Lifetime measurements of the first 2(+) states in Zr-104,Zr-106 : Evolution of ground-state deformations
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7127402
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.physletb.2015.09.043
- Title of journal
- Physics Letters B
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- First page
- 448
- Volume
- 750
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 9 - Physics
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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46
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Although many models of zirconium nuclei predict a prolate to oblate shape change as neutron number increases, the exact transition point is model dependent. This paper is significant because it presents the first shape measurement for the exotic neutron-rich nucleus Zr106; results that were used by others to interpret the rapid shape change in Zr isotopes as a quantum phase transition (e.g. doi.org/fn2p, doi.org/fn2n). These are the first results from the STFC-funded FAst TIMing Array (designed at Brighton) at a fast-fragmentation facility (the RIBF at RIKEN, Japan), a key outcome of STFC grant ST/J000132/1 and underpinned STFC Studentship 2069715.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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