In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of Cr62,64

The region of neutron-rich Cr isotopes has garnered much attention in recent years due to a rapid onset of collectivity near neutron number N=40. We report here on the first γ-ray spectroscopy beyond the (41+) state in Cr62,64, using nucleon removal reactions from several projectiles within a rare-i...

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Authors: Gade, A., Janssens, R. V. F., Bazin, D., Farris, P., Hill, A. M., Lenzi, S. M., Li, J., Little, D., Longfellow, B., Nowacki, F., Poves Paredes, Alfredo, Rhodes, D., Tostevin, J. A., Weisshaar, D.
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repository:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/705234
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/705234
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.014314
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Shell Model
Neutrons
Nucleons
Física
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Summary:The region of neutron-rich Cr isotopes has garnered much attention in recent years due to a rapid onset of collectivity near neutron number N=40. We report here on the first γ-ray spectroscopy beyond the (41+) state in Cr62,64, using nucleon removal reactions from several projectiles within a rare-isotope beam cocktail. A candidate for the 6+ state in Cr64 is presented as well as one for, possibly, the second excited 0+ state in Cr62. The results are discussed in comparison to the LNPS shell-model predictions that allow for neutron excitations across the N=40 harmonic oscillator gap into the g9/2 and d5/2 orbitals. The calculated level schemes for Cr62,64 reveal intriguing collective structures. From the predicted neutron particle-hole character of the low-lying states in these Cr isotopes, Cr62 emerges as a transitional system on the path to the center of the N=40 island of inversion