https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202532400031
A novel technique for lifetime measurements in heavy neutron-rich nuclei: The reversed plunger
1 INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy
2 INFN - Sede di Milano, Milano, Italy
3 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
4 INFN - Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
5 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
6 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, Milano, italy
7 Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
8 Ruder Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
9 Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
* e-mail: julgen.pellumaj@lnl.infn.it
** e-mail: daniele.brugnara@lnl.infn.it
*** e-mail: msedlak@cern.ch
Published online: 11 April 2025
A novel technique, the so-called ‘reversed plunger’, was used for the first time to measure lifetimes of nuclear excited states on the order of picoseconds in heavy neutron-rich nuclei at the Legnaro National Laboratories. Preliminary spectra show that the commissioning of the technique was successfully performed employing the Advanced Gamma-Ray Tracking Array (AGATA), the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA, and the plunger device in the reversed configuration.
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