Abstract
To test the predictive power of ab initio nuclear structure theory, the lifetime of the second state in neutron-rich , and an estimate for the lifetime of the second state in have been obtained for the first time. The results were achieved via a novel Monte Carlo technique that allowed us to measure nuclear state lifetimes in the tens-to-hundreds of femtoseconds range by analyzing the Doppler-shifted -transition line shapes of products of low-energy transfer and deep-inelastic processes in the reaction . The requested sensitivity could only be reached owing to the excellent performances of the Advanced -Tracking Array AGATA, coupled to the PARIS scintillator array and to the magnetic spectrometer. The experimental lifetimes agree with predictions of ab initio calculations using two- and three-nucleon interactions, obtained with the valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group for and with the no-core shell model for . The present measurement shows the power of electromagnetic observables, determined with high-precision spectroscopy, to assess the quality of first-principles nuclear structure calculations, complementing common benchmarks based on nuclear energies. The proposed experimental approach will be essential for short lifetime measurements in unexplored regions of the nuclear chart, including -process nuclei, when intense beams, produced by Isotope Separation On-Line (ISOL) techniques, become available.
- Received 28 July 2019
- Revised 30 October 2019
- Accepted 24 January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.101.021303
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