Conveners
M3-6 Traps I (DNP) / Pièges I (DPN)
- Matthew Williams (TRIUMF)
Measurements of correlation parameters in nuclear β decay have a long history of helping shape our current understanding of the fundamental symmetries governing our universe: the standard model. A variety of observations indicate this model is incomplete, so scientists continue to search for what may lie beyond the standard model. Nuclear β decay continues to play an important role in this...
The proton drip-line is not firmly established for heavy masses. Near N=82, the masses of neutron-deficient Yb and Tm isotopes were measured. In Tm (Z=69), the precise location of the drip-line could be determined, and for both isotopic chains the stabilizing effect of the N=82 shell was examined. These elements now represent the largest atomic numbers at which this shell closure has been...