First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in 74Zn: Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the N=40 Island of Inversion

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.122502" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.122502</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.122502" target="_blank" >10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.122502</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in 74Zn: Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the N=40 Island of Inversion

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The excited states of N = 44 74Zn were investigated via gamma-ray spectroscopy following 74Cu beta decay. By exploiting gamma-gamma angular correlation analysis, the 2 thorn 2 , 3 thorn 1 , 0 thorn 2 , and 2 thorn 3 states in 74Zn were firmly established. The gamma-ray branching and E2/M 1 mixing ratios for transitions deexciting the 2 thorn 2 , 3 thorn 1 , and 2 thorn 3 states were measured, allowing for the extraction of relative BoE2 thorn values. In particular, the 2 thorn 3 -0 thorn 2 and 2 thorn 3 -4 thorn 1 transitions were observed for the first time. The results show excellent agreement with new microscopic large-scale shell-model calculations, and are discussed in terms of underlying shapes, as well as the role of neutron excitations across the N = 40 gap. Enhanced axial shape asymmetry (triaxiality) is suggested to characterize 74Zn in its ground state. Furthermore, an excited K = 0 band with a significantly larger softness in its shape is identified. A shore of the N = 40 "island of inversion" appears to manifest above Z = 26, previously thought as its northern limit in the chart of the nuclides.

Název v anglickém jazyce

First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in 74Zn: Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the N=40 Island of Inversion

Popis výsledku anglicky

The excited states of N = 44 74Zn were investigated via gamma-ray spectroscopy following 74Cu beta decay. By exploiting gamma-gamma angular correlation analysis, the 2 thorn 2 , 3 thorn 1 , 0 thorn 2 , and 2 thorn 3 states in 74Zn were firmly established. The gamma-ray branching and E2/M 1 mixing ratios for transitions deexciting the 2 thorn 2 , 3 thorn 1 , and 2 thorn 3 states were measured, allowing for the extraction of relative BoE2 thorn values. In particular, the 2 thorn 3 -0 thorn 2 and 2 thorn 3 -4 thorn 1 transitions were observed for the first time. The results show excellent agreement with new microscopic large-scale shell-model calculations, and are discussed in terms of underlying shapes, as well as the role of neutron excitations across the N = 40 gap. Enhanced axial shape asymmetry (triaxiality) is suggested to characterize 74Zn in its ground state. Furthermore, an excited K = 0 band with a significantly larger softness in its shape is identified. A shore of the N = 40 "island of inversion" appears to manifest above Z = 26, previously thought as its northern limit in the chart of the nuclides.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10304 - Nuclear physics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Physical Review Letters

ISSN

0031-9007

e-ISSN

1079-7114

Svazek periodika

130

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

12

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

1-6

Kód UT WoS článku

000960591800006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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