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- Assié, M., et al.
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Neutron correlations in 6He viewed through nuclear break-up
- 2009
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In: European Physical Journal A. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6001 .- 1434-601X. ; 42:3, s. 441-446
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The nuclear break-up of He-6 on a Pb-208 target was studied at 20 A MeV using a secondary beam of He-6 produced by the SPIRAL facility at GANIL. alpha-particles were detected in coincidence with two neutrons with a large angular coverage and the reaction mechanism was identified. From the distribution of the relative angles between the two neutrons the correlation function was extracted. It shows a strong correlation at small relative angles attributed to the contribution of the di-neutron configuration of He-6.
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- Assie, M., et al.
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Neutron correlations in 6He viewed through nuclear break-up
- 2010
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In: Modern Physics Letters A. - 0217-7323 .- 1793-6632. ; 25:21-23, s. 1846-1849
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Nuclear break-up as a tool to study neutron correlations is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. First a time dependent theory going beyond mean field has been developed and shows that correlations between nucleons can be probed through nuclear break-up. Secondly, nuclear break-up of He-6 on Pb-208 target was studied at 20 A.MeV using a secondary beam of He-6 produced by the SPIRAL facility at GANIL. From the correlation function, a strong contribution of the di-neutron configuration of He-6 is found.
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- Lemasson, A., et al.
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Pair and single neutron transfer with Borromean He-8
- 2011
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In: Physics Letters B. - : Elsevier BV. - 0370-2693 .- 1873-2445. ; 697:5, s. 454-458
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Direct observation of the survival of Au-199 residues after 2n transfer in the He-8 + Au-197 system and the absence of the corresponding Cu-67 in the He-8 + Cu-65 system at various energies are reported. The measurements of the surprisingly large cross sections for Au-199, coupled with the integral cross sections for the various Au residues, is used to obtain the first model-independent lower limits on the ratio of 2n to in transfer cross sections from He-8 to a heavy target. A comparison of the transfer cross sections for He-6.8 on these targets highlights the differences in the interactions of these Borromean nuclei. These measurements for the most neutron-rich nuclei on different targets highlight the need to probe the reaction mechanism with various targets and represent an experimental advance towards understanding specific features of pairing in the dynamics of dilute nuclear systems.
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- Chatterjee, A., et al.
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1n and 2n transfer with the borromean nucleus He-6 near the Coulomb barrier
- 2008
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In: Physical Review Letters. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 101:3, s. 032701-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Angular distributions for In and 2n transfer are reported for the He-6 + Cu-65 system at E-lab = 22.6 MeV. For the first time, triple coincidences between a particles, neutrons, and characteristic gamma rays from the targetlike residues were used to separate the contributions arising from In and 2n transfer. The differential cross sections for these channels, elastic scattering, and fusion were analyzed using a coupled reaction channels approach. The large measured ratio of the 2n-to-1n cross section and the strong influence of 2n transfer on other channels indicate that the dineutron configuration of He-6 plays a dominant role in the reaction mechanism.
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- Lemasson, A., et al.
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Reactions with the double-Borromean nucleus 8He
- 2010
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In: Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics. - 0556-2813 .- 1089-490X. ; 82:4, s. 044617-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Differential cross sections for elastic-scattering and neutron-transfer reactions along with cross sections for fusion in the He-8+Cu-65 system are reported at energies above the Coulomb barrier (E-lab = 19.9 and 30.6 MeV). The present work demonstrates the feasibility of using inclusive measurements of characteristic in-beam gamma rays with low-intensity (similar to 10(5) pps) radioactive ion beams to obtain the residue cross sections for fusion and neutron transfer. Exclusive measurements of gamma rays in coincidence with light charged particles have been used to further characterize the direct reactions induced by this double-Borromean nucleus. Coupled reaction channels calculations are used to illustrate the important role played by the transfer channels and to help in understanding the influence of the structure of He-8 on the reaction mechanism.
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- Anne, R., et al.
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Projectile Coulomb-Excitation with Fast Radioactive Beams
- 1995
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In: Zeitschrift fur Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. - 1431-5831 .- 0939-7922. ; 352:4, s. 397-401
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report a search for gamma rays emanating from Coulomb excitation of fast (30-46 MeV/u) radioactive projectiles He-8, Be-11,Be-12,Be-14 interacting with a lead target. These are clearly identified by their Doppler shift. The 320 keV 1/2(-) --> 1/2(+)gamma transition from Be-11 was observed with a cross-section of 191 +/- 26 mb which is noticeably less than expected from the known lifetime and in the perturbation limit of pure Coulomb excitation. In the other nuclei rather stringent upper limits of 0.01 to 0.2 Weisskopf units, are placed on the hypothetical transition to 1(-) states.
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- Aramburo, Luis R., et al.
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The Porosity, Acidity, and Reactivity of Dealuminated Zeolite ZSM-5 at the Single Particle Level : The Influence of the Zeolite Architecture
- 2011
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In: Chemistry - A European Journal. - : Wiley. - 0947-6539 .- 1521-3765. ; 17:49, s. 13773-13781
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM), high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), focused-ion-beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM), and UV/Vis and synchrotron-based IR microspectroscopy was used to investigate the dealumination processes of zeolite ZSM-5 at the individual crystal level. It was shown that steaming has a significant impact on the porosity, acidity, and reactivity of the zeolite materials. The catalytic performance, tested by the styrene oligomerization and methanol-to-olefin reactions, led to the conclusion that mild steaming conditions resulted in greatly enhanced acidity and reactivity of dealuminated zeolite ZSM-5. Interestingly, only residual surface mesoporosity was generated in the mildly steamed ZSM-5 zeolite, leading to rapid crystal coloration and coking upon catalytic testing and indicating an enhanced deactivation of the zeolites. In contrast, harsh steaming conditions generated 550 nm mesopores, extensively improving the accessibility of the zeolites. However, severe dealumination decreased the strength of the Bronsted acid sites, causing a depletion of the overall acidity, which resulted in a major drop in catalytic activity.
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- Charity, R. J., et al.
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Two-proton decay of the 6Be ground state and the double isobaric analog of 11Li
- 2013
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In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. - : IOP Publishing. - 1742-6588 .- 1742-6596. ; 420:1
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Two-proton decay is discussed in a number of light isobaric multiplets. For the lightest two-proton emitter, 6Be, the momentum correlations between the three decay products were measured and found to be consistent with quantum-mechanical three-cluster-model calculations. Two-proton decay was also found for two members of the A=8 and A=11 quintets. Finally, a third member of the A=11 sextet, the double isobaric analog of the halo nucleus 11Li in 11B was observed by its two-proton decay.
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- Keller, H., et al.
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Search for Forbidden Beta-Decays of the Drip-Line Nucleus Be-12
- 1994
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In: Zeitschrift fur Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. - 1431-5831 .- 0939-7922. ; 348:1, s. 61-62
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Beta-coincident gamma-rays have been measured from implanted pure samples of Be-12 separated at the LISE3 spectrometer at GANIL. An intensity of 0.040(26)% can be estimated for the branching ratio of the isospin forbidden pure-Fermi transition to the 0+ excited state of B-12 and of 0.008(6) % of the transition to the 1- excited state. Both are taken to represent upper limits. The halflife has been re-measured to be 26.1(2.4) ms.
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- Labrador-Páez, Lucia, et al.
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pH dependence of water anomaly temperature investigated by Eu(III) cryptate luminescence
- 2020
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In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1618-2642 .- 1618-2650. ; 412:1, s. 73-80
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Although water has been extensively studied, not all of its unique properties have been fully understood. There is still controversy about the temperature at which hydrogen bonds are broken or weakened, producing the anomalous temperature dependence of many water properties. Different temperatures between 23 and 48 °C have been reported, but no study has scrutinized the reasons for this discrepancy. We suggest the determining role of pH in the alteration of the water anomaly temperature. We employed a luminescent europium trisbipyridine cryptate, which is highly sensitive to changes in the arrangement of water molecules and whose luminescence intensity and lifetime are not significantly influenced by variations over a broad pH range. Our results revealed an increase of the crossover temperature from circa 35 °C at pH 3.5 to circa 45 °C at pH 7 to 9, which explains the discrepancies of previous studies. The pH dependence of water anomaly temperature is an important property for a better understanding of water and water-based systems and applications.
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- Llewellyn, R. D. O., et al.
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Establishing the Maximum Collectivity in Highly Deformed N = Z Nuclei
- 2020
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In: Physical Review Letters. - : American Physical Society. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 124:15
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The lifetimes of the first excited 2(+) states in the N = Z nuclei Zr-80, Y-78, and Sr-76 have been measured using the gamma-ray line shape method following population via nucleon-knockout reactions from intermediate-energy rare-isotope beams. The extracted reduced electromagnetic transition strengths yield new information on where the collectivity is maximized and provide evidence for a significant, and as yet unexplained, odd-odd vs even-even staggering in the observed values. The experimental results are analyzed in the context of state-of-the-art nuclear density-functional model calculations.
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- Llewellyn, R. D. O., et al.
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Spectroscopy of proton-rich Zr-79 : Mirror energy differences in the highly-deformed fpg shell
- 2020
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In: Physics Letters B. - : Elsevier BV. - 0370-2693 .- 1873-2445. ; 811
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Energy differences between isobaric analogue states have been extracted for the A = 79, Zr-79/Y-79 mirror pair following their population via nucleon-knockout reactions from intermediate-energy rare-isotope beams. These are the heaviest nuclei where such measurements have been made to date. The deduced mirror energy differences (MED) are compared with predictions from a new density-functional based approach, incorporating isospin-breaking effects of both Coulomb and nuclear charge-symmetry breaking and configuration mixing.
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- Malehmir, Alireza, et al.
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Near-Surface Geophysical Characterization of Areas Prone to Natural Hazards : A Review of the Current and Perspective on the Future
- 2016
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In: Advances in Geophysics. - : Elsevier. - 0065-2687 .- 2162-7622. ; 57, s. 51-146
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Natural hazards such as landslides, floods, rockfalls, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, sinkholes, and snow avalanches represent potential risks to our infrastructures, properties, and lives. That potential will continue to escalate with current and continued human encroachment into risk areas. With the help of geophysical techniques many of those risks can be better understood and quantified, thereby minimized and at least partly mitigated through accurate, site-specific, and proper planning and engineering. On occasions these hazards simply cannot be avoided, but better characterization and therefore understanding of the subsurface geology and natural processes responsible for the threats is possible through integration of various cost-effective geophysical methods with relevant geotechnical, geomechanical, and hydrogeological methods. With the enhanced characterization possible when geophysics is incorporated into natural hazard analysis, potential risks can be better quantified and remediation plans tuned to minimize the threat most natural hazards present to civilizations. In this article we will first review common geophysical methods that can be and have been utilized in studying natural hazard prone areas, then we provide selected case studies and approaches using predominantly our own examples, and finally a look into the future detailing how these methods and technologies can be better implemented and thereby more time- and cost-effective and provide improved results.
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- Vigren, E., et al.
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On the thermal electron balance in Titan's sunlit upper atmosphere
- 2013
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In: Icarus. - : Elsevier BV. - 0019-1035 .- 1090-2643. ; 223:1, s. 234-251
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Cassini mission has investigated Titan's upper atmosphere in detail and found that, under solar irradiation, it has a well-developed ionosphere, which peaks between 1000 and 1200km. In this paper we focus on the T40, T41, T42 and T48 Titan flybys by the Cassini spacecraft and use in situ measurements of N2 and CH4 densities by the Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) as input into a solar energy deposition model to determine electron production rates. We combine these electron production rates with estimates of the effective recombination coefficient based on available laboratory data for Titan ions' dissociative recombination rates and electron temperatures derived from the Langmuir probe (LP) to predict electron number densities in Titan's upper atmosphere, assuming photochemical equilibrium and loss of electrons exclusively through dissociative recombination with molecular ions. We then compare these predicted electron number densities with those observed in Titan's upper atmosphere by the LP. The assumption of photochemical equilibrium is supported by a reasonable agreement between the altitudes where the electron densities are observed to peak and where the electron production rates are calculated to peak (roughly corresponding to the unit optical depth for HeII photons at 30.38nm). We find, however, that the predicted electron number densities are nearly a factor of two higher than those observed throughout the altitude range between 1050 and 1200km (where we have made estimates of the effective recombination coefficient). There are different possible reasons for this discrepancy; one possibility is that there may be important loss processes of free electrons other than dissociative recombination in Titan's upper atmosphere.
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