2)3⁺ or 2P(1/2)1⁺ state in the D meson family. As a byproduct, we also study the strong decays of the states 2P(1/2)0⁺, 2P(3/2)2⁺, 3S(1/2)1^-, 3S(1/2)0^- etc, which will be valuable in searching for the partners of these D mesons.     

Recent progress in AMS measurement of 182Hf at the CIAE

In order to improve the accuracy of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurement for ¹⁸²Hf/¹⁸⁰Hf, a series of measurements have been taken in the AMS laboratory at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The major ones include the instantaneous monitoring of ¹⁸⁰HfF₅^- current, testing the stability of transmission, the alternate measurements of an unknown sample and standard, and the origin identification and minimization of background ¹⁸²W. The experimental details and the improvement in the measurement accuracy, as well as some useful suggestions for better satisfying the requirements of certain practical applications, are presented in this paper.     

The neutron halo structure of 17B studied with the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory

The properties of neutron-rich boron isotopes are studied in the relativistic continuum Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in coordinate space with NL-SH, PK1 and TM2 effective interactions. Pairing corrections are taken into account by a density dependent force of zero range. The binding energies calculated for these nuclei agree with the experimental data quite well. The neutron-rich nucleus ¹⁷B has been predicted to have a two-neutron halo structure in its ground state. The halo structure of ¹⁷B is reproduced in a self-consistent way, and this halo is shown to be formed by the valence neutron level 2_s1/2.     

Measuring D0-D0 mixing in D→f0(980) K and more

We investigate the D⁰-D⁰ mixing through the doubly Cabibbo suppressed (DCS) channel D0→f₀(980)K^*0 and its charge conjugate channel, in which the K^*0 meson is reconstructed in both K⁺π^－ and K_Sπ⁰ final state. Although the decay D⁰→f₀(980)K^* has a small branching ratio, the final state mesons are relatively easy to identify. The f₀(980) meson can be replaced by the S-wave π⁺π^－ state, or a longitudinally polarized vector meson ρ⁰. All mixing parameters, including the mass difference and decay width difference, can be extracted by studying the time-dependent decay width of these channels. We show that the method is valid in all regions for mixing parameters and it does not depend on the strong phase difference.     

Study of magnetic-rotation in ~(82)Rb by g-factor measurements

Magnetic rotation in ⁸²Rb has been investigated for the first time by g-factor measurement of intra-band states of the magnetic-rotational band built on the 11- state. The g-factors were measured by a TMF-IMPAD method and calculated by a semi-classical model of independent particle angular momentum coupling assumption. The g-factors and deduced shears angles decrease with the increasing of spin along the band, illustrating a step-by-step alignment of the valence protons and neutrons. The rapid alignment of the valence neutrons leads to a decrease of g-factors. The present results vividly reveal the shears mechanism of magnetic rotation.