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Title: Systematics of low-lying dipole strengths in odd and even Dy and Gd isotopes

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C
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  1. Institut fuer Strahlenphysik, Universitaet Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart (Germany)
  2. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Universitaet zu Koeln, Zuelpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Koeln (Germany)
  3. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, Leihgesterner Weg 217, D-35392 Giessen (Germany)

Photon scattering experiments on the odd, deformed nuclei {sup 161,163}Dy and {sup 157}Gd provided detailed information on the excitation energies and transition probabilities of low-lying dipole excitations. In the case of the even-even nuclei {sup 162,164}Dy in addition spins and parities of the excited states could be determined model independently by measuring the angular distributions and the linear polarization of the scattered photons using a Compton polarimeter. The results are compared with the systematics obtained for the neighboring even-even isotopes {sup 160}Dy and {sup 156,158,160}Gd in previous photon scattering experiments. Whereas in the odd Dy isotopes a concentration of dipole strength is observed, which fits nicely into the systematics of the orbital {ital M}1 mode, the dipole strength in {sup 157}Gd is completely fragmented into about 90 transitions.

OSTI ID:
122375
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C, Vol. 52, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English