Evidence for a spin-aligned neutron-proton paired phase from the level structure of 92Pd

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7328, 2011, Pages 68-71

  Cederwall, B ^a   Moradi, F Ghazi ^a   Back T ^a   Johnson, A ^a   Blomqvist, J ^a   Clement E ^b   De France, G ^b   Wadsworth, R ^c   Andgren, K ^a   Lagergren, K ^a,d   Dijon, A ^b   Jaworski, G ^e,f   Liotta, R ^a   Qi, C ^a   Nyako B M ^g   Nyberg, J ^h   Palacz, M ^e   Al Azri, H ^c   Algora, A ⁱ   De Angelis, G ^j   Atax A ^k   Bhattacharyya, S ^b,t   Brock, T ^c   Brown, J R ^c   Davies, P ^c   Di Nitto, A ^l   Dombrádi, Zs ^g   Gadea, A ⁱ   Gal J ^g   Hadinia, B ^a   Johnston Theasby, F ^c   Joshi, P ^c   Juhasz K ^m   Julin, R ⁿ   Jungclaus, A ^o   Kalinka, G ^g   Kara, S O ^k   Khaplanov, A ^a   Kownacki, J ^e   La Rana, G ^l   Lenzi, S M ^p   Molnar J ^g   Moro, R ^l   Napoli, D R ^j   Singh, B S Nara ^c   Persson, A ^a   Recchia, F ^p   Sandzelius, M ^a,n   Scheurer, J N ^q   Sletten, G ^r   Sohler, D ^g   Soderstrom P A ^h   Taylor, M J ^c   Timar J ^g   Valiente Don J J ^j   Vardaci, E ^l   Williams, S ^s   more..

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GANIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HEAVY ION RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^g INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^j LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^k ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^o INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s TRIUMF   (Canada)

^t VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; PROTON;

EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NEUTRON; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650974098     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09644     Document Type: Article

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