Proton-neutron pairing correlations in the self-conjugate nucleus 42Sc

Autor: Á. Koszorús, L.J. Vormawah, R. Beerwerth, M.L. Bissell, P. Campbell, B. Cheal, C.S. Devlin, T. Eronen, S. Fritzsche, S. Geldhof, H. Heylen, J.D. Holt, A. Jokinen, S. Kelly, I.D. Moore, T. Miyagi, S. Rinta-Antila, A. Voss, C. Wraith
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physics Letters B, Vol 819, Iss , Pp 136439- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-2693
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136439
Popis: Collinear laser spectroscopy of the N=Z=21 self-conjugate nucleus 42Sc has been performed at the JYFL IGISOL IV facility in order to determine the change in nuclear mean-square charge radius between the Iπ=0+ ground state and the Iπ=7+ isomer via the measurement of the 42g,42mSc isomer shift. New multi-configurational Dirac-Fock calculations for the atomic mass shift and field shift factors have enabled a recalibration of the charge radii of the 42−46Sc isotopes which were measured previously. While consistent with the treatment of proton-neutron, proton-proton and neutron-neutron pairing on an equal footing, the reduction in size for the isomer is observed to be of a significantly larger magnitude than that expected from both shell-model and ab-initio calculations. The measured nuclear magnetic dipole moment and electric quadruple moment, on the other hand, are in good agreement with simple empirical estimates and shell-model calculations.
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