Journal Articles Physical Review Letters Year : 2007

Observation of isomeric decays in the $r$-Process waiting-point nucleus $^{130}Cd_{82}$

A. Jungclaus
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M. Pfützner
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S. Piétri
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E. Werner-Malento
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F. Nowacki
A. Poves
D. Rudolph
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Z. Podolyak
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P. H. Regan
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P. Detistov
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S. Lalkovski
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V. Modamio
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J. Walker
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K. Andgren
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J. Benlliure
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G. Benzoni
A. M. Bruce
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E. Casarejos
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B. Cederwall
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F. C. L. Crespi
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B. Hadinia
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M. Hellström
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G. Ilie
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J. Jolie
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A. Khaplanov
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M. Kmiecik
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R. Kumar
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A. Maj
S. Mandal
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S. Myalski
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S. J. Steer
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O. Wieland
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Abstract

The $\gamma$ decay of excited states in the waiting-point nucleus 130Cd82 has been observed for the first time. An 8+ two-quasiparticle isomer has been populated both in the fragmentation of a 136Xe beam as well as in projectile fission of 238U, making 130Cd the most neutron-rich N=82 isotone for which information about excited states is available. The results, interpreted using state-of-the-art nuclear shell-model calculations, show no evidence of an N=82 shell quenching at Z=48. They allow us to follow nuclear isomerism throughout a full major neutron shell from 98Cd50 to 130Cd82 and reveal, in comparison with 76Ni48 one major proton shell below, an apparently abnormal scaling of nuclear two-body interactions.

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in2p3-00195148 , version 1 (10-12-2007)

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A. Jungclaus, L. Caceres, M. Gorska, M. Pfützner, S. Piétri, et al.. Observation of isomeric decays in the $r$-Process waiting-point nucleus $^{130}Cd_{82}$. Physical Review Letters, 2007, 99, pp.132501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.132501⟩. ⟨in2p3-00195148⟩
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