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Alpha-decay half-lives for 104,105,106Te and 108,109,110Xe close above the doubly-magic 100Sn are calculated from systematic double-folding potentials. The derived alpha preformation factors are compared to results for 212,213,214Po and…
The electric quadrupole-quadrupole ($\mathcal{E}_{qq}$) interaction is believed to play an important role in the broken symmetry transition from Phase I to II in solid hydrogen. To evaluate this, we study structures adopted by purely…
The B(E2) value for the decay of the 2+_1 state in 16C to ground has been the subject of much discussion. Analyses assuming a simple model of two neutrons coupled to a 14C core of the available data, which extend over an order of…
The lifetime of the $0^+_3$ state in $^{120}$Sn was measured for the first time applying the fast-timing technique following thermal neutron capture. The mean lifetime of $\tau = 50(7)$~ps leads to a $E0$ transition strength of $10^3\times…
We study the branching ratios of the allowed and forbidden radiative transitions among the first few (9) fine structure levels of O VI using relativistic coupled cluster theory. We find irregular patterns for a number of transitions with in…
The Ni$^{12+}$ ion features an electronic transition with a natural width of only 8 mHz, allowing for a highly stable optical clock. We predict that the energy of this strongly forbidden $3s^2 3p^4\, ^3\!P_2 \rightarrow 3s^2 3p^4 \,…
The ability of a recently developed square-integrable discrete basis to represent the properties of the continuum of a two-body system is investigated. The basis is obtained performing a simple analytic local scale transformation to the…
We present angle resolved photoemission spectra for Ag(111) and Au(111) single crystals in normal emission geometry, taken at closely spaced intervals for photon energies between 8 eV and 160 eV. The most dominant transitions observed are…
We present a comprehensive calculation of the energies, splittings and electromagnetic decay rates of the bottom charmed meson system. Our calculated result for the ground state lifetime is 0.38 \pm 0.03 ps, in good agreement with the…
We carried out a systematic high-precision relativistic study of the forbidden magnetic-dipole and electric-quadrupole transitions in Ca+, Rb, Sr+, Cs, Ba+, Fr, Ra+, Ac2+, and Th3+. This work is motivated by the importance of these…
The influence of oscillating quadrupole fields on atomic energy levels is examined theoretically and general expressions for the quadrupole matrix elements are given. The results are relevant to any ion-based clock in which one of the clock…
We present systematic calculations on the spectroscopy and transition properties of even-even Te isotopes by using the large-scale configuration interaction shell model approach with a realistic interaction. These nuclei are of particular…
Accurate transition probabilities for forbidden lines are important diagnostic parameters for low-density astrophysical plasmas. In this paper we present experimental atomic data for forbidden [FeII] transitions that are observed as strong…
We report lifetime measurements of the metastable $6\mathrm{d}\, ^{2}\mathrm{D}_{5/2}$ and $6\mathrm{d}\, ^{2}\mathrm{D}_{3/2}$ states of Ra$^+$. The measured lifetimes, $\tau_{5} = $ 303.8(1.5) ms and $\tau_{3} = $ 642(9) ms, are important…
Accurate measurements of different transition frequencies between atomic levels of the electronic and hyperfine structure over time are used to investigate temporal variations of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ and the…
We propose here a new model termed as the Differential Equation Model for the ground to first 2+ state excitation energy E2 of a given even-even nucleus, according to which the energy E2 is expressed in terms of its derivatives with respect…
The electric quadrupole transition rates for the high spin yrast states of 104 Pd have been measured by using the DSAM technique. These values decrease with the increase of angular momentum which is a signature of anti-magnetic rotation. A…
The possibility of using neutral and double ionized erbium for atomic clocks of high precision is investigated. In both cases the narrow electric quadrupole clock transition between the ground and first exited state of the same…
In this paper, we have studied the energy spectra and B(E2) transition probabilities of 124-130Ba isotopes in the shape phase transition region between the spherical and gamma unstable deformed shapes. We have used a transitional…
Recently, the very small $B(E2;2_{1}^{+}\rightarrow0_{1}^{+})$ value was found in $^{166}$Os, which is 7(4) W.u. \textbf{and} much smaller than the values of adjacent nuclei $^{168,170}$Os, 74(13) W.u. and 97(9) W.u.. With the help of a new…