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Nies L, Canete L, Dao DD, Giraud S, Kankainen A, Lunney D, Nowacki F, Bastin B, Stryjczyk M, Ascher P, Blaum K, Cakirli RB, Eronen T, Fischer P, Flayol M, Girard Alcindor V, Herlert A, Jokinen A, Khanam A, Köster U, Lange D, Moore ID, Müller M, Mougeot M, Nesterenko DA, Penttilä H, Petrone C, Pohjalainen I, de Roubin A, Rubchenya V, Schweiger C, Schweikhard L, Vilen M, Äystö J. Further Evidence for Shape Coexistence in ^{79}Zn^{m} near Doubly Magic ^{78}Ni. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:222503. [PMID: 38101393 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.222503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
Abstract
Isomers close to doubly magic _{28}^{78}Ni_{50} provide essential information on the shell evolution and shape coexistence near the Z=28 and N=50 double shell closure. We report the excitation energy measurement of the 1/2^{+} isomer in _{30}^{79}Zn_{49} through independent high-precision mass measurements with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap and with the ISOLTRAP multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer. We unambiguously place the 1/2^{+} isomer at 942(10) keV, slightly below the 5/2^{+} state at 983(3) keV. With the use of state-of-the-art shell-model diagonalizations, complemented with discrete nonorthogonal shell-model calculations which are used here for the first time to interpret shape coexistence, we find low-lying deformed intruder states, similar to other N=49 isotones. The 1/2^{+} isomer is interpreted as the bandhead of a low-lying deformed structure akin to a predicted low-lying deformed band in ^{80}Zn, and points to shape coexistence in ^{79,80}Zn similar to the one observed in ^{78}Ni. The results make a strong case for confirming the claim of shape coexistence in this key region of the nuclear chart.
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Affiliation(s)
- L Nies
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7X5, United Kingdom
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- GANIL, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- GANIL, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3-Université, CNRS/IN2P3, LP2I Bordeaux, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3-Université, CNRS/IN2P3, LP2I Bordeaux, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- FAIR GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 43, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- IFIN-HH, P.O. Box MG-6, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics, Accelerator laboratory, P.O. Box 35(YFL), FI-40014, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Byron W, Harrington H, Taylor RJ, DeGraw W, Buzinsky N, Dodson B, Fertl M, García A, Garvey G, Graner B, Guigue M, Hayen L, Huyan X, Khaw KS, Knutsen K, McClain D, Melconian D, Müller P, Novitski E, Oblath NS, Robertson RGH, Rybka G, Savard G, Smith E, Stancil DD, Sternberg M, Storm DW, Swanson HE, Tedeschi JR, VanDevender BA, Wietfeldt FE, Young AR, Zhu X. First Observation of Cyclotron Radiation from MeV-Scale e^{±} following Nuclear β Decay. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:082502. [PMID: 37683153 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.082502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
Abstract
We present an apparatus for detection of cyclotron radiation yielding a frequency-based β^{±} kinetic energy determination in the 5 keV to 2.1 MeV range, characteristic of nuclear β decays. The cyclotron frequency of the radiating β particles in a magnetic field is used to determine the β energy precisely. Our work establishes the foundation to apply the cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy (CRES) technique, developed by the Project 8 Collaboration, far beyond the 18-keV tritium endpoint region. We report initial measurements of β^{-}'s from ^{6}He and β^{+}'s from ^{19}Ne decays to demonstrate the broadband response of our detection system and assess potential systematic uncertainties for β spectroscopy over the full (MeV) energy range. To our knowledge, this is the first direct observation of cyclotron radiation from individual highly relativistic β's in a waveguide. This work establishes the application of CRES to a variety of nuclei, opening its reach to searches for new physics beyond the TeV scale via precision β-decay measurements.
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- W Byron
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Physics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Institute for Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
- Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
- Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
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- Physics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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