Published December 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Isospin symmetry in the odd-odd mirror nuclei 44V/44Sc

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Chicago, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Lund University, S-22100 Lund (Sweden)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 (Canada)
  • 5. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova (Italy)

Description

Excited states in the N=Z-2 nucleus 44V have been observed for the first time. The states have been identified through particle-γ-γ coincidence relationships and comparison with analog states in the mirror nucleus 44Sc. Mirror energy differences have been extracted and compared to state-of-the-art shell-model calculations which include charge-symmetry-breaking forces. Observed decay pattern asymmetries between the mirror pair are discussed in terms of core excitations, electromagnetic spin-orbit effects and isospin mixing.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 064319-064319.7
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics