New features of superdeformed bands in {sup 194}Hg
- and others
A striking difference between superdeformed (SD) nuclei near A = 190 and those in the other regions is the behavior of the dynamic moment of inertia (lm) with the rotational frequency h{omega}. While the (lm) patterns of the SD bands near A = 130 and A = 150 show pronounced variations, the majority of the SD bands near A = 190 display the same large, smooth increase of (lm) within the frequency range 0.15 < {h_bar}{omega} < 0.40 MeV. Current interpretations of this rise of (lm) within mean field theories invoke the gradual alignment of quasiparticles occupying high-N intruder orbitals in the presence of pair correlations. It is a direct consequence of these interpretations that, after the quasiparticle alignments take place, (lm) will exhibit a downturn with increasing {h_bar}{omega} toward the rigid-body value. Up to now, no downturn in (lm) for the SD bands in the A = 190 mass region was observed, raising some doubt as to our understanding of pair correlations and alignment effects at these large deformations. An experiment was carried out at the 88-Inch Cyclotron facility of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory where excited states in {sup 194}Hg were populated with the reaction {sup 150}Nd({sup 48}Ca,4n) {sup 194}Hg at a beam energy of 206 MeV. The gamma rays emitted in the reaction were detected with the Gammasphere detector array (32 detectors for this experiment).
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 168423
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-95/14; ON: DE96000985; TRN: 95:007970-0032
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Physics Division Annual Report, April 1, 1994--March 31, 1995; Henning, W.F.; PB: 207 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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