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Low-energy limit of the radiative dipole strength in nuclei

Elena Litvinova and Nikolay Belov
Phys. Rev. C 88, 031302(R) – Published 4 September 2013

Abstract

We explain the low-energy anomaly reported in several experimental studies of the radiative dipole strength functions in medium-mass nuclei. These strength functions at very low γ energies correspond to the γ transitions between very close nuclear excited states in the quasicontinuum and attract an increasing interest because of their substantial astrophysical impact. We show that the low-energy enhancement of the strength functions in highly excited compound nuclei is explained by nucleonic transitions from the thermally unblocked single-quasiparticle states to the single-(quasi)particle continuum. The case of radiative dipole strength functions at the nuclear excitation energies typical for the thermal neutron capture is illustrated for 94,96,98Mo and 116,122Sn in comparison to available data.

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  • Received 28 February 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.88.031302

©2013 American Physical Society

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Elena Litvinova

  • Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA

Nikolay Belov

  • Nuclear Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia

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Vol. 88, Iss. 3 — September 2013

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