EPJ Web of Conferences 123, 03003 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612303003

Direct reactions for nuclear structure required for fundamental symmetry tests

¹ Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1 Canada
² TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T2A3 Canada
³ Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
⁴ Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
⁵ Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO, 80401 USA

^a e-mail: pgarrett@physics.uoguelph.ca

Published online: 5 September 2016

Abstract

A program of nuclear structure studies to support fundamental symmetry tests has been initiated. Motivated by the search for an electric dipole moment in ¹⁹⁹Hg, the structure in the vicinity has been explored via direct reaction studies. To date, these have included the ^198,200Hg(d, d′) inelastic scattering reactions, with the aim to obtain information on the E2 and E3 strength distributions, and the ¹⁹⁸Hg(d, p) and ²⁰⁰Hg(d, t) reactions to obtain information on the single-particle states in ¹⁹⁹Hg. The studies using the ²⁰⁰Hg targets have been fully analyzed using the FRESCO reaction code yielding the E2 and E3 strength distribution to 4 MeV in excitation energy, and the (d, t) single- particle strength to over 3 MeV in excitation energy.