Observation of Isomeric Decays in ther -Process Waiting-Point NucleusCd 82 130
Author(s) -
A. Jungclaus,
L. Càceres,
M. Górska,
M. Pfützner,
S. Piétri,
E. Werner-Malento,
H. Grawe,
K. Langanke,
G. Martı́nez-Pinedo,
F. Nowacki,
A. Poves,
J. J. Cuenca-García,
D. Rudolph,
Z Podolyák,
P. H. Regan,
P. Detistov,
S. Lalkovski,
V. Modamio,
Joel W. Walker,
P. Bednarczyk,
P. Doornenbal,
H. Geißel,
J. Gerl,
J. Grȩbosz,
I. Kojouharov,
N. Kurz,
W. Prokopowicz,
H. Schaffner,
H. J. Wollersheim,
K. Andgren,
J. Benlliure,
G. Benzoni,
A. M. Bruce,
E. Casarejos,
B. Cederwall,
F. C. L. Crespi,
B. Hadinia,
M. Hellström,
R. Hoischen,
G. Ilie,
J. Jolie,
A. Khaplanov,
M. Kmiecik,
R. Kumar,
A. Maj,
S. Mandal,
F. Montes,
S. Myalski,
G. S. Simpson,
S. J. Steer,
S. Tashenov,
O. Wieland
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.99.132501
Subject(s) - physics , excited state , quasiparticle , neutron , atomic physics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , superconductivity
The gamma decay of excited states in the waiting-point nucleus Cd-130(82) has been observed for the first time. An 8(+) two-quasiparticle isomer has been populated both in the fragmentation of a Xe-136 beam as well as in projectile fission of U-238, making Cd-130 the most neutron-rich N=82 isotone for which information about excited states is available. The results, interpreted using state-of-the-art nuclear shell-model calculations, show no evidence of an N=82 shell quenching at Z=48. They allow us to follow nuclear isomerism throughout a full major neutron shell from Cd-98(50) to Cd-130(82) and reveal, in comparison with Ni-76(48) one major proton shell below, an apparently abnormal scaling of nuclear two-body interactions.
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