Laser spectroscopy for the study of exotic nuclei

XF Yang, SJ Wang, SG Wilkins, RFG Ruiz - Progress in Particle and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigation into the properties and structure of unstable nuclei far from stability is a key
avenue of research in modern nuclear physics. These efforts are motivated by the continual …

An experimental view on shape coexistence in nuclei

PE Garrett, M Zielińska, E Clément - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear shape coexistence is the phenomenon in which distinct shapes occur within the
same nucleus and at a similar energy. In this work, we provide an overview of the …

Laser Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Isotopes: Illuminating the Kink and Odd-Even Staggering in Charge Radii across the Shell Closure

T Day Goodacre, AV Afanasjev, AE Barzakh, BA Marsh… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The mean-square charge radii of Hg 207, 208 (Z= 80, N= 127, 128) have been studied for
the first time and those of Hg 202, 203, 206 (N= 122, 123, 126) remeasured by the …

Large shape staggering in neutron-deficient Bi isotopes

A Barzakh, AN Andreyev, C Raison, JG Cubiss… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The changes in the mean-square charge radius (relative to Bi 209), magnetic dipole, and
electric quadrupole moments of Bi 187, 188, 189, 191 were measured using the in-source …

Further Evidence for Shape Coexistence in near Doubly Magic

L Nies, L Canete, DD Dao, S Giraud, A Kankainen… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
Isomers close to doubly magic Ni 50 28 78 provide essential information on the shell
evolution and shape coexistence near the Z= 28 and N= 50 double shell closure. We report …

Charge radii in covariant density functional theory: A global view

UC Perera, AV Afanasjev, P Ring - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
A systematic global investigation of differential charge radii has been performed within the
CDFT framework for the first time. Theoretical results obtained with conventional covariant …

Deformation versus sphericity in the ground states of the lightest gold isotopes

JG Cubiss, AN Andreyev, AE Barzakh, P Van Duppen… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
The changes in mean-squared charge radii of neutron-deficient gold nuclei have been
determined using the in-source, resonance-ionization laser spectroscopy technique, at the …

Skyrme–Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh: II. Time-reversal symmetry breaking

W Ryssens, G Scamps, S Goriely, M Bender - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Models based on nuclear energy density functionals can provide access to a
multitude of observables for thousands of nuclei in a single framework with microscopic …

Structural trends in atomic nuclei from laser spectroscopy of tin

DT Yordanov, LV Rodríguez, DL Balabanski… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Tin is the chemical element with the largest number of stable isotopes. Its complete proton
shell, comparable with the closed electron shells in the chemically inert noble gases, is not a …

Underlying structure of collective bands and self-organization in quantum systems

T Otsuka, Y Tsunoda, T Abe, N Shimizu… - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
The underlying structure of low-lying collective bands of atomic nuclei is discussed from a
novel perspective on the interplay between single-particle and collective degrees of …