Statistical properties and photon strength functions of the 112,114Sn isotopes below the neutron separation threshold

AbstraktAbstract

Here we report on the measurements of the gamma -ray strength functions and nuclear level densities of 112,114Sn performed for the first time at the 9-MV Tandem accelerator facilities at Horia Hulubei Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering using the Oslo method. We extract thermodynamic properties and gross and fine properties of the pygmy dipole resonance for systematic comparison in the chain of Sn isotopes. The results are compared with microscopic models implemented in the TALYS reaction code and the fully microscopic quasiparticlephonon model for the underlying nuclear structure of the dipole strength in 112,114Sn. The quasiparticle-phonon model results show the importance of complex configurations to the low-energy dipole response in the pygmy dipole resonance energy region. The experimental data are further included in the cross section and reaction rate calculations for the (n, gamma ) reaction of the p-process nuclei 112,114Sn showing a significant increase in reaction rates at high temperatures compared to existing nuclear databases.

Here we report on the measurements of the gamma -ray strength functions and nuclear level densities of 112,114Sn performed for the first time at the 9-MV Tandem accelerator facilities at Horia Hulubei Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering using the Oslo method. We extract thermodynamic properties and gross and fine properties of the pygmy dipole resonance for systematic comparison in the chain of Sn isotopes. The results are compared with microscopic models implemented in the TALYS reaction code and the fully microscopic quasiparticlephonon model for the underlying nuclear structure of the dipole strength in 112,114Sn. The quasiparticle-phonon model results show the importance of complex configurations to the low-energy dipole response in the pygmy dipole resonance energy region. The experimental data are further included in the cross section and reaction rate calculations for the (n, gamma ) reaction of the p-process nuclei 112,114Sn showing a significant increase in reaction rates at high temperatures compared to existing nuclear databases.