Determination of the B(E3, 0+ → 3-)-excitation strength in octupole-correlated nuclei near A ≈ 224 by the means of Coulomb excitation at REX-ISOLDE



Scheck, M, Gaffney, LP ORCID: 0000-0002-2938-3696, Butler, PA ORCID: 0000-0001-6080-9205, Hayes, AB, Wenander, F, Albers, M, Bastin, B, Bauer, C, Blazhev, A, Boenig, S
et al (show 44 more authors) (2014) Determination of the B(E3, 0+ → 3-)-excitation strength in octupole-correlated nuclei near A ≈ 224 by the means of Coulomb excitation at REX-ISOLDE .

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Abstract

The IS475 collaboration conducted Coulomb-excitation experiments with postaccelerated radioactive 220Rn and 224Ra beams at the REX-ISOLDE facility. The beam particles (E<inf>beam</inf>≈ 2.83 MeV/u) were Coulomb excited using 60Ni, 114Cd, and 120Sn scattering targets. De-excitation γ-rays were detected employing the Miniball array and scattered particles were detected in a silicon detector. Exploiting the Coulomb-excitation code GOSIA for each nucleus several matrix elements could be obtained from the measured γ-ray yields. The extracted 〈3-||Ê3||0+〉 matrix element allows for the conclusion that, while 220Rn represents an octupole vibrational system, 224Ra has already substantial octupole correlations in its ground state. An observation that has implications for the search of CP-violating Schiff moments in the atomic systems of the adjacent odd-mass nuclei.

Item Type: Conference Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5110 Synchrotrons and Accelerators, 51 Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2016 07:28
Last Modified: 22 May 2026 23:41
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/533/1/012007
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3002726
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