J. R. Brown

Isomeric mirror states as probes for effective charges in the lower pf shell

Following the fragmentation of a 550 MeV u −1 primary beam of 58 Ni, timeand energy-correlated γ decays from isomeric states in neutron-deficient nuclei in the 1f7/2 shell have been identified using the GSI fragment separator in combination with the RISING Ge-detector array. The results on isomers in the mirror pairs 43 Ti 21 – 43 Sc 22 (I π = 3/2 + and 19/2 − ), 45 Cr 21 – 45 Sc 24 (I π = 3/2 + ) and 45V22– 45Ti23 (I π = 3/2 − ) are discussed in the framework of large scale

Re-examining the transition into the N = 20 island of inversion: Structure of 30Mg

Abstract Intermediate energy single-neutron removal from 31Mg has been employed to investigate the transition into the N = 20 island of inversion. Levels up to 5 MeV excitation energy in 30Mg were populated and spin-parity assignments were inferred from the corresponding longitudinal momentum distributions and γ-ray decay scheme. Comparison with eikonal-model calculations also permitted spectroscopic factors to be deduced. Surprisingly, the 0 2 + level in 30Mg was found to have a strength much weaker than expected in the conventional picture of a predominantly 2 p − 2 h intruder configuration having a large overlap with the deformed 31Mg ground state. In addition, negative parity levels were identified for the first time in 30Mg, one of which is located at low excitation energy. The results are discussed in the light of shell-model calculations employing two newly developed approaches with markedly different descriptions of the structure of 30Mg. It is concluded that the cross-shell effects in the region of the island of inversion at Z = 12 are considerably more complex than previously thought and that n p − n h configurations play a major role in the structure of 30Mg.

First results from the stopped RISING campaign at GSI: The mapping of isomeric decays in highly exotic nuclei

The first results from the Stopped Beam RISING experimental campaign performed at the GSI laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany, are presented. RISING (Rare ISotope INvestigations at GSI) constitutes a major new experimental program in European nuclear structure physics research aimed at using relativistic‐energy, projectile‐fragmentation reactions to study nuclei with exotic proton‐to‐neutron ratios. This paper introduces the physics aims of the Stopped RISING collaboration and presents some technical details and initial results from experiments using the RISING array to study decays from metastable nuclear states in both proton and neutron‐rich nuclei.

RISING: Gamma‐ray Spectroscopy with Radioactive Beams at GSI

The Rare Isotope Spectroscopic INvestigation at GSI (RISING) project is a major pan‐European collaboration. Its physics aims are the studies of exotic nuclear matter with abnormal proton‐to‐neutron ratios compared with naturally occurring isotopes. RISING combines the FRagment Separator (FRS) which allows relativistic energies and projectile fragmentation reactions with EUROBALL Ge Cluster detectors for γ spectroscopic research. The RISING setup can be used in two different configurations. Either the nuclei of interest are investigated after being stopped or the heavy ions hit a secondary target at relativistic energies and the thereby occurring excitations are studied. For the latter case, MINIBALL Ge detectors and the HECTOR array are used in addition. Example achievements of the Fast Beam setup are presented and compared to various shell model calculations, while for the Stopped Beam setup initial results are shown.