EPJ Web of Conferences 31, 00008 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123100008

An interpretation of staggering effects by correlation observables

¹ Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università and INFN, Bologna, Italy
² CNRS, UMR6534, LPC, F-14050 Caen cédex, France and ENSICAEN, UMR6534, LPC, F-14050 Caen cédex, France
³ INFN, Firenze, Italy
⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università and INFN, Catania, Italy
⁵ INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy
⁶ Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, Padova, Italy
⁷ INFN, Milano, Italy
⁸ INFN, Napoli, Italy
⁹ NIPNE, Bucharest-Măgurele, POB-MG6, Romania

Abstract

The reactions ³²S+^58,64Ni are studied at 14.5 A MeV. Evidence is found for odd-even effects in isotopic observables of the decay of a projectile-like source. The influence of secondary decays on the staggering is studied with a correlation function technique, showing that odd-even effects are due to interplay between pairing effects in the nuclear masses and in the level densities.