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New neutron-rich microsecond isomers observed among fission products of U-238 at 80 MeV/nucleon
Eight new isomeric states in neutron-rich nuclides have been discovered in fission fragments produced by the reaction of an 80 MeV/nucleon {sup 238}U beam with a {sup 9}Be target and separated in-flight using the A1900 fragment separator. The experiment was conducted at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University. Gamma rays were detected in a high-purity germanium detector located at the focal plane within a time window of 20 {mu}s following ion implantation. In some cases the isomers were observed to decay into previously reported states, allowing us to assign the initial decay from the isomeric state. Among the outcomes, the results suggest that many studies on the nuclear structure of medium-mass neutron-rich nuclei are feasible at projectile fragmentation facilities using induced fission.
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New isomer Alm32
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Production cross section measurements of radioactive isotopes by BigRIPS separator at RIKEN RI Beam Factory
Abstract We have measured the production rates and production cross sections for a variety of radioactive isotopes which were produced from 124 Xe, 48 Ca, and 238 U beams at an energy of 345 MeV/nucleon using the BigRIPS separator at the RIKEN Nishina Center RI Beam Factory (RIBF). Proton-rich isotopes with atomic numbers Z  = 40–52 and neutron-rich isotopes with Z  = 5–16 were produced by projectile fragmentation of the 124 Xe and 48 Ca beam on Be targets, respectively. Neutron-rich isotopes with Z  = 20–59 were produced by in-flight fission of the 238 U beam, in which both Be and Pb were used as production targets. The measured production rates and production cross sections were compared with those of the LISE ++ calculations, and overall fairly good agreement has been obtained. Furthermore, in the measurements with the 124 Xe beam, we have discovered four new isotopes on the proton-drip line, 85,86 Ru and 81,82 Mo, and obtained the clear evidence that 103 Sb is particle unbound with an upper limit of 49 ns for the half-life. The measurements of projectile-fragment momentum distributions have been also performed with the 124 Xe beam, in which the low-momentum tails of the distributions have been measured for the first time at the energy of 345 MeV/nucleon.
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New isotopeSi44and systematics of the production cross sections of the most neutron-rich nuclei
The results of measurements of the production of neutron-rich nuclei by the fragmentation of a {sup 48}Ca beam at 142 MeV/nucleon are presented. Evidence was found for the production of a new isotope that is the most neutron-rich silicon nuclide, {sup 44}Si, in a net neutron pickup process. A simple systematic framework was found to describe the production cross sections based on thermal evaporation from excited prefragments that allows extrapolation to other weak reaction products.
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Isotopic fission fragment distributions as a deep probe to fusion-fission dynamics
During the fission process, the atomic nucleus deforms and elongates up to the two fragments inception and their final separation at the scission deformation. The evolution of the nucleus energy with deformation defines a potential energy landscape in the multidimensional deformation space. It is determined by the macroscopic properties of the nucleus, and is also strongly influenced by the single-particle structure of the nucleus, which modifies the macroscopic energy minima. The fission fragment distribution is a direct consequence of the deformation path the nucleus has encountered, and therefore is the most genuine experimental observation of the potential energy landscape of the deforming nucleus. Very asymmetric fusion-fission reactions at energy close to the Coulomb barrier, produce well-defined conditions of the compound nucleus formation, where processes such as quasi-fission, pre-equilibrium emission and incomplete fusion are negligible. In the same time, the excitation energy is sufficient to reduce significantly structural effects, and mostly the macroscopic part of the potential is responsible for the formation of the fission fragments. We use inverse kinematics combined with a spectrometer to select and identify the fission fragments produced in 238U+12C at a bombarding energy close to and well-above the Coulomb barrier. For the first time, the isotopic yields are measured over the complete atomic-number distribution, between Z=30 and Z=63. In the experimental set-up, it is also possible to identify transfer-induced reactions, which lead to low-energy fission
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Production cross sections of neutron rich isotopes from a 82Se beam
Production cross sections for neutron-rich nuclei from the fragmentation of a 82Se beam at 139 MeV/u were measured. The longitudinal momentum distributions of 122 neutron-rich isotopes of elements 11 ≤ Z ≤ 32 were determined by varying the target thickness. Production cross sections with beryllium and tungsten targets were determined for a large number of nuclei including several isotopes first observed in this work. These are the most neutron-rich nuclides of the elements 22 ≤ Z ≤ 25 (64Ti, 67V, 69Cr, 72Mn). One event was registered consistent with 70Cr, and another one with 75Fe. A one-body Qg systematics is used to describe the production cross sections based on thermal evaporation from excited prefragments. The current results confirm those of our previous experiment with a 76Ge beam: enhanced production cross sections for neutron-rich fragments near Z = 20.
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Functional equations for one-loop master integrals for heavy-quark production and Bhabha scattering
Abstract The method for obtaining functional equations, recently proposed by one of the authors [O.V. Tarasov, Phys. Lett. B 670 (2008) 67, arXiv:0809.3028 [hep-ph] ], is applied to one-loop box integrals needed in calculations of radiative corrections to heavy-quark production and Bhabha scattering. We present relationships between these integrals with different arguments and box integrals with all propagators being massless. It turns out that functional equations are rather useful for finding imaginary parts and performing analytic continuations of Feynman integrals. For the box master integral needed in Bhabha scattering, a new representation in terms of hypergeometric functions admitting one-fold integral representations is derived. The hypergeometric representation of a master integral for heavy-quark production follows from the functional equation.
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Analytic result for the one-loop scalar pentagon integral with massless propagators
The method of dimensional recurrences proposed by Tarasov (1996, 2000) [1] ;  [2] is applied to the evaluation of the pentagon-type scalar integral with on-shell external legs and massless internal lines. For the first time, an analytic result valid for arbitrary space–time dimension d and five arbitrary kinematic variables is presented. An explicit expression in terms of the Appell hypergeometric function F3F3 and the Gauss hypergeometric function F12, both admitting one-fold integral representations, is given. In the case when one kinematic variable vanishes, the integral reduces to a combination of Gauss hypergeometric functions F12. For the case when one scalar invariant is large compared to the others, the asymptotic values of the integral in terms of Gauss hypergeometric functions F12 are presented in d=2−2ed=2−2e, 4−2e4−2e, and 6−2e6−2e dimensions. For multi-Regge kinematics, the asymptotic value of the integral in d=4−2ed=4−2e dimensions is given in terms of the Appell function F3F3 and the Gauss hypergeometric function F12.