Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 162501 (2007) [4 pages]Z=50 Shell Gap near 100Sn from Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Excitations in Even-Mass 106-112Sn IsotopesReceived 22 November 2006; revised 1 August 2007; published 15 October 2007 Rare isotope beams of neutron-deficient 106,108,110Sn from the fragmentation of 124Xe were employed in an intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation experiment. The measured B(E2,01+→21+) values for 108Sn and 110Sn and the results obtained for the 106Sn show that the transition strengths for these nuclei are larger than predicted by current state-of-the-art shell-model calculations. This discrepancy might be explained by contributions of the protons from within the Z=50 shell to the structure of low-energy excited states in this region. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.162501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.162501
PACS:
25.70.De, 23.20.Js, 23.20.Lv, 27.60.+j
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