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Measurement of electric quadrupole moment in neutron rich \(^{131,132}\)I

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The quadrupole moments of the excited levels in neutron rich iodine isotopes, viz., \(^{131}\)I (5/2\(_1^+\)) and \(^{132}\)I (3\(_1^+\)), have been measured with LaBr\(_3\)(Ce) detectors using Time Differential Perturbed Angular Correlation (TDPAC) spectroscopy. The excited levels were populated from \(\beta ^-\) decay of the radiochemically separated tellurium (Te) fission products produced in \(^{nat}\)U(\(^4\)He,f) reaction at E\(_{\alpha }\)(lab) = 40 MeV from K-130 cyclotron at VECC, Kolkata. The active tellurium fission products were radiochemically doped in metallic tellurium matrix to provide the necessary Electric Field Gradient (EFG) required for TDPAC measurement. The values of quadrupole moments for the 5/2\(_1^+\) level of \(^{131}\)I and 3\(_1^+\) level of \(^{132}\)I were determined to be \((-)\)0.30(1) eb and (−)0.25(2) eb, respectively. The present measurement provides the first experimental determination on the electric quadrupole moment of 5/2\(_1^+\) level of \(^{131}\)I.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Authors’ comment: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.]

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Acknowledgements

The K-130 cyclotron operation group at VECC, Kolkata, is gratefully acknowledged for providing high quality \(^4\)He beam. S. S. A acknowledges support from BRNS (Sanction No. 2013/38/02-BRNS/1927 for PRF, BRNS, dated 16 October 2013) towards his PhD fellowship. Mr. R. K. Chatterjee, RCD, VECC is acknowledged for his assistance in target preparation and radiochemical separation. A. S acknowledges the UGC JRF/SRF fellowship (ref. No:17-06/2012(i)EU-V) in support of participation in the present work. Mr. Anish Kar Mahapatra of CMPD, SINP is sincerely acknowledged for carrying out the XRD measurement. D. B thankfully acknowledges Dr. R Acharya, Head, NA & AC Section, RCD, BARC and Dr. P. K. Pujari, AD, RC & I Group, BARC for their kind support in the present work.

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  1. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, 700 064, India

    S. S. Alam, T. Bhattacharjee, D. Kumar & A. Saha

  2. Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400 094, India

    S. S. Alam, D. Banerjee, T. Bhattacharjee & D. Kumar

  3. RCD-BARC, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, 700 064, India

    D. Banerjee & S. K. Das

  4. Institute of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Wien, 1060, Austria

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  5. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 700 064, India

    M. Saha Sarkar

  6. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, 711 103, India

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Alam, S.S., Banerjee, D., Bhattacharjee, T. et al. Measurement of electric quadrupole moment in neutron rich \(^{131,132}\)I. Eur. Phys. J. A 56, 269 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00281-y

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