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$\beta$-Delayed Proton Emission of ${}^{71}$Kr

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Abstract

Mirror nuclei above $A\sim60$ play a key role in understanding the role of isospin in nuclear structure. The character of states in the $^{71}$Kr/$^{71}$Br mirror pair ($T=1/2$), that exhibit oblate-prolate shape coexistence, has been of significant interest for many years. Properties of this mirror system were investigated in an implant-decay experiment conducted at the NSCL using a beam containing $^{71}$Kr, produced by fragmentation of a $^{92}$Mo primary beam on a Be target and purified with the RF Fragment Separator, that was implanted into the Beta Counting Station surrounded by SeGA. $\beta$-decay branching to the lowest states of $^{71}$Br was observed as well as delayed-proton emission feeding the lowest states of $^{70}$Se. The results obtained from charged particle and $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy as well as implications for the structure of nuclei with $N \sim Z$ will be presented

Authors

  • S. Waniganeththi

    UMass Lowell (UML)

  • D.E.M. Hoff

    UML, UMass Lowell (UML)

  • Andrew Rogers

    University of Massachusetts, Lowell, UML

  • P.C. Bender

    University of Massachusetts, Lowell, UML, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetss Lowell

  • K. Brandenburg

    Ohio University (OU)

  • K. Childers

    Michigan State University, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL)

  • J. Clark

    Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne National Laboratory

  • A.C. Dombos

    NSCL

  • E.R. Doucet

    UML

  • S. Jin

    NSCL

  • R. Lewis

    Michigan State University, NSCL/MSU, NSCL

  • S.N. Liddick

    Michigan State University, NSCL/MSU, Michigan State Univ, NSCL / MSU, NSCL

  • C.J. Lister

    UML

  • Z. Meisel

    Ohio University, OU

  • C.M. Morse

    UML

  • H. Schatz

    NSCL

  • K. Schmidt

    NSCL

  • D. Soltesz

    OU

  • S.K. Subedi

    Ohio University, OU