High-Statistics Sub-Barrier Coulomb Excitation of 106,108,110Sn

Abstract

A Coulomb excitation campaign on 106,108,110Sn at 4.4–4.5 MeV/u was launched at the HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN. Larger excitation cross sections and γ-ray statistics were achieved compared to previous experiments at ∼2.8 MeV/u. More precise B(E2;0+1→2+1) values, lifetimes of states via the Doppler shift attenuation method, and new B(E2;0+1→2+x), B(E2;2+1→4+1), and Q(2+1) values from the new Miniball data will be obtained and applied to test modern nuclear structure theories.