Zakopane 2026 Conference on Nuclear Physics

Light neutron-rich carbon isotopes provide a unique testing ground for the evolution of shell structure and halo phenomena. Specifically, we studied the single-neutron pickup $^{16}\mathrm{C}(p,d)^{15}\mathrm{C}$ and $^{16}\mathrm{C}(d,t)^{15}\mathrm{C}$, and the two-neutron pickup $^{16}\mathrm{C}(p,t)^{14}\mathrm{C}$. These complementary probes offer high sensitivity to both single-particle...

In nuclear structure studies, the nucleon-nucleon correlations are recognised as crucial in determining the low-energy spectra and ground-state properties of nuclei. Heavy ion reactions are considered a valuable tool for investigating such correlations, since they enable the transfer of multiple nucleon pairs, both neutrons and protons, between the interacting nuclei [1-6].
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In the past few years, spectroscopy of radioactive molecules has been performed at ISOLDE (CERN) using the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (CRIS) experiment [1]. Given their structure and chemical properties, radioactive molecules are promising candidates for studies in different fields [2], including for more efficient extraction of refractory elements from ISOLDE targets...

Changes in the nuclear shell closures approaching the neutron drip line are among the key topics in contemporary nuclear structure research. Although the bound excited states of neutron-rich isotopes have been extensively investigated, information on the unbound states remains rather scarce. Neutron-unbound states in $^{50}$Ar and $^{52}$Ar were studied via the (p,2p) reaction using...

The unbound nucleus $^{13}$Be is crucial for understanding the formation of the two-neutron halo nucleus $^{14}$Be. In particular, its resonance structure provides key insight into the $^{12}$Be–n interaction entering three-body descriptions of $^{14}$Be. The relative ordering of the lowest-lying $1/2^+$ and $1/2^-$ states remains an open question. Notably, the $1/2^-$ state extracted from the...

Quasielastic (QE) scattering in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier serves as a highly sensitive probe of reaction dynamics in heavy-ion collisions. Within the coupled-channels (CC) framework, the interplay between relative motion and intrinsic nuclear excitations leads to a distribution of effective barriers, commonly referred to as barrier distributions. These distributions encode valuable...

The delicate balance between like-nucleon (proton-proton and neutron-neutron, pp and nn and proton–neutron pn pairing correlations plays a crucial role in shaping the structure, stability, and collective behavior of atomic nuclei. Proton--neutron interactions are particularly strong when both nucleons occupy the same orbitals, owing to the large overlap of their spatial wave functions,...

Nuclei at and beyond 78Ni were studied by means of the RIKEN BigRIPS facility and BRIKEN 3He-based beta-delayed neutron array and Ge clovers [1]. The search for the 3s1/2 neutron orbital down-sloping towards 2d5/2 neutron 81Zn ground state was among the goals. Such 3s1/2 state may trigger halo-like structure in even-Z, odd-N neutron-rich isotopes beyond 78Ni. This halo-like state would...