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Manifestation of the Berry phase in the atomic nucleus 213Pb

Valiente-Dobón, J.J. ; Gottardo, A. ; Benzoni, G. ; Gadea, A. ; Lunardi, S. ; Algora, A. ; de Angelis, G. ; Bazzacco, D. ; Benlliure, J. and Boutachkov, P. , et al. (2021) In Physics Letters B 816.
Abstract
The neutron-rich 213Pb isotope was produced in the fragmentation of a primary 1 GeV A 238U beam, separated in FRS in mass and atomic number, and then implanted for isomer decay γ-ray spectroscopy with the RISING setup at GSI. A newly observed isomer and its measured decay properties indicate that states in 213Pb are characterized by the seniority quantum number that counts the nucleons not in pairs coupled to angular momentum J=0. The conservation of seniority is a consequence of a geometric phase associated with particle-hole conjugation, which becomes observable in semi-magic nuclei where nucleons half-fill the valence shell. The γ-ray spectroscopic observables in 213Pb are... (More)
The neutron-rich 213Pb isotope was produced in the fragmentation of a primary 1 GeV A 238U beam, separated in FRS in mass and atomic number, and then implanted for isomer decay γ-ray spectroscopy with the RISING setup at GSI. A newly observed isomer and its measured decay properties indicate that states in 213Pb are characterized by the seniority quantum number that counts the nucleons not in pairs coupled to angular momentum J=0. The conservation of seniority is a consequence of a geometric phase associated with particle-hole conjugation, which becomes observable in semi-magic nuclei where nucleons half-fill the valence shell. The γ-ray spectroscopic observables in 213Pb are thus found to be driven by two mechanisms, particle-hole conjugation and seniority conservation, which are intertwined through a Berry phase. (Less)
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isomeric decays, relativistic projectile fragmentation, gamma-ray spectroscopy
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Physics Letters B
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136183
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Elsevier
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0370-2693
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10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136183
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Nuclear Structure at the Limits: Isotope-selective Spectroscopy
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English
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  abstract     = {{The neutron-rich <sup>213</sup>Pb isotope was produced in the fragmentation of a primary 1 GeV A <sup>238</sup>U beam, separated in FRS in mass and atomic number, and then implanted for isomer decay <i>γ</i>-ray spectroscopy with the RISING setup at GSI. A newly observed isomer and its measured decay properties indicate that states in <sup>213</sup>Pb are characterized by the seniority quantum number that counts the nucleons not in pairs coupled to angular momentum <i>J</i>=0. The conservation of seniority is a consequence of a geometric phase associated with particle-hole conjugation, which becomes observable in semi-magic nuclei where nucleons half-fill the valence shell. The <i>γ</i>-ray spectroscopic observables in <sup>213</sup>Pb are thus found to be driven by two mechanisms, particle-hole conjugation and seniority conservation, which are intertwined through a Berry phase.}},
  author       = {{Valiente-Dobón, J.J. and Gottardo, A. and Benzoni, G. and Gadea, A. and Lunardi, S. and Algora, A. and de Angelis, G. and Bazzacco, D. and Benlliure, J. and Boutachkov, P. and Bracco, A. and Bruce, A.M. and Camera, F. and Casarejos, E. and Cortés, M.L. and Crespi, F. C. L. and Corsi, A. and Domingo-Pardo, C. and Doncel, M. and Engert, T. and Geissel, H. and Gerl, J. and Goasduff, A. and Goel, N. and Górska, M. and Grebosz, J. and Gregor, E. and Habermann, T. and Klupp, S. and Kojouharov, I. and Kurz, N. and Lenzi, S. M. and Leoni, S. and Mandal, S. and Menegazzo, R. and Mengoni, D. and Million, B. and Morales, A. I. and Napoli, D.R. and Naqvi, F. and Nociforo, C. and Pfützner, M. and Pietri, S. and Podolyák, Zs. and Prochazka, A. and Recchia, F. and Regan, P.H. and Rudolph, D. and Sahin, E. and Schaffner, H. and Sharma, A. and Sitar, B. and Siwal, D. and Strmen, P. and Szarka, I. and Ur, C.A. and Walker, P.M. and Weick, H. and Wieland, O. and Wollersheim, H.‐J. and Van Isacker, P.}},
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  keywords     = {{isomeric decays; relativistic projectile fragmentation; gamma-ray spectroscopy}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Physics Letters B}},
  title        = {{Manifestation of the Berry phase in the atomic nucleus <sup>213</sup>Pb}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/95097380/PLB_ValienteDobon_BerryPhase.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136183}},
  volume       = {{816}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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