Rauno Julin
(Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä)
6/27/11, 9:40 AM
The interplay between single-particle motion, collectivity and pairing in nuclei is seen as a rich tapestry of exotic excitations when systematic spectroscopic studies are extended to nuclei at the extremes of neutron and proton numbers. Excited states of nuclei at the proton drip line and in the region of super-heavy elements can be populated in fusion-evaporation reactions with stable-ion...
Tuomas Grahn
(University of Jyväskylä)
6/27/11, 10:05 AM
The region of the nuclear chart around neutron-deficient Pb nuclei is of great interest in modern nuclear structure physics as intriguing phenomena such as coexistence of multiple shapes have been observed. The relation between these configurations and fundamental nucleon-nucleon interactions can be studied in detail by measuring transition probabilities between the coexisting structures. In...
Philippos Papadakis
(University of Liverpool)
6/27/11, 10:25 AM
In-beam γ-ray and electron spectrometers have long been used as tools to probe the structure of atomic nuclei. However, if used separately they can provide only partial information of the nuclear de-excitation processes and consequently of nuclear structure. This becomes increasingly problematic in heavy nuclei, especially at low transition energies and high multipolarities, where internal...
Steffen Ketelhut
(Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä)
6/27/11, 10:45 AM
Nuclei in the neighbourhood of 254No are the heaviest nuclei, which have been studied by in-beam spectroscopic methods, and in which the decay paths of several K isomers have be delineated. These nuclei can be produced with relatively high cross section due to favourable projectile-target combinations, and give valuable information on single-particle and collective properties in a region just...
