Position resolution of the prototype AGATA triple-cluster detector from an in-beam experiment

AGATA belongs to a new generation of gamma-ray detector arrays for nuclear spectroscopy at present in its final stage of development. The detectors of these new arrays will be based on 36-fold electronically segmented coaxial germanium diodes operated in position sensitive mode. An in-beam test of the AGATA prototype triple cluster detector was carried out with the purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of such detectors and in order to measure the most sensitive parameters for their overall performance. An inverse kinematics reaction was performed, using a (48)Ti beam at an energy of 100MeV, impinging on a deuterated titanium tat-get. The results from the analysis of the experimental dat…

β decay of the nuclei 60Ga (Tz=−1), 62Ga, and 70Br (Tz=0)

Very high rotational frequencies and band termination in73Br

Rotational bands in ${}^{73}\mathrm{Br}$ have been investigated up to spins of $I=65/2$ using the EUROBALL III spectrometer. One of the negative-parity bands displays the highest rotational frequency $\ensuremath{\Elzxh}\ensuremath{\omega}=1.85\mathrm{MeV}$ reported to date in nuclei with $Ag~25.$ At high frequencies, the experimental ${\mathcal{J}}^{(2)}$ dynamic moment of inertia for all bands decreases to very low values, ${\mathcal{J}}^{(2)}l~10{\ensuremath{\Elzxh}}^{2}{\mathrm{MeV}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}.$ The bands are described in the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson--Strutinsky model. The calculations indicate that one of the negative-parity bands is observed up to its terminatin…

Very high rotational frequencies and band termination in 73Br

Rotational bands in 73Br have been investigated up to spins of 65/2 using the EUROBALL III spectrometer. One of the negative-parity bands displays the highest rotational frequency 1.85 MeV reported to date in nuclei with mass number greater than 25. At high frequencies, the experimental dynamic moment of inertia for all bands decrease to very low values, indicating a loss of collectivity. The bands are described in the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky model. The calculations indicate that one of the negative-parity bands is observed up to its terminating single-particle state at spin 63/2. This result establishes the first band termination case in the A = 70 mass region.

Very high rotational frequencies and band termination in 73Br

Rotational bands in 73Br have been investigated up to spins of 65/2 using the EUROBALL III spectrometer. One of the negative-parity bands displays the highest rotational frequency 1.85 MeV reported to date in nuclei with mass number greater than 25. At high frequencies, the experimental dynamic moment of inertia for all bands decrease to very low values, indicating a loss of collectivity. The bands are described in the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky model. The calculations indicate that one of the negative-parity bands is observed up to its terminating single-particle state at spin 63/2. This result establishes the first band termination case in the A = 70 mass region.