Excitation of giant spin-isospin multipole vibrations in Fe and Ni

Data on (p,n) reactions at 120 and 160MeV have been used to study the excitation of spin-isospin multipole vibrations in ^{54, 56}Fe and ^{58, 60}Ni. In particular, transitions characterized by L = 0 transfer are identified as spin-isospin transitions (excitation of Gamow-Teller states) or as isospin transitions (excitation of isobaric analog states). An effort is made to estimate Gamow-Teller strength, B(GT), at excitation energies between 20–40 MeV. A comparison between GT and M1 strengths is presented for ^{58, 60}Ni. Shell-model calculations for total strengths, Σ B(GT), are compared with the observed results.     

Measurement of gamow-teller strength for 176Yb --> 176Lu and the efficiency of a solar neutrino detector

We report a 0 degrees 176Yb(p,n)176Lu measurement at IUCF where we used 120 and 160 MeV protons and the energy dependence method to determine Gamow-Teller (GT) matrix elements relative to the model independent Fermi matrix element. The data show that there is an isolated concentration of GT strength in the low-lying 1(+) states making the proposed Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy detector (based on neutrino captures on 176Yb) sensitive to pp and 7Be neutrinos and a promising detector to resolve the solar neutrino problem.     

Gamow-teller strengths of the inverse beta transition 176Yb-->176Lu for spectroscopy of proton-proton and other sub-MeV solar neutrinos

Discrete Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions 176Yb-->176Lu at low excitation energies have been measured via the ( 3He,t) reaction at 450 MeV and at 0 degrees. For 176Yb, two low-lying states are observed, setting low thresholds Q(nu) = 301 and 445 keV for neutrino ( nu) capture. Capture rates estimated from the measured GT strengths, the simple two-state excitation structure, and the low Q(nu) in Yb-Lu indicate that Yb-based nu detectors are well suited for a direct measurement of the sub-MeV solar electron-neutrino ( nu(e)) spectrum including pp neutrinos.     

Gamow-Teller transitions from 58Ni to discrete states of 58Cu

Under the assumption that isospin is a good quantum number, symmetry is expected for the transitions from the ground states of T = 1, T _z = ±1 nuclei to the common excited states of the T _z = 0 nucleus situated between the two nuclei. The symmetry can be studied by comparing the strengths of Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions obtained from a (p, n)-type charge-exchange reaction on a target nucleus with T _z = 1 with those from the β-decay of the T _z = - 1 nucleus. The A = 58 system is the heaviest for which such a comparison is possible. As a part of the symmetry study, we measured the GT transitions from ⁵⁸Ni (T _z = 1) to ⁵⁸Cu (T _z = 0) by using the zero-degree (³ He, t) reaction at 150 MeV/nucleon. With the achieved resolution of 50 keV, many hitherto unresolved GT states have been identified. The GT transition strengths were obtained for states up to 8 MeV excitation, i.e., near to the Q window limitation ( Q _EC = 9.37 MeV) of the β-decay from ⁵⁸Zn (T _z = - 1) to ⁵⁸Cu. The strength distribution is compared with that from shell-model calculations. Received: 24 November 2001 / Accepted: 30 January 2002     

Microscopic study of Gamow-Teller and spin-dipole states in 208Bi

Gamow-Teller (GT) and spin-dipole (SD) states in ²⁰⁸Bi are studied by using self-consistent Hartree-Fock + Tamm-Dancoff approximation taking into account the coupling to the continuum. Most of SD strength is found at the excitation energy E _x≈ 25MeV with a very broad width, which agrees with recent experimental observations. It is shown that Landau damping effect is responsible for the large width of SD peak, while the escape width is found to be at most 1MeV. We study also electric dipole (E1) transitions between GT and SD states in ²⁰⁸Bi. Main E1 transitions for 0^- and 1^- states are found near excitation energy expected from Brink's hypothesis in which SD states are considered as E1 resonances built on the GT state. Calculated E1 transition strengths between GT and SD states are compared with the analytic sum rules within one-particle one-hole (1p-1h) configuration space and within both 1p-1h and 2p-2h model space. Received: 11 April 2000 / Accepted: 30 August 2000     

Shell model description of the 14C dating beta decay with Brown-Rho-scaled NN interactions

We present shell model calculations for the beta decay of 14C to the 14N ground state, treating the states of the A=14 multiplet as two 0p holes in an 16O core. We employ low-momentum nucleon-nucleon (NN) interactions derived from the realistic Bonn-B potential and find that the Gamow-Teller (GT) matrix element is too large to describe the known lifetime. By using a modified version of this potential that incorporates the effects of Brown-Rho scaling medium modifications, we find that the GT matrix element vanishes for a nuclear density around 85% that of nuclear matter. We find that the splitting between the (J(pi),T)=(1(+),0) and (J(pi),T)=(0(+),1) states in 14N is improved using the medium-modified Bonn-B potential and that the transition strengths from excited states of 14C to the 14N ground state are compatible with recent experiments.     

Gamow-teller strengths in proton-rich exotic nuclei deduced in the combined analysis of mirror transitions

Isospin symmetry is expected for the T(z)=+/-1-->0 isobaric analogous transitions in isobars with mass number A, where T(z) is the z component of isospin T. Assuming this symmetry, strengths of analogous Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions within A = 50 isobars were determined from a high energy-resolution study at 0 degrees in combination with the decay Q value and lifetime from the beta decay. This method can be applied to other pf-shell nuclei and can be used to study GT strengths of astrophysical interest.     

Mechanism of the 12C(11B,15N)8Be reaction and 8Be + 15N optical-model potential

Angular distributions of the ¹²C( ¹¹B, ¹⁵N) ⁸Be reaction were measured at the energy E_lab(¹¹B) = 49 MeV for the transitions to the ground and 2.94 MeV (2⁺) excited state of ⁸Be and to the ground and 5.270 MeV (5/2⁺) + 5.299 MeV (1/2⁺), 6.324 MeV (3/2^-), 7.155 MeV (5/2⁺) + 7.301 MeV (3/2⁺), 7.567 MeV (7/2⁺) excited states of ¹⁵N. The data were analyzed by the coupled-reaction-channel method. The elastic, inelastic scattering and one- and two-step transfers were included in the coupling scheme. The data of the ¹²C( ¹¹B, ⁸Be) ¹⁵N reaction at E_cm = 9.4-17.8 MeV known from the literature, were also included in the analysis. The mechanism of the ¹²C( ¹¹B, ¹⁵N) ⁸Be reaction and the optical-model potential parameters for the ¹⁵N + ⁸Be channel were deduced. The energy dependence of the optical-model parameters for the ¹⁵N + ⁸Be channel was obtained.     

Decay of 1+ states as a new probe of the structure of 0+ shape isomers

The nuclides 98Mo and 100Mo have been studied in photon-scattering experiments by using bremsstrahlung produced from electron beams with kinetic energies from 3.2 to 3.8 MeV. Six electromagnetic dipole transitions in 98Mo and 19 in 100Mo were observed for the first time in the energy range from 2 to 4 MeV. A specific feature in the two nuclides is the de-excitation of one state with spin J = 1 to the 0+ ground state as well as to the first excited 0+ state, which cannot be explained in standard models. We present a model that allows us to deduce the mixing coefficients for the two 0+ shape-isomeric states from the experimental ratio of the transition strengths from the J = 1 state to the 0+ ground state and to the 0+ excited state.     

Isospin-mixed states in 8Be

The isospin mixing of states in ⁸Be near 17 MeV was investigated by comparison of cross sections for the ⁹Be(d, t)⁸Be and ⁹Be(d, ³He)⁸Li reactions. For the 2⁺ doublet at 17 MeV, our results are inconsistent with previous measurements of the isospin mixing unless the theoretical $\text{T = 0,}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ spectroscopic amplitude is changed by ≈ 20%. For the 1⁺ states near 18 MeV we find an isospin amplitude impurity of 0.21±0.03. For the 3⁺ states near 19 MeV no new information could be obtained due to the complex peak shape.     

A New Measurement of ~(11)Be(p,d) Transfer Reaction

A new11 Be(p,d) transfer reaction experiment is performed in inverse kinematics with a radioactive11 Be beam at26.9 MeV. Three low-lying states, namely the 0+ground state, the 2~+ state at E_x = 3.37 MeV, and the multiplet at around 6 MeV in10 Be, are populated by this one-neutron transfer reaction. These three states in10 Be are clearly discriminated from the -value spectrum, which is rebuilt from energies and angles of the recoil deuterons in coincidence with10 Be. A spectroscopic factor for each state is extracted by comparing the experimental differential cross sections to the theoretical calculation results using the finite range adiabatic distorted wave approximation method with different global nucleon-nucleus potentials. It is found that the newly extracted spectroscopic factors for the 0+and 2+states are consistent with the previous ones, but the factor for the multiplet is smaller than the value in the reference, and the possible reason is discussed.     

能量修正的Glauber模型对中能反应总截面的影响

叙述了对Glauber模型中的透射系数进行半经验的能量修正,并利用该修正模型计算了^12—14C,⁶Li,⁷Be,⁸B+¹²C和⁶Li,⁷Be,⁸B+⁹Be以及²⁰Ne+¹²C,¹²C+²⁷Al等系统的激发函数(能区范围10—1000MeV/u),经与实验值比较,能量修正的Glauber理论计算值能够很好地描述中能条件下的反应总截面实验测量值.     

Total reaction and transfer cross sections for 11B + 9Be and 13C + 9Be reactions at low energies

The total reaction cross sections for ¹¹B + ⁹Be and ¹³C + ⁹Be have been measured by the total γ-ray yield method over the energy intervals E_c.m. = 1.4–4.4 MeV and E_c.m. = 2.0–5.2 MeV, respectively. The cross sections for the neutron transfer reactions ¹¹B(⁹Be, ⁸Be)¹²B, leading to the ¹²B 0.953 and 1.674 MeV states, and ¹³C(⁹Be, ⁸Be)¹⁴C, leading to the ¹⁴C 6.094, 6.728 and 6.902 MeV states, have been obtained from the yields of the characteristic γ-rays. The α-transfer reaction ¹¹B(⁹Be, ⁵He)¹⁵N, leading to many unresolved ¹⁵N states, has been observed with large cross section. There is, however, no evidence for the ¹³C(⁹Be, ⁵He)¹⁷O transfer process in the ¹⁷O + nα channels. This different behaviour of the ¹¹B + ⁹Be and ¹³C + ⁹Be systems seems to indicate that the α-transfer reaction at sub-barrier energies is not a direct transfer process, and that it probably occurs via molecular state formation.     

The 28Si(7Li, 7Be)28Al reaction at 36 MeV

The ²⁸Si(⁷Li, ⁷Be)²⁸Al reaction has been investigated at E_7Li = 36 MeV. States and groups of states were observed up to 5.3 MeV excitation in the ²⁸Al+⁷Be system. Experimental angular distribution for unresolved doublets of states at ≈ 0.0 and 0.44 MeV excitation, corresponding to ⁷Be in its ground state (⁷Be₀) and first excited states (⁷Be₁) with ²⁸Al in its ground state (3⁺) and first excited state (0.031 MeV, 2⁺) are compared with microscopic distorted wave approximation calculations.     

Study of the <Superscript>12</Superscript>C (<Superscript>8</Superscript>B, <Superscript>7</Superscript>Be)<Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis> knockout reaction at intermediate energies

The breakup reactions of ⁸B on a ¹²C target at 142, 285, 790, and 936MeV/nucleon have been studied. One-proton-removal cross sections, leading to the production of ⁷Be fragments in the ground and first excited states (at 0.429MeV), and the longitudinal momentum distributions of the ⁷Be fragments are obtained in the Eikonal approximation of the Glauber Model. The results of the calculations including the contribution of the ⁷Be to the ground and first excited states of ⁸B are compared with the available experimental data. One-proton-removal cross section for the ¹²C(⁸B, ⁷Be)X knockout reaction at 142, 285, 790, and 936 MeV/nucleon energy has been calculated. ⁸B and ⁷Be cross sections and momentum distribution are in a good agreement with available data.     

Gamow-Teller strengths in the A = 14 multiplet: a challenge to the shell model

A new experimental approach to the famous problem of the anomalously slow Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions in the beta decay of the A=14 multiplet is presented. The GT strength distributions to excited states in 14C and 14O were studied in high-resolution (d,2He) and (3He,t) charge-exchange reactions on 14N. No-core shell-model calculations capable of reproducing the suppression of the beta decays predict a selective excitation of Jpi=2+ states. The experimental confirmation represents a validation of the assumptions about the underlying structure of the 14N ground state wave function. However, the fragmentation of the GT strength over three 2+ final states remains a fundamental issue not explained by the present no-core shell model using a 6homega model space, suggesting possibly the need to include cluster structure in these light nuclei in a consistent way.     

Structure Analysis of the l/η(1440)

By an amplitudes analysis of the KKπ system in the J/ψ radiative decay to the K⁺K^－π^O and the K⁰_SK^±π⁺ final states, we find that there is one 0^－+ resonance (M=1467±3MeV,Γ=89±6MeV) and two 1⁺⁺ resonances (M=1435±3MeV,Γ=59±5MeV and M=1497±2MeV,Γ=44±7MeV), Which are consistent with the η(1440), the f₁(1420), and the f₁(1510).     

Structure of unstable nuclei near proton drip line

Gamov-Teller (GT) states in nuclei near the proton drip line are studied by using a microscopic Hartree-Fock (H-F) + Tamm-Dancoff approximation (TDA) (or random phase approximation (RPA)). The calculations predict that giant Gamow-Teller (GT) β-decays are possible for N=Z nuclei heavier than ₂₈⁵⁶Ni₂₈, carrying most of the sum rule strength. The amplitude of isospin T=1 admixed to the T=0 ground state in N=Z nuclei is also discussed in relation with Fermi β-decay sum rule. Finally, the shapes of unstable nuclei near the proton drip line are studied by using the finite-range droplet model (FRDM).     

Measurement of the 11B(11B, 10Be)12C proton transfer reaction at low energies

Differential cross sections for the ¹¹B(¹¹B,¹⁰Be)¹²C proton transfer reaction leading to the ¹⁰Be(g.sO+¹²C(4.43 MeV) $\text{(Q = 0.289}\text{MeV}\text{)}\text{and}{}^{10}\text{(3.37}\text{MeV}\text{) +}{}^{12}\text{C}\text{(g.s.) (Q = 1.36}\text{Me V}\text{)}$ final channels have been measured at E_c.m. = 5.5 MeV by coincident detection of the ¹⁰Be and ¹²C nuclei. The integrated cross sections for the ¹⁰Be + ¹²C(4.43 MeV) channel have been obtained for incident energies between E_c.m. = 2.66 and 3.64 MeV from the yields of the 4.43 MeV γ-ray emitted in the ¹²C 4.43 MeV → g.s. transition. The cross-section magnitudes compare well with the DWBA calculations. The sub-barrier transfer cross sections exhibit an unusual energy dependence: their ratio to the total reaction cross section is decreasing with decreasing incident energy.     

The (p,n) reaction as a probe of beta decay strength

The evidence for a useful proportionality relationship between 0° (p, n) cross sections and the corresponding Gamow-Teller and Fermi beta-decay transition strengths is examined in detail. A simple parameterization for small momentum transfer L = 0 transitions is developed and used in the analysis of (p, n) data in the bombarding energy range 120–200 MeV. The parameterization describes the (p, n) differential cross section in terms of momentum transfer, energy loss, mass number, and bombarding energy and provides a straightforward way of extrapolating to zero momentum transfer. It is found that a single proportionality constant can serve to relate all Gamow-Teller transitions originating from the same target nucleus. The target dependence of this proportionality constant, however, is found to be unpredictable at the 20%–50% level, even within isotopic chains. Such large variations cannot be easily explained in the context of the standard single-step direct-reaction distorted-waves impulse approximation model.