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Study of medium-spin states of neutron-rich 87, 89, 91Rb isotopes
Excited states of the rubidium isotopes 3787, 89, 91Rb have been studied at the INFN Legnaro National Laboratory. Measurements of the \(\gamma\)γ-ray decay of fragments produced in binary grazing reactions resultin...
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Analyzing power of AGATA triple clusters for gamma-ray linear polarization
We have investigated the ability of AGATA triple clusters to measure the linear polarization of gamma rays, exploiting the azimuthal-angle dependence of the Compton scattering differential cross section. To th...
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Correction for hole trap** in AGATA detectors using pulse shape analysis
Data from the highly segmented High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors of the AGATA spectrometer show that segments are more sensitive to neutron damage than the central core contact. Calculations on the collec...
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Improved energy resolution of highly segmented HPGe detectors by noise reduction
Built-in redundancies in highly segmented high-purity Ge detectors are exploited to increase the energy resolution of these semiconductor devices for detection of electromagnetic radiation in the X-ray and γ-ray ...
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Open AccessElectromagnetic properties of vibrational bands in 170Er
Excited states of the nucleus 170Er have been studied by Coulomb excitation using the GASP \( \gamma\) -ray detector system at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. The ground-sta...
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Response function of the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA
The response function of the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA is studied via a Monte Carlo simulation that employs a ray tracing code to determine the trajectories of individual rays through the electromagnetic fi...
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Lifetime measurements of neutron-rich nuclei around 48Ca with the CLARA-PRISMA setup
The lifetimes of excited states in neutron-rich nuclei around the doubly-magic nucleus 48Ca have been measured using a novel technique that combines the Recoil Distance Doppler Shift method with the CLARA-PRISMA ...
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Nuclear spectroscopy near the proton drip line in the lanthanide region: The122La nucleus
Excited states in the very neutron-deficient122La nucleus have been established for the first time using the92Mo(40Ca, 2α1p1n) reaction at beam energies of 190 and 200MeV. The observed transitions were grouped in...
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Gamma spectroscopy of neutron-rich nuclei with the CLARA-PRISMA setup
The CLARA-PRISMA experimental set-up combines the large acceptance magnetic spectrometer for heavy ions PRISMA with the highly efficient CLARA array of 25 Clover detectors. Selected results on the structure o...
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The heavy-ion magnetic spectrometer PRISMA
PRISMA is a magnetic spectrometer installed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy) and designed for A=100–200, E=5–10 MeV-per-nucleon beams, and for possible use with the proposed radioactive beam facilit...
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Status of the Germanium Detector Array (GERDA) in the search of neutrinoless ββ decays of 76Ge at LNGS
The Germanium Detector Array (GERDA) in the search for neutrinoless ββ decays of 76Ge at LNGS will operate bare germanium diodes enriched in 76Ge in an (optional active) cryogenic fluid shield to investigate neut...
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Multinucleon transfer reactions studied with the heavy-ion magnetic spectrometer PRISMA
Recent inclusive measurements on multinucleon transfer reactions reveal important information on the interplay between single-particle and nucleon pair degrees of freedom. More detailed studies are being perfo...
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Observation of negative-parity high-spin states of 68As
The neutron-deficient nucleus 68As was populated at high spin in two experiments using the reaction 40Ca(32S, 3pn) at beam energies of 105 and 95 MeV. A self-supporting and a gold-backed, highly enriched 40Ca tar...
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Multinucleon transfer reactions studied with the heavy-ion magnetic spectrometer PRISMA
Recent inclusive measurements on multinucleon transfer reactions reveal important information on the interplay between single-particle and nucleon pair degrees of freedom. More detailed studies are being perfo...
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Emission of unbound 8Be and 12C * (0+2) clusters in compound nucleus reactions
We have studied the emission of light unbound clusters, 8Be and 12C * (0+2), in the reactions 18O + 13C →{31} Si →{23} Ne + 8Be and 28Si + 24Mg →{52} Fe →{40} Ca + 12C * (0+2). The γ-ray spectra obtained in coinc...
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Rotational bands in neutron-rich 160,161,162Ho
High-spin states in 160,161,162Ho have been populated in the reactions 158,160Gd(7Li, xn) at 56 MeV. In all three isotopes the known rotational bands have been extended to significantly higher spin. In 160 ...
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Spectroscopy of 40Ca and negative-parity bands
We have studied the reactions $^{28}\textrm{Si} + {}^{24}\textrm{Mg} \rightarrow {}^{52}\textrm{Fe}\rightarrow {}^{40}\textrm{Ca}^* + ...
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Lifetime measurements in 148Gd
Lifetimes of excited states in 148Gd were measured using the recoil distance method with a plunger device coupled to the EUROBALL Ge detector array. The differential decay curve method in coincidence mode allowed...
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Search for the Jacobi shape transition in light nuclei
The \(\gamma\) -rays following the reaction 105 MeV 18 O + 28 Si have be...
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Coupling a CLOVER detector array with the PRISMA magnetic spectrometer
Following the commissioning of the PRISMA large-acceptance spectrometer, installed at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), an international nuclear-structure collaboration has started to develop a large ...
