Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-31DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123185
Amir Jalili , H.T. Fortune , Bingcheng He , Yan-An Luo , Hadi Sobhani , Ai.Xi. Chen , Feng Pan
{"title":"Structure of negative-parity states in 71Ga","authors":"Amir Jalili , H.T. Fortune , Bingcheng He , Yan-An Luo , Hadi Sobhani , Ai.Xi. Chen , Feng Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the investigation of negative parity states in the odd-A nucleus <sup>71</sup>Ga. Specifically, we focus on analyzing E2 strengths connecting the initial two negative parity states (3/2<sup>−</sup>) to the first two negative parity states (7/2<sup>−</sup>). Our findings reveal distinct characteristics of these states, with the first 3/2<sup>−</sup> state predominantly exhibiting ground band features (g), while the first 7/2<sup>−</sup> state is associated with excited band properties (e). Through a comprehensive analysis of negative parity states, we establish a clear connection between the nature of these states and their corresponding E2 transition strengths.</div><div>This investigation contributes significant insights into the behaviour of negative parity states in odd-A nuclei, offering a nuanced perspective on the distinctive features of ground and excited bands in <sup>71</sup>Ga. Our findings advance the understanding of nuclear structure, providing a valuable contribution to the broader field of nuclear physics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1063 ","pages":"Article 123185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144221229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123170
C. Simenel , K. Godbey , H. Lee , P. McGlynn , A.S. Umar
{"title":"Shell effects in quasi-fission: Reactions forming actinide and superheavy compound nuclei","authors":"C. Simenel , K. Godbey , H. Lee , P. McGlynn , A.S. Umar","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123170","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123170","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Quasi-fission occurs in fully damped heavy-ion collisions following a significant mass transfer between the fragments, without formation of a compound nucleus. As in fission, quasi-fission is expected to be affected by quantum effects leading to asymmetric mass splits. Quantum shells stabilising fission fragments with octupole shapes have been invoked as a factor determining the distribution of nucleons between the fragments at scission, explaining the fact that the centroid of the heavy fragment charge distribution is found around <span><math><mi>Z</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>54</mn></math></span> protons in fission and quasi-fission of actinides. These shell effects are studied in microscopic studies of quasi-fission. In particular, time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) calculations have been performed for reactions forming actinides.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123171
Pankaj K. Giri , Sandipan Dasgupta , A. Sharma , S. Kundu , A. Das , S.S. Ghugre , G. Mukherjee , S. Bhattacharyya , J. Datta , R. Raut
{"title":"Excitation functions of (α,xn) reactions in natural Sb","authors":"Pankaj K. Giri , Sandipan Dasgupta , A. Sharma , S. Kundu , A. Das , S.S. Ghugre , G. Mukherjee , S. Bhattacharyya , J. Datta , R. Raut","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper reports cross-section measurements of the <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>t</mi><mo>.</mo></mrow></msup></math></span>Sb(<em>α</em>,xn)<sup>121,123,124</sup>I reactions, at energies <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> = 40-50 MeV, using the target activation technique. The experimental results have been compared with theoretical excitation functions calculated in the Talys-2.0 framework. The reaction model parameters such as the Optical Model Potential (OMP), Level Density (LD), Pre-equilibrium Emission (PE) and Photon Strength Function (PSF) have been optimized for maximum overlap between the calculated and the experimental cross sections. Such endeavors are expected to facilitate insights and understanding of the different reaction mechanisms and associated parameters that impact the yields of the products. The validated datasets, resulting therefrom, could go a long way in deciding on the conditions for producing radioisotopes of utility in varied domains such as medicine and industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123171"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Macroscopic-microscopic analysis of deformation energy, Q20 electric quadrupole moments, and equilibrium shapes in even-even barium and cerium isotopes","authors":"Hadj Mouloudj , Fethi Redjem , Oussama Zeggai , Mousaab Belarbi , Youcef Belgaid , Abdelkader Ghalem","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123172","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123172","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the electric quadrupole moments (Q<sub>20</sub>) and deformation energies of even-even nuclei within the mass range 114 ≤ <em>A</em> ≤ 140, focusing on Barium and Cerium isotopes. A macroscopic-microscopic approach is employed, combining the liquid drop model for macroscopic energy with Strutinsky shell corrections and BCS (<em>Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer</em>) pairing correlations for microscopic refinements. The shell corrections are derived by solving a Schrödinger equation with a deformed Woods–Saxon mean field. Numerical solutions, performed using an optimized FORTRAN program, identify equilibrium shapes by locating energy minima in deformation energy contour plots. From these equilibrium shapes, single-particle wave functions and the BCS approximation are used to calculate electric quadrupole moments. Theoretical results align closely with experimental data, confirming the robustness of the proposed model. This study advances our understanding of nuclear deformation and structure, particularly in isotopes far from spherical symmetry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123158
M.C. Atkinson , K. Kravvaris , S. Quaglioni , P. Navrátil
{"title":"What's new? An ab initio investigation of the 3He-4He radiative capture into 7Be","authors":"M.C. Atkinson , K. Kravvaris , S. Quaglioni , P. Navrátil","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The <sup>3</sup>He<span><math><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>7</mn></mrow></msup></math></span>Be radiative capture reaction plays an important role in the creation of elements in stars and in the production of solar neutrinos. It is difficult to experimentally measure this fusion cross section at energies relevant to solar processes because of Coulomb repulsion. Therefore, theory is needed to perform extrapolations from higher energies (where experimental fusion measurements are feasible) to the astrophysical regime. We present the first microscopic calculations of <sup>3</sup>He<span><math><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>7</mn></mrow></msup></math></span>Be with explicit inclusion of three-nucleon forces. With the incorporation of experimental bound-state and scattering information, our calculation of the astrophysical <em>S</em> factor agrees quantitatively with experimental data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123169
Jameel-Un Nabi, Abuzar, Arslan Mehmood
{"title":"Study of β-decay properties of N = 81 & 82 isotones","authors":"Jameel-Un Nabi, Abuzar, Arslan Mehmood","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123169","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123169","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The <em>r</em>-process is the producer of about 50% total heavy elements existing beyond iron and plays a key role in the neutronization of massive stars and heavier nuclei. <em>β</em>-decay properties of waiting-point nuclei are necessary to determine the <em>r</em>-process path. In this investigation, we study the <em>β</em>-decay properties of <em>N</em> = 81 and 82 neutron-rich nuclei having <em>Z</em> = (42 - 49). We employ the proton-neutron Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (pn-QRPA) model to calculate Gamow-Teller transitions, <em>β</em>-decay half-lives, neutron emission probabilities and stellar rates of these neutron-rich isotones. Our investigation includes only allowed transitions. We compare our results with previous calculations and measured data where available. Our model reproduced 100% (82%) terrestrial <em>β</em>-decay half-lives within a factor 10 (2). Our model predictions are in decent agreement with the experimental data. We present the stellar weak rates of these neutron-rich nuclei for the first time. The calculated weak rates were found to be impactful only at low densities (≤ 10<sup>7</sup> g<!--> <!-->cm<sup>−3</sup>) or high temperatures (∼ 30 GK) of the stellar core. The reported stellar rates could prove useful for <em>r</em>-process nucleosynthesis calculations and simulations of late time stellar evolution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-19DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123162
H.G. Ganev
{"title":"Symplectic symmetry approach to multicluster nuclear systems: The case of 16O","authors":"H.G. Ganev","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Symplectic symmetry approach to clustering (SSAC) in the atomic nucleus is generalized for the more general multicluster nuclear systems. In the limiting case when <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>=</mo><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>4</mn></math></span> one obtains a microscopic counterpart within the SSAC of the wide class of various multi-<em>α</em>-particle cluster models. As an example, the new microscopic approach is applied to the 4<em>α</em> cluster nuclear system of <sup>16</sup>O. A good description for the excited states in the lowest <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span>, <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span>, <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span>, <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span>, <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> and <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> bands in <sup>16</sup>O with experiment, as well as for the experimentally known <span><math><mi>B</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>E</mi><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span> low-energy transitions without the use of an effective charge, is obtained.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123162"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123161
Léo Borrel, David G. Hitlin, Sophie Middleton
{"title":"A new determination of the (Z,A) dependence of coherent muon-to-electron conversion","authors":"Léo Borrel, David G. Hitlin, Sophie Middleton","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Should muon-to-electron conversion in the field of a nucleus be found in the current generation of experiments, the measurement of the atomic number dependence of the process will become an important experimental goal. We present a new treatment of the (Z,A) dependence of coherent muon-to-electron conversion in 236 isotopes. Our approach differs from previous treatments in several ways. Firstly, we include the effect of permanent quadrupole deformation on the charged lepton flavor violating matrix elements, using the method of Barrett moments. This method also enables the addition of muonic X-ray nuclear size and shape determinations of the charge distribution to the electron scattering results used previously. Secondly, we employ the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (DRHBc) to calculate neutron-related matrix elements for even-even nuclei. This takes into account the quadrupole deformation of the neutron distributions and the fact that neutrons are, in general, in different shell model orbits than protons. The calculated conversion rates differ from previous calculations, particularly in the region of large permanent quadrupole deformation. Finally, we propose an alternative normalization of the muon-to-electron conversion rate, which is related more closely to what a given experiment actually measures, and better separates lepton physics from nuclear physics effects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microscopic insights into the structure of even-even 144−148Ce isotopes","authors":"Umera Nawaz , Manvi Rajput , Suram Singh , G.H. Bhat , Arun Bharti , J.A. Sheikh","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123156","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123156","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A comprehensive analysis is done to study the structural evolution and triaxial deformation in the even-even <sup>144−148</sup>Ce isotopes using Triaxial Projected Shell Model (TPSM) approach. A thorough investigation of the yrast and <em>γ</em>-band explains the shape transition and presence of gamma collectivity in these neutron rich nuclei. Various observables and phenomena like <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> ratios, odd-even staggering patterns in <em>γ</em>-bands, shape invariants, reduced transition probabilities, g-factors etc. have been calculated and found to be reasonably consistent with the available experimental data. Also, these results reveal a progressive shape evolution from <em>γ</em>-soft towards axially symmetric rotor at N=90. This study enhances our understanding of nuclear deformation mechanisms in this critical mass region by revealing the structural changes driven by multiquasiparticle configurations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1061 ","pages":"Article 123156"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144083809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-05-13DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123152
J. Lemarié , Y. Togano , T. Nakamura , T. Kobayashi , T. Aumann , H. Baba , K. Boretzky , A. Bracco , F. Browne , F. Camera , H. Chae , S. Chan , N. Chiga , H. Choi , L. Cortés , F. Delaunay , D. Dell'Aquila , Z. Elekes , Y. Fujino , I. Gašparić , K. Yoneda
{"title":"Probing the pygmy dipole resonance of 50Ca by Coulomb excitation","authors":"J. Lemarié , Y. Togano , T. Nakamura , T. Kobayashi , T. Aumann , H. Baba , K. Boretzky , A. Bracco , F. Browne , F. Camera , H. Chae , S. Chan , N. Chiga , H. Choi , L. Cortés , F. Delaunay , D. Dell'Aquila , Z. Elekes , Y. Fujino , I. Gašparić , K. Yoneda","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123152","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An experiment to measure the electric dipole response of <sup>50</sup>Ca by Coulomb excitation in inverse kinematics has been carried out at RIKEN - RIBF. The combination of the SAMURAI spectrometer, the <em>γ</em>-ray detector array CATANA and both NeuLAND demonstrator and NEBULA for neutron detection allow to reconstruct the excitation energy spectra by invariant mass spectroscopy.</div><div>The reaction channels <sup>50</sup>Ca → <sup>49</sup>Ca+n and <sup>50</sup>Ca → <sup>48</sup>Ca+n+n have been investigated. One sharp peak at low neutron relative energy for the 1 neutron emission channel may be a candidate for a Pygmy Dipole Resonance. Correlation of <em>γ</em>-ray and neutron energy shows possible structure effect in the decay of the <sup>50</sup>Ca projectile.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1062 ","pages":"Article 123152"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144069360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}