Phys.Rev. C 101, 052801 (2020)

Z.Meisel, S.George, S.Ahn, D.Bazin, B.A.Brown, J.Browne, J.F.Carpino, H.Chung, R.H.Cyburt, A.Estrade, M.Famiano, A.Gade, C.Langer, M.Matos, W.Mittig, F.Montes, D.J.Morrissey, J.Pereira, H.Schatz, J.Schatz, M.Scott, D.Shapira, K.Smith, J.Stevens, W.Tan, O.Tarasov, S.Towers, K.Wimmer, J.R.Winkelbauer, J.Yurkon, R.G.T.Zegers

Nuclear mass measurements map the structure of atomic nuclei and accreting neutron stars

ATOMIC MASSES ^48,49Ar, ^{52,53,54,55,56,57}Sc, ^56,57,58,59Ti, ^{57,58,59,60,61,62}V, ^64,65Cr, ^67,68Mn, ^67,68,69,70Fe; measured time of flight, ΔE, Bπ, and mass excess using the A1900 fragment separator and the S800 spectrograph for particle identification at the NSCL-MSU facility; deduced S(2n), and D_n(Z, A)=S(n)(Z, A+1)-S(n)(Z, A), related to pairing gap. Comparison with available evaluated data in AME2016, and with shell model calculations using GX1A Hamiltonian for Sc isotopes. Discussion of upper-Z limit for N=34 subshell closure and lower-Z limit for N=40 subshell, and impact on electron-capture cooling in neutron star crusts. Isotopes produced in ⁹Be(⁸²Se, X), E=140 MeV/nucleon reaction.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.052801