Isospin Symmetry at High Spin Studied via Nucleon Knockout from Isomeric States

S. A. Milne, M. A. Bentley, E. C. Simpson, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, J. S. Berryman, A. M. Bruce, P. J. Davies, C. Aa Diget, A. Gade, T. W. Henry, H. Iwasaki, A. Lemasson, S. M. Lenzi, S. McDaniel, D. R. Napoli, A. J. Nichols, A. Ratkiewicz, L. Scruton, S. R. StrobergJ. A. Tostevin, D. Weisshaar, K. Wimmer, R. Winkler

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Abstract

One-neutron knockout reactions have been performed on a beam of radioactive Co53 in a high-spin isomeric state. The analysis is shown to yield a highly selective population of high-spin states in an exotic nucleus with a significant cross section, and hence represents a technique that is applicable to the planned new generation of fragmentation-based radioactive beam facilities. Additionally, the relative cross sections among the excited states can be predicted to a high level of accuracy when reliable shell-model input is available. The work has resulted in a new level scheme, up to the 11+ band-termination state, of the proton-rich nucleus Co52 (Z=27, N=25). This has in turn enabled a study of mirror energy differences in the A=52 odd-odd mirror nuclei, interpreted in terms of isospin-nonconserving (INC) forces in nuclei. The analysis demonstrates the importance of using a full set of J-dependent INC terms to explain the experimental observations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number082502
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume117
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2016

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