Signatures of the giant pairing vibration in the 14C and 15C atomic nuclei

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cappuzzello, F ^a,b   Carbone, D ^b   Cavallaro, M ^b   Bondi M ^a,b   Agodi, C ^b   Azaiez, F ^c   Bonaccorso, A ^d   Cunsolo, A ^b   Fortunato, L ^e,f   Foti, A ^a,b   Franchoo, S ^c   Khan, E ^c   Linares, R ^g   Lubian, J ^g   Scarpaci, J A ^c   Vitturi, A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^g FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBON 15; HEAVY ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYMMETRY; VIBRATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; EXCITATION; GIANT PAIRING VIBRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84925624333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7743     Document Type: Article

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