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Dawning of the N=32 shell closure seen through precision mass measurements of neutron-rich titanium isotopes

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Klawitter,  Renee
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Schwenk,  Achim
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Leistenschneider, E., Reiter, M. P., Andrés, S. A. S., Kootte, B., Holt, J. D., Navrátil, P., et al. (2018). Dawning of the N=32 shell closure seen through precision mass measurements of neutron-rich titanium isotopes. Physical Review Letters, 120(6): 062503. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.062503.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-B51F-1
Abstract
A precision mass investigation of the neutron-rich titanium isotopes 51−55Ti was performed at TRIUMF’s Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN). The range of the measurements covers the N=32 shell closure, and the overall uncertainties of the 52−55Ti mass values were significantly reduced. Our results conclusively establish the existence of the weak shell effect at N=32, narrowing down the abrupt onset of this shell closure. Our data were compared with state-of-the-art ab initio shell model calculations which, despite very successfully describing where the N=32 shell gap is strong, overpredict its strength and extent in titanium and heavier isotones. These measurements also represent the first scientific results of TITAN using the newly commissioned multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer, substantiated by independent measurements from TITAN’s Penning trap mass spectrometer.