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Neutron Crystallography Data Collection and Processing for Modelling Hydrogen Atoms in Protein Structures
Published on: December 1, 2020
Probing shell structure and shape changes in neutron-rich sulfur isotopes through transient-field g-factor
A D Davies1, A E Stuchbery, P F Mantica
1National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA.
Abstract:
The shell structure underlying shape changes in neutron-rich nuclei near N = 28 has been investigated by a novel application of the transient-field technique to measure the first-excited-state g factors in 38S and 40S produced as fast radioactive beams. There is a fine balance between proton and neutron contributions to the magnetic moments in both nuclei. The g factor of deformed 40S does not resemble that of a conventional collective nucleus because spin contributions are more important than usual.
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