Speaker
Van De Walle Jarno
(KU-University of Leuven)
Description
In the summer of 2003, the first Coulomb excitation experiment with post-
accelerated and laser ionized even-even Zn isotopes was performed at REX-
ISOLDE. Originally the aim was to measure the B(E2) strength to the first
excited 2+ state in 74 and 76Zn. In 2006 though, these B(E2) values have
been measured up to the "magic" neutron number 50 in the even-even Zn
isotopes. In addition, the first excited 2+ state has been fixed in both 78 as
80Zn. These measurements shed light on the evolution of collective behavior in
neutron rich Zn isotopes.
In this presentation, an overview will be given of the production methods and
the physics results obtained on all isotopes. The emphasis will be on the
isobaric beam contamination and the evolution of the nuclear structure towards
the N=50 line.
Primary author
Van De Walle Jarno
(KU-University of Leuven)
