γ -soft Ba146 and the role of nonaxial shapes at N≈90

Mitchell, A. J.; Lister, C. J.; McCutchan, E. A.; Albers, M.; Ayangeakaa, A. D.; Bertone, P. F.; Carpenter, M. P.; Chiara, C. J.; Chowdhury, P.; Clark, J. A.; Copp, P.; David, H. M.; Deo, A. Y.; DiGiovine, B.; D'Olympia, N.; Dungan, R.; Harding, R. D.; Harker, J.; Hota, S. S.; Janssens, R. V.  F.; Kondev, F. G.; Liu, S. H.; Ramayya, A. V.; Rissanen, J.; Savard, G.; Seweryniak, D.; Shearman, R.; Sonzogni, A. A.; Tabor, S. L.; Walters, W. B.; Wang, E.; Zhu, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.014306

Title: $γ$ -soft ${}^{146}{Ba}$ and the role of nonaxial shapes at $N \approx 90$

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.014306· OSTI ID:1248951

Mitchell, A. J.; Lister, C. J.; McCutchan, E. A.; Albers, M.; Ayangeakaa, A. D.; Bertone, P. F.; Carpenter, M. P.; Chiara, C. J.; Chowdhury, P.; Clark, J. A.; Copp, P.; David, H. M.; Deo, A. Y.; DiGiovine, B.; D'Olympia, N.; Dungan, R.; Harding, R. D.; Harker, J.; Hota, S. S.; Janssens, R. V. F. more »

Low-spin states in the neutron-rich, N=90 nuclide Ba146 were populated following β decay of Cs146, with the goal of clarifying the development of deformation in barium isotopes through delineation of their nonyrast structures. Fission fragments of Cs146 were extracted from a 1.7-Ci Cf252 source and mass selected using the CAlifornium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU) facility. Low-energy ions were deposited at the center of a box of thin β detectors, surrounded by a highly efficient high-purity Ge array. The new Ba146 decay scheme now contains 31 excited levels extending up to ~2.5 MeV excitation energy, double what was previously known. These data are compared to predictions from the interacting boson approximation (IBA) model. It appears that the abrupt shape change found at N=90 in Sm and Gd is much more gradual in Ba and Ce, due to an enhanced role of the γ degree of freedom.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1248951

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 1; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: APS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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