Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2009 APS April Meeting
Volume 54, Number 4
Saturday–Tuesday, May 2–5, 2009; Denver, Colorado
Session J3: Puzzles and Challenges Near Doubly Magic 100Sn, the Heaviest Self-Conjugate Nucleus |
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Sponsoring Units: DNP Chair: Rick Casten, Yale University Room: Plaza E |
Sunday, May 3, 2009 1:30PM - 2:06PM |
J3.00001: Measurement of the half-life of $^{100}$Sn Invited Speaker: The $\beta$-decay half-life of $^{100}$Sn has been measured at NSCL to be $0.55^{+0.70}_{-0.31}$~s [1]. The new half-life was deduced from a maximum likelihood analysis of decay chain events following 14 $^{100}$Sn implantation events. The precision of the present result is comparable with that previously reported [2] and the two independent determinations yield an adopted half-life value of $0.86^{+0.37}_{-0.20}$~s for the ground state of $^{100}$Sn. The $\beta$-decay properties of $^{100}$Sn are critical to address the quenching of Gamow-Teller strength in heavy nuclei and the termination of the rapid proton capture process via the Sn-Sb-Te cycle in powerful x-ray bursts. The impact of the present $^{100}$Sn half-life result and future opportunities in the study of heavy, $N \sim Z$ nuclei will be discussed. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grants PHY-06-06007 and PHY-02-16783.\\[4pt] [1] D.~Bazin {\it et al.}, Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett. {\bf 101}, 252501 (2008).\\[0pt] [2] K.~S\"{u}mmerer {\it et al.}, Nucl.\ Phys.\ {\bf A616}, 341 (1997). [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:06PM - 2:42PM |
J3.00002: Single-Neutron States in $^{101}$Sn populated via $\alpha$-decay Invited Speaker: The region of exotic nuclei around doubly-magic $^{100}$Sn is an important test-field for the nuclear shell model. A requirement for an accurate understanding of this nucleus and nearby higher mass nuclei is knowledge of single-particle energies, particularly the energy separation between the $\nu$d5/2 -$\nu$g7/2 orbitals. This information can be obtained by studying the low excitation energy states generated by the interactions between valence d5/2 and g7/2 neutrons in the odd-N Sn isotopes above $^{100}$Sn. In particular for the $^{100}$Sn region, the energy separation can be best extracted from the energy of the first excited state in $^{101}$Sn. In experiments performed at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility using sophisticated signal processing equipment we have studied the alpha-decay chain: $^{109}$Xe$\rightarrow^{105}$Te$\rightarrow^{101}$Sn. This decay chain has been observed to proceed through ground state to ground state transitions via pure alpha decay and also to proceed via alpha decay fine structure branches which subsequently depopulate via gamma-decay. The observation of coincidences between alpha-alpha and gamma signals has enabled us to unambiguously conclude that the first excited state in $^{101}$Sn is at an excitation energy of 172keV and that, surprisingly, the majority of the $\alpha$-decay branching ratio from $^{105}$Te populates the first excited state in $^{101}$Sn. We assert that these observations support assignment of a d5/2 neutron single particle character to the first excited state in $^{101}$Sn and a g7/2 character to the ground state, in stark contrast to previously held views on the structure of neutron-deficient Sn isotopes. Using the most recent parametrizations of the nucleon-nucleon potential, a set of realistic residual interactions has been derived (M. Hjorth-Jensen, this conference) which we have used in order to apply the shell model interpretation of the lowest excited states in this series of neutron deficient tin isotopes. The result of this approach is not only in agreement with the experimental result, but provides a clear explanation of the properties of heavier Sn isotopes. I shall present our experimental results and discuss the implications of them with regard to the properties of heavier tin isotopes. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, May 3, 2009 2:42PM - 3:18PM |
J3.00003: Shell-model interactions around $^{100}$Sn Invited Speaker: I will try to give an overview of different many-body approaches to nuclear structure problems around the doubly magic nucleus $^{100}$Sn. The many-body methods addressed are many-body perturbation theory combined with the nuclear shell-model, although new directions within various coupled-cluster theories will also be discussed. The emphasis rests however within an analysis that aims at uncovering the important physics, from the basic nuclear interactions entering the different many-body approaches to specific correlations and properties of selected nuclei. A critical look at the different methods with respect to their limits, strengths, applicability and reliability of the theoretical results will also be discussed. [Preview Abstract] |
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