Recent works using direct reactions and the solenoidal-spectrometer technique have revealed insights into the single-particle structure of weakly bound nuclei. Using CERN’s HIE-ISOLDE facility and the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer, the single-neutron strengths and energies of the 1f7/2, 2p3/2, 2p1/2, 0h9/2, 1f5/2, and 0i13/2 valence neutron orbitals outside of...
As representing the shell structure in certain regions, the pseudo-spin symmetry (PSS) has been found helpful in describing some characteristic structures of nuclei. In short, the PSS is the near degeneracy of single-particle (s.p.) orbitals with Δj=1 and Δℓ=2. It has been argued since the late 1990s that the PSS is a relativistic symmetry, as the s.p....
We would like to present the effect of including two-particle two-hole (2p-2h) states in nuclear resonances. Configuration spaces of 2p-2h are known to be important to describe a spreading width of nuclear resonances. Recently, our group pointed out that its effect is also important to reproduce high-energy particle emission rates. To understand this phenomena comprehensively, it is necessary...
Beta-delayed neutron emission occurs in neutron-rich nuclei where the decay energy window is large enough to populate states above the neutron separation energy in the daughter nucleus. Multi-neutron emission is expected to be the dominant decay mode for the nuclides far from stability, along the astrophysical r-process path. The number of neutrons emitted after 𝛽-decays affects the final...