Do nuclei go pear-shaped? Coulomb excitation of Rn-220 and Ra-224 at REX-ISOLDE (CERN)

M. Scheck, L. P. Gaffney, P. A. Butler, A. B. Hayes, F. Wenander, M. Albers, B. Bastin, C. Bauer, A. Blazhev, S. Boenig, N. Bree, Joakim Cederkäll, T. Chupp, D. Cline, T. E. Cocolios, T. Davinson, H. De Witte, J. Diriken, T. Grahn, A. HerzanM. Huyse, D. G. Jenkins, D. T. Joss, N. Kesteloot, J. Konki, M. Kowalczyk, Th. Kroell, E. Kwan, R. Lutter, K. Moschner, P. Napiorkowski, J. Pakarinen, M. Pfeiffer, D. Radeck, P. Reiter, K. Reynders, S. V. Rigby, L. M. Robledo, M. Rudigier, S. Sambi, M. Seidlitz, B. Siebeck, T. Stora, P. Thoele, P. Van Duppen, M. J. Vermeulen, M. von Schmid, D. Voulot, N. Warr, K. Wimmer, K. Wrzosek-Lipska, C. Y. Wu, M. Zielinska

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    Abstract

    The IS475 collaboration conducted Coulomb-excitation experiments with post-accelerated radioactive Rn-220 and Ra-224 beams at the REX-ISOLDE facility. The beam particles (E-beam: 2.83 MeV/u) were Coulomb excited using Ni-60, Cd-14, and Sn-120 scattering targets. De-excitation gamma-rays were detected employing the Miniball array and scattered particles were detected in a silicon detector. Exploiting the Coulomb-excitation code GOSIA for each nucleus several matrix elements could be obtained from the measured gamma-ray yields. The extracted < 3 parallel to E3 parallel to 0(+)> matrix element allows for the conclusion that, while Rn-220 represents an octupole vibrational system, Ra-224 has already substantial octupole correlations in its ground state. This finding has i(m)plications for the search of CP-violating Schiff moments in the atomic systems of the adjacent odd-mass nuclei.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCgs15 - Capture Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics
    PublisherEDP Sciences
    Pages01038
    Volume93
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Event15th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS) - Dresden, GERMANY
    Duration: 2014 Aug 252014 Aug 29

    Publication series

    Name
    Volume93
    ISSN (Print)2100-014X
    ISSN (Electronic)2101-6275

    Conference

    Conference15th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS)
    Period2014/08/252014/08/29

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

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