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Reddening map around ? Orionis
1990
uvbyβ photometry has been done for early-type stars in the surroundings of the shell star α Ori. The reddening maps show the presence of irregularly distributed absorbing material.
Synthesis of low density foam shells for inertial confinement fusion experiments
2011
This work deals with the fabrication process of low density foam shells and the sharp control of their shape (diameter, thickness, density, sphericity, non-concentricity). During this PhD we focused on the non-concentricity criterion which has to be lower than 1%. The shells are synthesized using a microencapsulation process leading to a double emulsion and followed by a thermal polymerization at 60°C. According to the literature, three major parameters, the density of the three phases, the deformations of the shells along the process and the kinetics of the polymerization have a direct influence on the shells non-concentricity. The results obtained showed that when the density gap between …
Solar neutrino detection in liquid xenon detectors via charged-current scattering to excited states
2020
We investigate the prospects for real-time detection of solar neutrinos via the charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering process in liquid xenon time projection chambers. We use a nuclear shell model, benchmarked with experimental data, to calculate the cross sections for populating specific excited states of the caesium nuclei produced by neutrino capture on $^{131}$Xe and $^{136}$Xe. The shell model is further used to compute the decay schemes of the low-lying $1^{+}$ excited states of $^{136}$Cs, for which there is sparse experimental data. We explore the possibility of tagging the characteristic de-excitation $\gamma$-rays/conversion electrons using two techniques: spatial separation…
High-Statistics Sub-Barrier Coulomb Excitation of $^{106,108,110}$Sn
2020
International audience; A Coulomb excitation campaign on $^{106,108,110}$Sn at 4.4–4.5 MeV/u was launched at the HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN. Larger excitation cross sections and γ-ray statistics were achieved compared to previous experiments at ∼2.8 MeV/u. More precise $(B(E2;0_{1}^{ + } \to 2_{1}^{ + }))$ values, lifetimes of states via the Doppler shift attenuation method, and new $(B(E2;0_{1}^{ + } \to 2_{x}^{ + })), (B(E2;2_{1}^{ + } \to 4_{1}^{ + }))$ and $(Q(2_{1}^{ + }))$ values from the new Miniball data will be obtained and applied to test modern nuclear structure theories.
gA -driven shapes of electron spectra of forbidden β decays in the nuclear shell model
2017
The evolution of the shape of the electron spectra of 16 forbidden ${\ensuremath{\beta}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ decays as a function of ${g}_{\mathrm{A}}$ was studied using the nuclear shell model in appropriate single-particle model spaces with established, well-tested nuclear Hamiltonians. The $\ensuremath{\beta}$ spectra of $^{94}\mathrm{Nb}({6}^{+})\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}^{94}\mathrm{Mo}({4}^{+})$ and $^{98}\mathrm{Tc}({6}^{+})\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}^{98}\mathrm{Ru}({4}^{+})$ were found to depend strongly on ${g}_{\mathrm{A}}$, which makes them excellent candidates for the determination of the effective value of ${g}_{\mathrm{A}}$ wit…
Second-forbidden nonunique β− decays of Na24 and Cl36 assessed by the nuclear shell model
2020
We have performed a systematic study of the $logft$ values, shape factors, and electron spectra for the second-forbidden nonunique ${\ensuremath{\beta}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ decays of $^{24}\mathrm{Na}({4}^{+})\ensuremath{\rightarrow}^{24}\mathrm{Mg}({2}^{+})$ and $^{36}\mathrm{Cl}({2}^{+}){\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}^{36}\mathrm{Ar}({0}^{+})$ transitions under the framework of the nuclear shell model. We have performed the shell model calculations in the $sd$ model space, using more recent microscopic effective interactions such as Daejeon16, chiral N3LO, and JISP16. These interactions are derived from the no-core shell model wave functions using Okubo-Lee-Suzuki transformation. For comparison,…
Excited states in Ra217 populated in the α decay of Th221
2020
Fine structure in the α decay of Th90221, populating excited states in Ra88217, was studied using αγ-coincidence spectroscopy. Two α-decay branches from Th221 have been newly observed, with Eα(keV)[bα(%)]=7951(8)[0.14(3)] and 8247(3)[1.51(12)], together with three previously known branches. Also, two new states in Ra217 were identified at E = 177 and 227 keV. The ground-state configurations of the odd-A, N = 131 transitional isotones above Pb208 are interpreted from their α-decay fine structure systematics and considered in terms of predictions using spherical shell and reflection-asymmetric models.
The $T_{z} = \pm 1 \to 0$ and $\pm 2 \to \pm 1$ Mirror Gamow--Teller Transitions in $pf$-shell Nuclei
2016
Gamow–Teller (GT) transitions are the most common weak-interaction processes in the Universe. They play important roles in various processes of nucleosynthesis, for example, in the rapid proton-capture process (rp-process). In the pf-shell region, the rp-process runs through neutron-deficient nuclei with Tz = −2, −1, and 0 mainly by means of GT and Fermi transitions, where Tz is the z component of isospin T defined by Tz = (N − Z)∕2. Under the assumption of isospin symmetry, mirror nuclei with reversed Z and N numbers, and thus with opposite signs of Tz, have the same structure. Therefore, symmetry is also expected for the GT transitions starting from and ending up in mirror nuclei. We have…
Stability ofS50100n50Deduced from Excited States inC4899d51
1996
Excited states of neutron deficient nuclei close to Sn-100 were investigated in an in-beam spectroscopic experiment using the NORDBALL detector array. Excited states in Cd-99 were identified for the first time. The measured half-life of an isomeric state in Cd-99 indicates that the stability with respect to quadrupole shape changes is as large in Sn-100 as for other heavy doubly magic nuclei.
Shell-Structure and Pairing Interaction in Superheavy Nuclei: Rotational Properties of theZ=104NucleusRf256
2012
The rotational band structure of the $Z=104$ nucleus $^{256}\mathrm{Rf}$ has been observed up to a tentative spin of $20\ensuremath{\hbar}$ using state-of-the-art $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray spectroscopic techniques. This represents the first such measurement in a superheavy nucleus whose stability is entirely derived from the shell-correction energy. The observed rotational properties are compared to those of neighboring nuclei and it is shown that the kinematic and dynamic moments of inertia are sensitive to the underlying single-particle shell structure and the specific location of high-$j$ orbitals. The moments of inertia therefore provide a sensitive test of shell structure and pairing i…