Published January 1, 2020 | Version v1
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Pairing-quadrupole interplay in the neutron-deficient tin nuclei: First lifetime measurements of low-lying states in Sn-106,Sn-108

  • 1. Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, PD, Italy
  • 2. Univ Strasbourg, IPHC, CNRS IN2P3, Strasbourg, France
  • 3. Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, Padua, Italy
  • 4. Univ Paris Saclay, CSNSM, CNRS IN2P3, Orsay, France
  • 5. Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, Milan, Italy
  • 6. Univ Cologne, Inst Kernphys, Cologne, Germany
  • 7. Univ Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
  • 8. Omer Halisdemir Univ, Nigde, Turkey
  • 9. Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Valencia, Spain
  • 10. Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Stockholm, Sweden

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The lifetimes of the low-lying excited states 2(+) and 4(+) have been directly measured in the neutron-deficient Sn-106,Sn-108 isotopes. The nuclei were populated via a deep-inelastic reaction and the lifetime measurement was performed employing a differential plunger device. The emitted gamma rays were detected by the AGATA array, while the reaction products were uniquely identified by the VAMOS++ magnetic spectrometer. Large-Scale Shell-Model calculations with realistic forces indicate that, independently of the pairing content of the interaction, the quadrupole force is dominant in the B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(g.s)(+)) values and it describes well the experimental pattern for Sn104-114 ; the B(E2;(+)(4) -> 2(1)(+)) values, measured here for the first time, depend critically on a delicate pairing-quadrupole balance, disclosed by the very precise results in Sn-108. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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