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Measurement of the Gamow-Teller Strength Distribution in 58Co via the 58Ni(t,3He) reaction at 115 MeV/nucleon

A. L. Cole·H. Akimune·Sam M. Austin·D. Bazin·A. M. van den Berg·G. P. A. berg·J. Brown·I. Daito·Y. Fujita·M. Fujiwara·S. Gupta·K. Hara·M. N. Harakeh·J. Janecke·T. Kawabata·T. Nakamura·D. A. Roberts·B. M. Sherrill·M. Steiner·H. Ueno·R. G. T. Zegers
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Electron capture and beta decay play important roles in the evolution of pre-supernovae stars and their eventual core collapse. These rates are normally predicted through shell-model calculations. Experimentally determined strength distributions from charge-exchange reactions are needed to test modern shell-model calculations. We report on the measurement of the Gamow-Teller strength distribution in 58Co from the 58Ni(t,3He) reaction with a secondary triton beam of an intensity of ~10^6 pps at 115 MeV/nucleon and a resolution of \~250 keV. Previous measurements with the 58Ni(n,p) and the 58Ni(d,2He) reactions were inconsistent with each other. Our results support the latter. We also compare the results to predictions of large-scale shell model calculations using the KB3G and GXPF1 interactions and investigate the impact of differences between the various experiments and theories in terms of the weak rates in the stellar environment. Finally, the systematic uncertainties in the normalization of the strength distribution extracted from 58Ni(3He,t) are described and turn out to be non-negligible due to large interferences between the dL=0, dS=1 Gamow-Teller amplitude and the dL=2, dS=1 amplitude.

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A. L. Cole, H. Akimune, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, A. M. van den Berg, G. P. A. berg, J. Brown, I. Daito, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, S. Gupta, K. Hara, M. N. Harakeh, J. Janecke, T. Kawabata, T. Nakamura, D. A. Roberts, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, H. Ueno, R. G. T. Zegers. 2006-03-20. Measurement of the Gamow-Teller Strength Distribution in 58Co via the 58Ni(t,3He) reaction at 115 MeV/nucleon. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.74.034333

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