J. Jolie

TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of the nuclear ground-state shapes across the NxZ plane is discussed, and specific data indicating sudden structural changes in various isotopic and isotonic chains of medium-mass and heavy even-even nuclei, as well as diverse theoretical aspects of the models used to describe these changes.

TL;DR: The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) as discussed by the authors is a European project to develop and operate the next generation gamma-ray spectrometer, which is based on the technique of energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium crystals.

TL;DR: The gamma decay from Coulomb excitation of 68Ni at 600 MeV/nucleon on a Au target was measured using the RISING setup at the fragment separator of GSI, showing a peak centered at approximately 11 MeV, whose intensity can be explained in terms of an enhanced strength of the dipole response function (pygmy resonance).

TL;DR: In this article, the conditions for and consequences of F -spin symmetry are investigated and closed expressions for the following properties are given: the excitation energies; the M 1, E 2, and M 3 excitation strengths from the ground state to all 1 +, 2 +, and 3 + states, the decay of the nonsymmetric 1 + and 2 + states; and the dipole and quadrupole moments of maximal F-spin states.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the pairing and the proton-neutron residual interaction on the unperturbed energies of closed shells were investigated. But the authors focused on 0 + intruder states in the even-even Pb nuclei.