Electric monopole transitions in nuclei

T Kibédi, AB Garnsworthy, JL Wood - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electric monopole, E 0 transitions in nuclei are reviewed. Values for ρ 2 (E 0)× 1 0 3, X (E
0/E 2) and q K 2 (E 0/E 2) are tabulated. Particular attention is paid to a complete re …

The shell-model code NuShellX@ MSU

BA Brown, WDM Rae - Nuclear Data Sheets, 2014 - Elsevier
Use of the code NuShellX@ MSU is outlined. It connects to the ENSDF data files for
automatic comparisons to energy level data. Operator overlaps provide predictions for …

Beyond the unified model

S Frauendorf - Physica Scripta, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The key elements of the Unified Model are reviewed. The microscopic derivation of the Bohr
Hamiltonian by means of adiabatic time-dependent mean field theory is presented. By …

Critical insights into nuclear collectivity from complementary nuclear spectroscopic methods

PE Garrett, JL Wood, SW Yates - Physica scripta, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Low-energy collectivity of nuclei has been, and is being, characterized in a critical manner
using data from a variety of spectroscopic methods, including Coulomb excitation, β decay …

Effective field theory for nuclear vibrations with quantified uncertainties

EA Coello Perez, T Papenbrock - Physical Review C, 2015 - APS
We develop an effective field theory (EFT) for nuclear vibrations. The key ingredients—
quadrupole degrees of freedom, rotational invariance, and a breakdown scale around the …

Photoresponse of Ni below 10-MeV excitation energy: Evolution of dipole resonances in -shell nuclei near

M Scheck, VY Ponomarev, M Fritzsche, J Joubert… - Physical Review C …, 2013 - APS
Background: Within the last decade, below the giant dipole resonance the existence of a
concentration of additional electric dipole strength has been established. This accumulation …

Experimental study of excited states of via one-neutron transfer up to the neutron-separation threshold and characteristics of the pygmy dipole resonance …

M Spieker, LT Baby, AL Conley, B Kelly, M Müscher… - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The degree of collectivity of the pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) is an open question.
Recently, Ries et al. suggested the onset of the PDR beyond N= 28 based on the …

High-precision measurements of semi-magic by Coulomb excitation

JM Allmond, BA Brown, AE Stuchbery… - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
High-precision reduced electric-quadrupole transition probabilities B (E 2; 0 1+→ 2 1+) have
been measured from single-step Coulomb excitation of semi-magic Ni 58, 60, 62, 64 (Z= 28) …

Search for shape-coexisting states in from lifetime measurements

B Olaizola, LM Fraile, H Mach, A Poves, F Nowacki… - Physical Review C, 2017 - APS
The lifetime of the 0 3+ state in Ni 66, two neutrons below the N= 40 subshell gap, has been
measured. The transition B (E 2; 0 3+→ 2 1+) is one of the most hindered E 2 transitions in …

Identification of significant E0 strength in the 22+→ 21+ transitions of 58, 60, 62Ni

LJ Evitts, AB Garnsworthy, T Kibédi, J Smallcombe… - Physics Letters B, 2018 - Elsevier
The E0 transition strength in the 2 2+→ 2 1+ transitions of 58, 60, 62 Ni have been
determined for the first time following a series of measurements at the Australian National …