Search for spontaneous transition of nuclei to a superdense state

R. Bernabei; P. Belli; F. Cappella; F. Montecchia; F. Nozzoli; A. d’Angelo; A. Incicchitti; D. Prosperi; R. Cerulli; C. J. Dai; H. H. Kuang; J. M. Ma; Z. P. Ye

doi:10.1140/epja/i2004-10072-2

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Hadrons and Nuclei

Eur. Phys. J. A (2005) 23: 7-10
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2004-10072-2

Search for spontaneous transition of nuclei to a superdense state

R. Bernabei¹^,2^*, P. Belli¹^,2, F. Cappella¹^,2, F. Montecchia¹^,2, F. Nozzoli¹^,2, A. d’Angelo³^,4, A. Incicchitti³^,4, D. Prosperi³^,4, R. Cerulli⁵, C. J. Dai⁶, H. H. Kuang⁶, J. M. Ma⁶ and Z. P. Ye⁶

¹ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
² Sezione di Roma2, INFN, I-00133, Rome, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
⁴ Sezione di Roma, INFN, I-00185, Rome, Italy
⁵ Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, INFN, I-67010, Assergi (AQ), Italy
⁶ IHEP, Chinese Academy, P.O. Box 918/3, 100039, Beijing, PRC

^* e-mail: rita.bernabei@roma2.infn.it

Received: 25 June 2004
Accepted: 31 August 2004
Published online: 18 November 2004

Abstract

We report the results of an experimental search for spontaneous transition of nuclei from ordinary to superdense state in NaI(Tl). New limits on the superdense-state parameters are presented.

PACS: 21.10.Ft Charge distribution – / 21.10.-k Properties of nuclei; nuclear energy levels – / 21.65.+f Nuclear matter – / 29.40.Mc Scintillation detectors –

© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2004