https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00148-2
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Benchmarking the PreSPEC@GSI experiment for Coulex-multipolarimetry on the 
spin-flip transition in 
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Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 9, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany
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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
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Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria
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King Saud University, P. O. BOX 2454, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Bahçe Saray Mahallesi, Aksaray University, Aksaray-Adana Yolu, Sağlık/Aksaray, Merkez/Aksaray, 68100, Aksaray, Turkey
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Geneva, Switzerland
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The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342, Kraków, Poland
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Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133, Milan, Italy
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Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937, Köln, Germany
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Oliver Lodge Laboratory, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
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Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds–GANIL, CEA/DSAM and CNRS/IN2P3, BP 55027, 14076, Caen Cedex 05, France
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Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Viale dell’Università, 2, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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Nuclear Physics Group, Schuster Laboratory, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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CSNSM, Université Paris-Sud and CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, Bat 104, 91405, Orsay Campus, France
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Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, 46071, Valencia, Spain
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AG Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Dolivostr. 15, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany
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Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Institut de Physique Nucléaire, IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”, Università di Padova and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padua, 35131, Italy
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STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, 35131, Padua, Italy
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School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Schuster Building, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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School of Engineering and Computing, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
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Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
* e-mail: pnapiralla@ikp.tu-darmstadt.de
Received:
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January
2020
Accepted:
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April
2020
Published online:
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May
2020
A first performance test of the Coulomb excitation multipolarimetry (Coulex-multipolarimetry) method is presented. It is based on a 
spin-flip experiment performed as part of the PreSPEC-AGATA campaign at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI). Via determination of background levels around the expected excitations as well as measured 
excitations, an upper limit for the M1 transition strength of the 
transition in and a lower beam time limit for upcoming experimental campaigns utilizing Coulex-multipolarimetry have been inferred. The impact of the use of AGATA in its anticipated 
configuration on these estimates is deduced via Geant4 simulations.
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