High-spin structure in the transitional nucleus 131Xe: Competitive neutron and proton alignment in the vicinity of the N=82 shell closure

Autor: Kaya, L., Vogt, A., Reiter, P., Siciliano, M., Birkenbach, B., Blazhev, A., Coraggio, L., Teruya, E., Yoshinaga, N., Higashiyama, K., Arnswald, K., Bazzacco, D., Bracco, A., Bruyneel, B., Corradi, L., Crespi, F. C. L., de Angelis, G., Eberth, J., Farnea, E., Fioretto, E., Fransen, C., Fu, B., Gadea, A., Gargano, A., Giaz, A., Gorgen, A., Gottardo, A., Hadynska-Klek, K., Hess, H., Hetzenegger, R., Hirsch, R., Itaco, N., John, P. R., Jolie, J., Jungclaus, A., Korten, W., Leoni, S., Lewandowski, L., Lunardi, S., Menegazzo, R., Mengoni, D., Michelagnoli, C., Mijatović, Tea, Montagnoli, G., Montanari, D., Muller-Gatermann, C., Napoli, D., Podolyak, Zs., Pollarolo, G., Pullia, A., Queiser, M., Recchia, F., Rosiak, D., Saed-Samii, N., Sahin, E., Scarlassara, F., Schneiders, D., Seidlitz, M., Siebeck, B., Smith, J. F., Soderstrom, P.-A., Stefanini, A. M., Steinbach, T., Stezowski, O., Szilner, Suzana, Szpak, B., Ur, C., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Wolf, K., Zell, K. O.
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Physical review. C
ISSN: 2469-9985
Popis: The transitional nucleus 131Xe is investigated after multinucleon transfer in the 136Xe + 208Pb and 136Xe + 238U reactions employing the high-resolution Advanced γ -Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, and as an elusive reaction product in the fusion-evaporation reaction 124Sn(11B,p3n) 131Xe employing the High-efficiency Observatory for γ -Ray Unique Spectroscopy (HORUS) γ -ray array coupled to a double-sided silicon strip detector at the University of Cologne, Germany. The level scheme of 131Xe is extended to 5 MeV. A pronounced backbending is observed at hω¯ ≈ 0.4 MeV along the negative-parity one-quasiparticle νh11/2(α = −1/2) band. The results are compared to the high-spin systematics of the Z = 54 isotopes and the N = 77 isotones. Large-scale shell-model calculations employing the PQM130, SN100PN, GCN50:82, SN100-KTH, and a realistic effective interaction reproduce the experimental findings and provide guidance to elucidate the structure of the high-spin states. Further calculations in 129−132Xe provide insight into the changing nuclear structure along the Xe chain towards the N = 82 shell closure. Proton occupancy in the π 0h11/2 orbital is found to be decisive for the description of the observed backbending phenomenon.
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