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Cadmium mass measurements between the neutron shell closures at N=50 and 82
2010
International audience; The mass values of the neutron-deficient cadmium isotopes 99−109Cd and of the neutronrich isotopes 114,120,122−124,126,128Cd have been measured using ISOLTRAP. The behavior of the separation energies of the cadmium isotopes from N = 50 to 82 is discussed.
On-line yields obtained with the ISOLDE RILIS
2003
The ISOLDE resonance ionization laser ion source (RILIS) allows to ionize efficiently and selectively many metallic elements. In recent yield surveys and on-line experiments with the ISOLDE RILIS we observed 23–34 Mg, 26–34 Al, 98–132 Cd, 149 Tb, 155–177 Yb, 179–200 Tl, 183–215 Pb and 188–218 Bi. The obtained yields are presented together with measured release parameters which allow to extrapolate the release efficiency towards more exotic (short-lived) nuclides of the same elements. 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Promptγ-ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich124Cd
2013
Prompt γ -ray spectroscopy of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes has been performed. The nuclei of interest have been populated via a 25-MeV, proton-induced fission of the 238 U thick target and prompt γ -rays measured using the multi-detector HPGe array JUROGAM II. New high-spin decays have been observed and placed in the level scheme using triple coincidence gates. The experimental results are compared to shell-model calculations and show good agreement.
Systematic study of low-spin states in even Cd nuclei.
1992
Low-lying low-spin collective states in even $^{106\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}112}\mathrm{Cd}$ and $^{116}\mathrm{Cd}$ were investigated using in-beam and off-beam \ensuremath{\gamma}-ray and conversion-electron spectroscopy. New spin assignments and decay branching ratios for the levels in $^{106}\mathrm{Cd}$, $^{108}\mathrm{Cd}$, $^{110}\mathrm{Cd}$, and $^{112}\mathrm{Cd}$ were obtained. The present results essentially complement the level systematics from $^{106}\mathrm{Cd}$ to $^{120}\mathrm{Cd}$. From the new data, it is inferred that two sets of low-lying ${0}^{+}$ states having different excitation characteristics cross between $^{114}\mathrm{Cd}$ and $^{116}\mathrm{Cd}$. No correspondi…
First Glimpse of the N=82 Shell Closure below Z=50 from Masses of Neutron-Rich Cadmium Isotopes and Isomers
2020
We probe the $N=82$ nuclear shell closure by mass measurements of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer at ISOLDE-CERN. The new mass of $^{132}\mathrm{Cd}$ offers the first value of the $N=82$, two-neutron shell gap below $Z=50$ and confirms the phenomenon of mutually enhanced magicity at $^{132}\mathrm{Sn}$. Using the recently implemented phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance method, the ordering of the low-lying isomers in $^{129}\mathrm{Cd}$ and their energies are determined. The new experimental findings are used to test large-scale shell-model, mean-field, and beyond-mean-field calculations, as well as the ab initio valence-space in-medium similarity renormalizat…
Medium-spin structure of neutron-rich Pd and Cd isotopes
2003
Cadmium isotopes are traditionally considered as good examples of nearly spherical, vibrational nuclei, which can be described by quadrupole vibrators in the collective model, as well as the U(5) dynamical symmetry in the interacting boson model (IBM). However, the shape coexistence of more deformed intruder states originating from proton 2p–4h excitation across the Z = 50 major shell is another interesting structural aspect, whose presence in Pd-isotopes has also been demonstrated [1,2].
Approaching theN=82shell closure with mass measurements of Ag and Cd isotopes
2010
Mass measurements of neutron-rich Cd and Ag isotopes were performed with the Penning trap mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP. The masses of ${}^{112,114\ensuremath{-}124}$Ag and ${}^{114,120,122\ensuremath{-}124,126,128}$Cd, determined with relative uncertainties between $2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}8}$ and $2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}7}$, resulted in significant corrections and improvements of the mass surface. In particular, the mass of $^{124}\mathrm{Ag}$ was previously unknown. In addition, other masses that had to be inferred from $Q$ values of nuclear decays and reactions have now been measured directly. The analysis includes various mass…
Possible detection of the doubleβ+/electron-capture decay
1993
The two-neutrino double [beta] decay matrix elements of [sup 58]Ni, [sup 96]Ru, [sup 106]Cd, and [sup 136]Ce are calculated in the framework of the quasiparticle random phase approximation and the corresponding double [beta][sup +]/electron-capture (EC) decay ([beta][sup +][beta][sup +]/[beta][sup +]EC/ECEC) half-lives are estimated. The calculated ground-state-to-ground-state half-lives range from 3.9[times]10[sup 23] to 6.4[times]10[sup 19] yr indicating that the double [beta][sup +]/EC decay could, in principle, be detected using currently known experimental techniques.
Discovery of the proton emitting nucleus $^{159}$Re
2007
Fund. para Cienc. Tecnol., FCT, Minist. Cienc. Tecnol.;Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian;Fundacao Luso-Americana
Selective laser ionization of very neutron-rich cadmium isotopes: Decay properties of131Cd83and132Cd84
2000
A chemically selective laser ion source has been applied in a decay study of the very neutron-rich isotopes ${}^{131}\mathrm{Cd}$ and ${}^{132}\mathrm{Cd}$ at CERN/ISOLDE. For the ${\ensuremath{\beta}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ decay of the $N=83$ nuclide ${}^{131}\mathrm{Cd}$ a surprisingly short half-life of $(68\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3)$ ms and a weak delayed-neutron branch of ${P}_{n}=(3.5\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.0)%$ were observed. For the $N=84$ nuclide ${}^{132}\mathrm{Cd}$ a half-life of $(97\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}10)$ ms and a ${P}_{n}$ value of $(60\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}15)%$ were obtained. Schematic features of both decay schemes are developed. We find that our new d…