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Determination of shell correction energies at saddle point using pre-scission neutron multiplicities
Abstract Pre-scission neutron multiplicities have been measured for 12 C +  194, 198 Pt systems at matching excitation energies at near Coulomb barrier region. Statistical model analysis with a modified fission barrier and level density prescription have been carried out to fit the measured pre-scission neutron multiplicities and the available evaporation residue and fission cross sections simultaneously to constrain statistical model parameters. Simultaneous fitting of the pre-scission neutron multiplicities and cross section data requires shell correction at the saddle point.
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Search for an effect of shell closure on nuclear dissipation via a neutron-multiplicity measurement
120083760
Effect of N/Z in pre-scission neutron multiplicity for 16,18O+194,198Pt systems
This paper report the summary of the experimental results of pre-scission neutron multiplicities from four compound nuclei, namely 210,212,214,216 Rn, and statistical model analysis of the corresponding data. The compound nuclei 210,212,214,216 Rn having N/Z values as 1.441, 1.465, 1.488, 1.511 respectively are populated through the 16,18 O+ 194,198 Pt reactions at excitation energies of 50, 61, 71.7 and 79 MeV. The measured neutron multiplicities are further analyzed with the statistical model of nuclear decay where fission hindrance due to nuclear dissipation is considered. The N/Z dependence of the dissipation strength at lowest excitation energy of the compound nuclei suggests shell closure effects. However, such effects are not observed at higher excitations where the variation of the dissipation strength with N/Z does not show any specific trend. The variation of N/Z in fission time scale is also shown.
119188201
Emission characteristics of the projectile fragments at relativistic energy
A projectile (84Kr36) having kinetic energy around 1 A GeV has been used to expose NIKFI BR-2 emulsion target at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany. A total of 700 inelastic events has been identified and used in the present studies on projectile fragments. The emission angle of the projectile fragments are strongly affected by charge of the other projectile fragments emitted at same time with different emission angle is observed. The angular distribution studies show symmetrical nature for lighter charge projectile fragments. The symmetrical nature decreased with the charge of projectile fragments. We have observed at ~4o of emission angle for double charge projectile fragments, the momentum transfer during interaction is similar for various target species of emulsion. We have also observed a small but significant amplitude peaks on both side of the big peak for almost all light charge projectile fragments having different delta angle values. It reflects that there are a few percent of projectile fragments that are coming from the decay of heavy projectile fragments or any other process.
119909922
A lower bound on the pionic contribution to the Muon magnetic moment
A lower bound is calculated for the pionic contribution to the muon magnetic moment. The bound uses data on the form factor in the space-like region and the 'charge radius' of the pion. The lower bound is 22.8*10-9 which is within a factor of two of the 'experimental' value.
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Measurement of the damping of the nuclear shell effect in the doubly magic 208Pb region.
The damping of the nuclear shell effect with excitation energy has been measured through an analysis of the neutron spectra following the triton transfer in the (7)Li induced reaction on (205)Tl. The measured neutron spectra demonstrate the expected large shell correction energy for the nuclei in the vicinity of doubly magic (208)Pb and a small value around (184)W. A quantitative extraction of the allowed values of the damping parameter γ, along with those for the asymptotic nuclear level density parameter ã, has been made for the first time.
119072934
Transverse mass spectra and scaling of hadrons at RHIC and LHC energies
We present a systematic study of transverse mass spectra ($m_T$) of mesons and baryons at RHIC and LHC energies. In an earlier study, it was shown that all the mesons produced in p+p and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV follow $m_T$ scaling while in Au+Au collisions at same energy the mesons with strange and charm quark contents do not follow $m_T$ scaling which can be attributed to medium modifications. 
We extend this study for baryons produced in all above colliding systems at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV. Although all available baryon spectra behave differently from mesons but are found to scale with protons for both p+p and d+Au collisions. In case of Au+Au collisions, the strange baryons behave differently from protons. 
This study has also been performed on the meson spectra in p+p collisions at 62.4 GeV which lies in between the highest RHIC energy and SPS energy where the $m_T$ scaling was first observed and we arrive at same conclusions as those at 200 GeV. 
We test the $m_T$ scaling at LHC with the first meson spectra measured in p+p collisions at 900 GeV and find that the $m_T$ spectra of kaons and $\phi$ do not scale with pions. Thus $m_T$ scaling which was working well up to p+p collisions at 200 GeV seems to be broken. Here we use all data measured in the mid rapidity region. Baryon to meson ratio is studied as a function of $m_T$, at different energies and for different systems and is found that this ratio for p+p at 900 GeV is quite different from that in p+p collisions at RHIC energies.
119180215
Characterization and modeling of a low background HPGe detector
Abstract A high efficiency, low background counting setup has been made at TIFR consisting of a special HPGe detector ( ~ 70 % ) surrounded by a low activity copper+lead shield. Detailed measurements are performed with point and extended geometry sources to obtain a complete response of the detector. An effective model of the detector has been made with GEANT4 based Monte Carlo simulations which agrees with experimental data within 5%. This setup will be used for qualification and selection of radio-pure materials to be used in a cryogenic bolometer for the study of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in 124Sn as well as for other rare event studies. Using this setup, radio-impurities in the rock sample from India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) site have been estimated.