Assess whether redistribution of M1 strength contributes to quenching

Determine whether the disagreement between the experimentally observed detailed structure of the 1+ states and the predictions of nuclear-structure models contributes to the quenching of the M1 strength in 50Ti.

Background

The measured total M1 strengths are reasonably reproduced by the TDCSM, EQPM, and REOM3 models when typical quenching factors are applied. However, the experimentally observed lack of correspondence between large neutron (1f7/2)^−1(1f5/2)^+1 spectroscopic factors and large B(M1) strengths conflicts with all three models. The authors therefore leave unresolved whether the missing redistribution of strength among configurations is itself related to the observed quenching of the M1 strength.