Observation of a Strongly Isospin-Mixed Doublet in Si-26 via beta-Delayed Two-Proton Decay of P-26 Show others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 78 2022 (English) In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 129, no 24, article id 242502Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
beta decay of proton-rich nuclei plays an important role in exploring isospin mixing. The beta decay of P-26 at the proton drip line is studied using double-sided silicon strip detectors operating in conjunction with high-purity germanium detectors. The T = 2 isobaric analog state (IAS) at 13 055 keV and two new high-lying states at 13 380 and 11 912 keV in Si-26 are unambiguously identified through beta-delayed two-proton emission (beta 2p). Angular correlations of two protons emitted from Si-26 excited states populated by P-26 beta decay are measured, which suggests that the two protons are emitted mainly sequentially. We report the first observation of a strongly isospin-mixed doublet that deexcites mainly via two-proton decay. The isospin mixing matrix element between the Si-26 IAS and the nearby 13 380-keV state is determined to be 130(21) keV, and this result represents the strongest mixing, highest excitation energy, and largest level spacing of a doublet ever observed in beta-decay experiments.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages American Physical Society (APS) , 2022. Vol. 129, no 24, article id 242502
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Subatomic Physics
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-323440 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.242502 ISI: 000902152000002 PubMedID: 36563237 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85143695450 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-323440 DiVA, id: diva2:1731892
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