Astrophysical Implication of Low E(2^+_1) in Neutron-rich Sn Isotopes

The observation and prediction of unusually depressed first excited 2^+_1 states in even-A neutron - rich isotopes of semi-magic Sn above 132Sn provide motivations for reviewing the problems related to the nuclear astrophysics in general. In the present work, the beta-decay rates of the exotic even Sn isotopes (134,136Sn) above the 132Sn core have been calculated as a function of temperature (T). In order to get the necessary ft values, B(GT) values corresponding to allowed Gamow Teller (GT-) beta-decay have been theoretically calculated using shell model. The total decay rate shows decrease with increasing temperature as the ground state population is depleted and population of excited states with slower decay rates increases. The abundance at each Z value is inversely proportional to the decay constant of the waiting point nucleus for that particular Z. So the increase in half-life of isotopes of Sn, like 136Sn, might have substantial impact on the r-process nucleosynthesis.Comment: 4th International Workshop on Nuclear Fission and Fission Product Spectroscopy, CEA Cadarache, May 13 - 16, 2009, 4 pages, 2 figure

The microscopic theory of fission

Fission-fragment properties have been calculated for thermal neutron-induced fission on a $^{239}\textrm{Pu}$ target, using constrained Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations with a finite-range effective interaction. A quantitative criterion based on the interaction energy between the nascent fragments is introduced to define the scission configurations. The validity of this criterion is benchmarked against experimental measurements of the kinetic energies and of multiplicities of neutrons emitted by the fragments.Comment: 8 page, 4 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Fission and Fission Product Spectroscop

Spectroscopie des transfermiums impairs en proton (la structure du noyau de 251 Md)

La structure des transfermiums impairs en proton est actuellement peu connue. Ces noyaux sont produits par réactions de fusion-évaporation avec une faible section efficace, de l'ordre de 1 b. Leur identification a nécessité ici l'emploi de la méthode de Recoil-Tagging. Afin d'identifier les orbitales présentes dans cette région de masse, les isotopes de 255Lr, 251Md et 247Es ont été étudiés par spectroscopie retardée a l'Université de Jyväskylä et au GANIL, grâce au spectromètre LISE et au détecteur a et électron BEST couplé à 4 clovers empruntés à EXOGAM. De nouveaux états ont été observés et leur configuration proposée. Les propriétés collectives du 251Md ont également été étudiées par spectroscopie prompte g en combinant le multidétecteur JUROGAM avec le séparateur RITU équipé à son plan focal du spectromètre GREAT. Pour la première fois une bande rotationelle a été observée dans un transfermium impair en proton. L'interprétation de cette structure est basée sur des calculs HFBLYON1-BU.Sciences (692662101) / SudocSudocFranceF

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The alternative Kirchhoff approximation in elastodynamics with applications in ultrasonic nondestructive testing

The Kirchhoff approximation is widely used to describe the scatter of elastodynamic waves. It simulates the scattered field as the convolution of the free-space Green’s tensor with the geometrical elastodynamics approximation to the total field on the scatterer surface and, therefore, cannot be used to describe nongeometrical phenomena, such as head waves. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that an alternative approximation, the convolution of the far-field asymptotics of the Lamb’s Green’s tensor with incident surface tractions, has no such limitation. This is done by simulating the scatter of a critical Gaussian beam of transverse motions from an infinite plane. The results are of interest in ultrasonic nondestructive testing. doi:10.1017/S1446181120000036</jats:p