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High-precision mass measurements of 52Ni and 51Co reveal breakdown of the isobaric multiplet mass equation in the fp shell

F. M. Maier, G. Bollen, B. A. Brown, S. E. Campbell, X. Chen, H. Erington, N. D. Gamage, K. Godbey, C. M. Ireland, C. Izzo, R. Ringle, C. S. Sumithrarachchi, and A. C. C. Villari

Phys. Rev. C - Accepted 1 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/xrbm-m61q

Abstract

We performed high-precision mass measurements of the proton-rich nuclei 52Ni and 51Co with the LEBIT Penning trap at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). For 52Ni, a mass excess of -22474.8(2.2) keV was determined, which is consistent with a recent storage-ring measurement at the Cooler-Storage Ring (CSRe) but has a factor 37 improved precision. For 51Co, we obtained a mass excess of -27375.1(5.7) keV, agreeing with a recent CSRe result, while reducing the uncertainty by a factor 2. Combining our mass value for 52Ni with the known two-proton decay energy of 54Zn, we determined the mass excess of 54Zn to be -6463(42) keV. These new mass values reveal a substantial breakdown of the isobaric mass multiplet equation for A = 52 and A = 54, and provide stringent benchmarks for isospin-symmetry-breaking effects in the proton-rich fp-shell, favoring theoretical descriptions that omit the Coulomb-exchange term.

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