Review of metastable states in heavy nuclei

GD Dracoulis, PM Walker… - Reports on Progress in …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The structure of nuclear isomeric states is reviewed in the context of their role in
contemporary nuclear physics research. Emphasis is given to high-spin isomers in heavy …

High-resolution, accurate multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometry for short-lived, exotic nuclei of a few events in their ground and low-lying isomeric states

S Ayet San Andrés, C Hornung, J Ebert, WR Plaß… - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
Mass measurements of fission and projectile fragments, produced via U 238 and Xe 124
primary beams, have been performed with the multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass …

[HTML][HTML] First spatial separation of a heavy ion isomeric beam with a multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer

T Dickel, WR Plaß, SA San Andres, J Ebert, H Geissel… - Physics Letters B, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract 211 Po ions in the ground and isomeric states were produced via 238 U projectile
fragmentation at 1000 MeV/u. The 211 Po ions were spatially separated in flight from the …

Isospin symmetry at high spin studied via nucleon knockout from isomeric states

SA Milne, MA Bentley, EC Simpson, T Baugher… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
One-neutron knockout reactions have been performed on a beam of radioactive Co 53 in a
high-spin isomeric state. The analysis is shown to yield a highly selective population of high …

First observation of isomeric states in , and

J Wu, S Nishimura, PA Söderström, A Algora, JJ Liu… - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Isomeric states in the neutron-rich nuclei Zr 111 [T 1/2= 0.10 (7) μ s], Nb 113 [T 1/2= 0.7 (4) μ
s], Mo 115 [T 1/2= 46 (3) μ s] were first identified at the Radioactive Ion Beam Factory (RIBF) …

Properties of -decaying isomers in the region populated in fragmentation of a beam

G Häfner, K Moschner, A Blazhev, P Boutachkov… - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
A systematic study was performed of microsecond γ-decaying isomers around Sn 100
produced in a fragmentation reaction of a Xe 124 beam at 345 MeV/u at the Radioactive Ion …

In-flight production of an isomeric beam of 16N

CR Hoffman, TL Tang, M Avila, Y Ayyad… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An in-flight beam of 16 N was produced via the single-neutron adding (d, p) reaction in
inverse kinematics at the recently upgraded Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha spectroscopy of purified beams of exotic nuclei at the FRS Ion Catcher

N Tortorelli, MP Reiter, AK Rink, S Purushothaman… - Nuclear Physics A, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The FRS Ion Catcher (FRS-IC) is located at the final focal plane of the Fragment
Separator FRS at GSI. The FRS-IC setup is well known for high-precision experiments with …

Structure and astrophysical role of the neutron-rich isotopes: status and perspectives

GG Kiss, Z Podolyák - The European Physical Journal A, 2024 - Springer
Heavy neutron-rich nuclei are of great interest. Phenomena like shell evolution (N∼ 126,
Z∼ 82), prolate–triaxial–oblate–spherical shape evolution (Z= 70–80), possible deformed …

Multi-neutron-hole and core-excited configurations of isomeric states near the doubly-magic Pb

SK Tandel - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2024 - Springer
The region of the nuclear chart with atomic number Z= 80–83 (Hg-Bi) and neutron number
N= 118–126, which is the subject of many recent investigations, has revealed the presence …