Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich 207,208Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink 
and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the N=126 shell closure

Day Goodacre, T.; Afanasjev, A. V.; Barzakh, A. E.; Marsh, B. A.; Sels, S.; Ring, P.; Nakada, H.; Andreyev, A. N.; Van Duppen, P.; Althubiti, N. A.; Andel, B.; Atanasov, D.; Billowes, J.; Blaum, K.; Cocolios, T. E.; Cubiss, J. G.; Farooq-Smith, G. J.; Fedorov, D. V.; Fedosseev, V. N.; Flanagan, K. T.; Ganey, L. P.; Ghys, L.; Huyse, M.; Kreim, S.; Lunney, D.; Lynch, K. M.; Manea, V.; Palenzuela, Y. Martinez; Molkanov, P. L.; Rosenbusch, M.; Rossel, R. E.; Rothe, S.; Schweikhard, L.; Seliverstov, M. D.; Spagnoletti, P.; Van Beveren, C.; Veinhard, M.; Verstraelen, E.; Welker, A.; Wendt, K.; Wienholtz, F.; Wolf, R. N.; Zadvornaya, A.; Zuber, K.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.032502

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Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich ^207,208Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the N=126 shell closure

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Atanasov, D.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Blaum, K.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Manea, V.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Wolf, R. N.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Day Goodacre, T., Afanasjev, A. V., Barzakh, A. E., Marsh, B. A., Sels, S., Ring, P., et al. (2021). Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich ^207,208Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the N=126 shell closure. Physical Review Letters, 126(3): 032502. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.032502.

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Abstract

The mean-square charge radii of ^207,208Hg (Z=80, N=127, 128) have been studied for the first time and those of ^202,203,206Hg (N=122, 123, 126) remeasured by the application of in-source resonance-ionization laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE (CERN). The characteristic kink in the charge radii at the N=126 neutron shell closure has been revealed, providing the first information on its behavior below the Z=82 proton shell closure. A theoretical analysis has been performed within relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov and nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approaches, considering both the new mercury results and existing lead data. Contrary to previous interpretations, it is demonstrated that both the kink at N=126 and the odd-even staggering (OES) in its vicinity can be described predominately at the mean-field level and that pairing does not need to play a crucial role in their origin. A new OES mechanism is suggested, related to the staggering in the occupation of the different neutron orbitals in odd- and even-A nuclei, facilitated by particle-vibration coupling for odd-A nuclei.