0000000001085418
AUTHOR
L. Crespo Campo
Experimental observation of the M1 scissors mode in $^{254}No$
Physics letters / B 834, 137479 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137479
Experimental Neutron Capture Rate Constraint Far from Stability
Nuclear reactions where an exotic nucleus captures a neutron are critical for a wide variety of applications, from energy production and national security, to astrophysical processes, and nucleosynthesis. Neutron capture rates are well constrained near stable isotopes where experimental data are available; however, moving far from the valley of stability, uncertainties grow by orders of magnitude. This is due to the complete lack of experimental constraints, as the direct measurement of a neutron-capture reaction on a short-lived nucleus is extremely challenging. Here, we report on the first experimental extraction of a neutron capture reaction rate on ^{69}Ni, a nucleus that is five neutro…