Published July 31, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Coherent Contributions to Isospin Mixing in the Mirror Pair 67As and 67Se

  • 1. Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro (Padova), I-35020 (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Firenze and INFN Sezione di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), I-50019 (Italy)
  • 3. INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Padova, Padova, I-35131 (Italy)
  • 4. INFN Sezione di Milano and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano, Milano, I-20133 (Italy)
  • 5. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 60439 (United States)

Description

Isospin symmetry breaking has been investigated in mass A=67 mirror nuclei through the experimental determination of the E1 strengths of analog electromagnetic transitions. Lifetimes of excited states have been measured in 67Se and 67As with the centroid shift method. Through the comparison of the B(E1) strengths of the mirror 9/2+→7/2- transitions, the isovector and the isoscalar components of the electromagnetic transition amplitude were extracted. The presence of a large isoscalar component provides evidence for coherent contributions to isospin mixing, probably involving the isovector giant monopole resonance.

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052501-052501.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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