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The latest data by the NA61/SHINE collaboration on inclusive distributions of $K^{*0}$ and $\phi$ meson's, $\Xi^-$ and $\bar \Xi^+$ hyperon's production in ${\rm pp}$ interactions at $P_{lab}$ from 40 up to 158 GeV/c are considered. As it…
A high-performance Fortran code is developed to calculate the spin- and parity-dependent shell model nuclear level densities.The algorithm is based on the extension of methods of statistical spectroscopy and implies exact calculation of the…
Large-space no-core shell model calculations have been performed for A=3-6 nuclei, using a starting-energy-independent two-body effective interaction derived by application of the Lee-Suzuki similarity transformation. This transformation…
Atomic masses of seven $T_z=-1$, $fp$-shell nuclei from $^{44}$V to $^{56}$Cu and two low-lying isomers, $^{44m}$V ($J^\pi=6^+$) and $^{52m}$Co ($J^\pi=2^+$), have been measured with relative precisions of $1-4\times 10^{-7}$ with…
We have calculated the M1 strength distributions in the A=36,38 argon isotopes within large-scale shell model studies which consider valence nucleons in the sd and pf shells. While the M1 strength in 36Ar is well reproduced within the sd…
We use the relativistic mean field (RMF) model to conduct a thorough analysis of the ground-state properties of $^{67\text{--}80}$Ge nuclei. Binding energies and neutron skin thicknesses are computed for a total of 14 neutron-rich Ge…
The structure of the N=50 isotones 98Cd, 97Ag, and 96Pd is studied in terms of shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the Bonn-A nucleon-nucleon potential. The single-hole energies are fixed by resorting to an…
In the present work, we have reported $\beta^+$/EC-decay half-lives for $Z = 21 -30$ nuclei using large-scale shell-model. %and N $\leq$ A recent study shows that some proton-rich nuclei in this region belong to the island of inversion. We…
We have calculated the Gamow-Teller matrix elements of 64 decays of nuclei in the mass range A=41--50. In all the cases the valence space of the full pf-shell is used. Agreement with the experimental results demands the introduction of an…
Live $^{60}$Fe has recently been reported in a deep-ocean ferromanganese crust. Analysis of the isotopic ratios in the sample suggests that the measured $^{60}$Fe abundance exceeds the levels generated by terrestrial and cosmogenic sources,…
The use of chemically selective laser ionization combined with beta-delayed neutron counting at CERN/ISOLDE has permitted identification and half-life measurements for 623-ms Mn-61 up through 14-ms Mn-69. The measured half-lives are found…
We have measured the hyperfine splitting of the $7P_{1/2}$ state at the 100 ppm level in Fr isotopes ($^{206g,206m, 207, 209, 213, 221}$Fr) near the closed neutron shell ($N$ = 126 in $^{213}$Fr). The measurements in five isotopes and a…
We present mass excesses (ME) of neutron-rich isotopes of Ar through Fe, obtained via TOF-$B\rho$ mass spectrometry at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. Our new results have significantly reduced systematic uncertainties…
The diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission from short-lived radioactive $^{26}$Al and $^{60}$Fe provides a direct probe of ongoing nucleosynthesis in the Galaxy. However, theoretical models have long struggled to reproduce the observed…
Isomeric studies in neutron-rich nuclei present a powerful tool to explore the structure at the nuclear extremes. We recently used the shell model calculations with Renormalized Charge Depen- dent Bonn (RCDB) effective interaction to…
Determination of the leptonic CP-violating phase $\delta_{\mathrm{CP}}$, the atmospheric mixing angle $\theta_{23}$, and the mass-squared difference $\Delta m_{31}^{2}$ constitutes a primary objective of current and next-generation…
Spectral distribution theory, which can be used to compare microscopic interactions over a broad range of nuclei, is applied in an analysis of two modern effective interactions based on the realistic CD-Bonn potential for $0\hbar\Omega$…
This paper presents a systematic evaluation of the ability of theoretical models to reproduce experimental Gamow-Teller transition strength distributions measured via (n,p)-type charge-exchange reactions at intermediate beam energies. The…
The present paper is comprised of two parts. First, we give a brief survey of the theoretical framework for microscopic nuclear structure calculations starting from a free nucleon-nucleon potential. Then, we present some selected results of…
We present systematic shell-model studies of even-even $^{98-130}$Cd isotopes using a realistic effective shell-model interaction derived from the G-matrix approach with an inert core $^{88}$Sr. Our calculated low-lying excited energy…