Dipole and quadrupole moments of 73-78Cu as a test of the robustness of the Z = 28 shell closure near 78Ni

R. P. De Groote, Jonathan Billowes, Cory Binnersley, Mark Bissell, T.E. Cocolios, T. Day Goodacre, G. J. Farooq-Smith, D V Fedorov, Kieran Flanagan, S. Franchoo, Ronald Garcia Ruiz, A Koszorus, Kara Lynch, G. Neyens, F. Nowacki, T. Otsuka, S. Rothe, H H Stroke, Y. Tsunoda, A. R. VernonK.D.A. Wendt, S G Wilkins, Z. Y. Xu, X. F. Yang

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Abstract

Nuclear spins and precise values of the magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments of the ground-states of neutron-rich 76􀀀78Cu isotopes were measured using the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (CRIS) experiment at ISOLDE, CERN. The nuclear moments of the less exotic 73;75Cu isotopes were re-measured with similar precision, yielding values that are consistent with earlier measurements. The moments of the odd-odd isotopes, and 78 29Cu (N = 49) in particular, are used to investigate excitations of the assumed doubly-magic 78Ni core through comparisons with large-scale shell-model calculations. Despite the narrowing of the Z = 28 shell gap between N 45 and N = 50, the magicity of Z = 28 and N = 50 is restored towards 78Ni. This is due to weakened dynamical correlations, as clearly probed by the present moment measurements.
Original languageEnglish
Article number041302
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume96
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Oct 2017

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