Abstract
A set of B(E2) values for the low-lying excited states in the radioactive isotope 109Sn were deduced from a Coulomb excitation experiment. The 2.87-MeV/u radioactive beam was produced at the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN and was incident on a secondary 58Ni target. The B(E2) values were determined using the known 2+→0+ reduced transition probability in 58Ni as normalization with the semiclassical Coulomb excitation code gosia2. The transition probabilities are compared to shell-model calculations based on a realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction and the predictions of a simple core-excitation model. This measurement represents the first determination of multiple B(E2) values in a light Sn nucleus using the Coulomb excitation technique with low-energy radioactive beams. The results provide constraints for the single-neutron states relative to 100Sn and also indicate the importance of both single-neutron and collective excitations in the light Sn isotopes.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 031302 |
Pages (from-to) | 031302-1 - 031302-5 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2012 |
Funding
Funders | Funder number |
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STFC - Science and Technology Facilities Council | ST/J00006X/1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics