High-statistics sub-barrier Coulomb excitation of ^106,108,110Sn

A Coulomb excitation campaign on ^106,108,110Sn at 4.4-4.5 MeV/u was launched at the HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN. Larger excitation cross sections and γ-ray statistics were achieved compared to previous experiments at ∼2.8 MeV/u. More precise B(E2;0₁⁺ → 2₁⁺) values, lifetimes of states via the Doppler shift attenuation method, and new B(E2;0₁⁺ → 2_x⁺), B(E2;2₁⁺ → 4₁⁺), and Q(2₁⁺) values from the new Miniball data will be obtained and applied to test modern nuclear structure theories. (author)