Novel techniques for constraining neutron-capture rates relevant for r-process heavy-element nucleosynthesis

AC Larsen, A Spyrou, SN Liddick… - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid-neutron capture process (r process) is identified as the producer of about 50% of
elements heavier than iron. This process requires an astrophysical environment with an …

Physics opportunities with the advanced gamma tracking array: Agata

W Korten, A Atac, D Beaumel, P Bednarczyk… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
New physics opportunities are opening up by the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array, AGATA,
as it evolves to the full 4 π π instrument. AGATA is a high-resolution γ γ-ray spectrometer …

DALI2: A NaI (Tl) detector array for measurements of γ rays from fast nuclei

S Takeuchi, T Motobayashi, Y Togano… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A NaI (Tl) detector array called DALI2 (Detector Array for Low Intensity radiation 2) has been
constructed for in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy experiments with fast radioactive isotope (RI) …

Evolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive and Beams

PA Butler, LP Gaffney, P Spagnoletti, K Abrahams… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
There is sparse direct experimental evidence that atomic nuclei can exhibit stable “pear”
shapes arising from strong octupole correlations. In order to investigate the nature of …

Spectroscopic Quadrupole Moments in : Evidence for Shape Coexistence in Neutron-Rich Strontium Isotopes at

E Clément, M Zielińska, A Görgen, W Korten, S Péru… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Neutron-rich Sr 96, 98 isotopes have been investigated by safe Coulomb excitation of
radioactive beams at the REX-ISOLDE facility. Reduced transition probabilities and …

Shape Coexistence in the Neutron-Deficient Even-Even Isotopes Studied via Coulomb Excitation

N Bree, K Wrzosek-Lipska, A Petts, A Andreyev… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
Coulomb-excitation experiments to study electromagnetic properties of radioactive even-
even Hg isotopes were performed with 2.85 MeV/nucleon mercury beams from REX …

Coulomb excitation of

A Illana, M Zielińska, M Huyse, E Rapisarda… - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The first experiment using radioactive beams post-accelerated by the HIE-ISOLDE facility
has enabled to obtain a precise set of B (E 2) transition probabilities in neutron-rich Zn 74 …

ISOLDE past, present and future

MJG Borge, B Jonson - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The idea of production of short-lived radioisotopes with the on-line technique has it roots in
the early 1950s. In 1964 this became a reality when CERN approved an experiment at the …

The non-destructive investigation of a late antique knob bow fibula (Bügelknopffibel) from Kaiseraugst/CH using Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE)

S Biswas, I Megatli-Niebel, L Raselli, R Simke… - Heritage Science, 2023 - Springer
A knob bow fibula (Bügelknopffibel) of the Leutkirch type, which typologically belongs to the
second half of the 4th and early 5th century CE, was excavated in 2018 in the Roman city of …

The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei

PA Butler, LP Gaffney, P Spagnoletti, J Konki… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and
assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric …