Coupling of single neutron configurations to collective core excitations in 162Yb using 163Yb
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2017
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
In odd-nuclei the single nucleon can couple to collective excitations of its even-even core
nucleus . These collective excitations lie within the pairing gap and are therefore the
lowest energy excitations of the core. Our physics motivation is to search for structures
where an odd neutron couples to collective excitations of the 162Yb core. We also searched
for high-K structures in this nucleus. The experiment 152Sm(16O,5n)163Yb at Elab = 93 MeV
was performed to study 163Yb at iThemba LABS. The gamma-decays from the reaction
products have been detected using the AFRODITE (AFRican Omnipurpose Detector
for Innovative Techniques and Experiments) gamma-ray spectrometer [2] equipped with
8 escape-suppressed clover detectors.
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Magister Scientiae - MSc (Physics)