Mirror energy differences at large isospin studied through direct two-nucleon knockout

P. J. Davies*, M. A. Bentley, T. W. Henry, E. C. Simpson, A. Gade, S. M. Lenzi, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, J. S. Berryman, A. M. Bruce, C. Aa Diget, H. Iwasaki, A. Lemasson, S. McDaniel, D. R. Napoli, A. Ratkiewicz, L. Scruton, A. Shore, R. Stroberg, J. A. TostevinD. Weisshaar, K. Wimmer, R. Winkler

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Abstract

The first spectroscopy of excited states in Ni52 (Tz=-2) and Co51 (Tz=-3/2) has been obtained using the highly selective two-neutron knockout reaction. Mirror energy differences between isobaric analogue states in these nuclei and their mirror partners are interpreted in terms of isospin nonconserving effects. A comparison between large-scale shell-model calculations and data provides the most compelling evidence to date that both electromagnetic and an additional isospin nonconserving interactions for J=2 couplings, of unknown origin, are required to obtain good agreement.

Original languageEnglish
Article number072501
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume111
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

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