Isospin symmetry of odd-odd mirror nuclei: Identification of excited states in N=Z-2 Mn48

M. A. Bentley, C. Chandler, M. J. Taylor, J. R. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, C. Davids, J. Ekman, S. J. Freeman, P. E. Garrett, G. Hammond, R. V F Janssens, S. M. Lenzi, C. J. Lister, R. Du Rietz, D. Seweryniak

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    Abstract

    Excited states have been observed in the N=Z-2 odd-odd nucleus Mn48 for the first time. Through comparison with the structure of V48, a first high-spin study of an odd-odd mirror pair has been achieved. Differences between the T=1 analogue states in this pair have been interpreted in terms of Coulomb effects, with the aid of shell-model calculations in the full pf valence space. Unlike other mirror pairs, the energy differences have been interpreted almost entirely as due to a monopole effect associated with smooth changes in radius (or deformation) as a function of angular momentum. In addition, the large energy shift between analogue negative-parity states is interpreted in terms of the electromagnetic spin-orbit interaction in nuclei. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number132501
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume97
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • Spin parity and isobaric spin
    • Coulomb energies
    • Shell model
    • 39\&lt
    • =A\&lt
    • =58

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