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Lifetime measurements probing triple shape coexistence in 175Au
Tuomas GrahnDepartment of Physics
University of Jyväskylä
The 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
San Antonio, TX
27 May-1 June 2012
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Outline
Introduction – shape coexistence RDDS lifetime measurements with the JUROGAM
γ-ray spectrometer at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä.
Results – evidence of triple shape coexistence in the odd-A nucleus 175Au.
Outlook – collectivity in the neutron-deficient Pb region.
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Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä - National Infrastructure status in Finland and Centre of Excellence status 2012-2017 of the Academy of Finland.
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Shape coexistence
A given atomic nucleus can exhibit eigenstates with different shapes, in most cases with similar binding energies.
Unique to finite-body quantum system. `Shape coexistence in nuclei is a remarkable
phenomenon that has evolved into a widespread feature that may occur in nearly all nuclei.´ - K. Heyde and J. L. Wood Rev. Mod. Phys. 83 1467 (2011).
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Shape coexistence around Z=82 and N=104
Different shapes of an atomic nucleus (spherical, prolate, oblate…) coexist at similar excitation energies.
Large valence particle space residual quadrupole-⇒
quadrupole interaction drives the system into deformation.
Unique laboratory to study shape coexistence, accessible by fusion-evaporation reactions and tagging techniques (JYFL) ⇒lifetime (plunger) measurements. T. Grahn et al., Nucl. Phys. A 801, 83 (2008)
Superdeformed
Oblate Prolate
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JUROGAM II24+15 Ge+BGO detectors, eff. 6%RITU
Gas-filled recoil
separator,
transmission 20-50%
GREATFocal plane spectrometer
TDRTotal Data Readout, triggerless data acquisition system with 10 ns time stamping
Tagging instrumentation at JYFL
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Recoil-Decay Tagging (RDT) method
Beam from K130 cyclotron
JUROGAM Ge-detector array
RITU recoil separator
GREAT spectrometer
GREAT DSSD
Power of the method: recoiling evaporation residue and its subsequent characteristic decay can be observed ⇒provides unique tag for the prompt radiation.
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Lifetime measurements at JYFL Recoil distance Doppler-shift (RDDS)
lifetime measurements (plunger). Combined with selective recoil-decay
tagging method.
DPUNS plunger device commissioned May 2012.
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175Au RDDS experiment
Yrast states previously identified [F. G. Kondev et al., Phys.
Lett. B 512, 268 (2001)]. Proposed oblate-
prolate shape coexistence with the spherical alpha-decaying 11/2- state.
t1/2 = 139 (2) ms
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175Au RDDS experiment
Stable heavy-ion 86Sr beam from Jyväskylä K130 cyclotron at 401 MeV.
92Mo 1 mg/cm2 target, 1 mg/cm2 degrader foil in the Köln plunger device ⇒v/c = 4.4%.
RDT singles γ-ray spectra Ten target to degrader
distances ranging from 3 μm to 3000 μm.
H. Watkins et al., PRC 84, 051203(R) (2011).
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175Au RDDS experiment
Data analysed using differential decay-curve method (DDCM).
Mean lifetimes τ extracted for the 17/2+, 21/2+ and 25/2+ states.
Iπ = 17/2+
Constructed from singles RDT γ-ray spectra, recorded with ten JUROGAM Ge-detectors at 134°.
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Transition probabilities in 175Au
τ = 300-11000 ps
τ = 44(4) ps
τ = 11(2) ps
τ = 7(2) ps
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Transition duadrupole moments in the neutron-deficient Pb region
oblate
prolate
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Conclusions
The lifetimes of the low-lying yrast states in 175Au have been measured using the RDDS method at the University of Jyväskylä.
Evidence for a triad of coexisting shapes at low spin. Collective prolate shape, based on an i13/2 odd-proton
configuration, is stabilised at high spin. Constraints for the B(E1) value from the 13/2+ state
indicates a non-collective single-particle transition.
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Outlook
The DPUNS plunger device– Based on the Köln plunger design, constructed by University
of Manchester.– Can operate in He of RITU differential pumping.⇒– Commissioned in May 2012.– Dedicated instrument for recoil separators RITU and MARA
(under construction).
Complementary transition probability studies at CERN-ISOLDE and JYFL.
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In collaboration with:
Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of LiverpoolInstitut fü̈' r Kernphysik, Universität zu KölnInstitut fü̈r Kernphysik, TU DarmstadtPhysik-Department E12,TU Mü̈nchenSTFC Daresbury LaboratorySchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of ManchesterInstitute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences