Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the <i>N</i> = Z+1 nucleus <SUP>87</SUP>₄₃Tc₄₄

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Liu, X, Cederwall, B, Qi, C, Wyss, RA, Aktas, O, Ertoprak, A, Zhang, W, Clement, E, de France, G, Ralet, D et al (show 62 more authors) , Gadea, A, Goasduff, A, Jaworski, G, Kuti, I, Nyako, BM, Nyberg, J, Palacz, M, Wadsworth, R, Valiente-Dobon, JJ, Al-Azri, H, Nyberg, A Atac, Back, T, de Angelis, G, Doncel, M, Dudouet, J, Gottardo, A, Jurado, M, Ljungvall, J, Mengoni, D, Napoli, DR, Petrache, CM, Sohler, D, Timar, J, Barrientos, D, Bednarczyk, P, Benzoni, G, Birkenbach, B, Boston, AJ, Boston, HC ORCID: 0000-0003-0721-3458, Burrows, I, Charles, L, Ciemala, M, Crespi, FCL, Cullen, DM, Desesquelles, P, Domingo-Pardo, C, Eberth, J, Erduran, N, Erturk, S, Gonzalez, V, Goupil, J, Hess, H, Huyuk, T, Jungclaus, A, Korten, W, Lemasson, A, Leoni, S, Maj, A, Menegazzo, R, Million, B, Perez-Vidal, RM, Podolyak, Zs, Pullia, A, Recchia, F, Reiter, P, Saillant, F, Salsac, MD, Sanchis, E, Simpson, J, Stezowski, O, Theisen, C and Zielinska, M (2021) Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the <i>N</i> = Z+1 nucleus <SUP>87</SUP>₄₃Tc₄₄. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 104 (2). l021302-.

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Abstract

The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N=Z+1 nucleus Tc444387 have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe54(Ar36, 2n1p)Tc87 at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt γ rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of Tc87 from the (9/2g.s.+) state to the (33/21+) state was established based on six mutually coincident γ-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at ω≈0.50 MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around N=44 is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the N=Z line.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2022 11:00
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2024 12:34
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevC.104.L021302
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3148022