Evolution from spherical single-particle structure to stable triaxiality at high spins in Nd140

Petrache, C. M.; Fantuzi, M.; LoBianco, G.; Mengoni, D.; Neusser-Neffgen, A.; Al-Khatib, A.; Bringel, P.; Bürger, A.; Nenoff, N.; Schönwasser, G.; Singh, A. K.; Ragnarsson, I.; Hagemann, G. B.; Herskind, B.; Jensen, D. R.; Sletten, G.; Fallon, P.; Görgen, A.; Bednarczyk, P.; Curien, D.; Gangopadhyay, G.; Korichi, A.; Lopez-Martens, A.; Rao, B. V. T.; Reddy, T. S.; Singh, Nirmal; Hubel, H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.72.064318

Evolution from spherical single-particle structure to stable triaxiality at high spins in ${}^{140}{Nd}$

Journal Article · Thu Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.72.064318· OSTI ID:1511294

Petrache, C. M. ^[1]; Fantuzi, M. ^[1]; LoBianco, G. ^[1]; Mengoni, D. ^[1]; Neusser-Neffgen, A. ^[2]; Al-Khatib, A. ^[2]; Bringel, P. ^[2]; Bürger, A. ^[2]; Nenoff, N. ^[2]; Schönwasser, G. ^[2]; Singh, A. K. ^[3]; Ragnarsson, I. ^[4]; Hagemann, G. B. ^[5]; Herskind, B. ^[5]; Jensen, D. R. ^[5]; Sletten, G. ^[5]; Fallon, P. ^[6]; Görgen, A. ^[7]; Bednarczyk, P. ^[8]; Curien, D. ^[9] more »

Univ. di Camerino and Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Camerino (Italy)
Univ. Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
Univ. Bonn, Bonn (Germany); IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur (India)
Lund Inst. of Technology, Lund (Sweden)
Niels Bohr Inst., Copenhagen (Denmark)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Inst. de Recherches Subatomiques, Strasbourg (France); Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow (Poland); Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
Inst. de Recherches Subatomiques, Strasbourg (France)
Univ. College of Science, Kolkata (India)
Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masse, Orsay Campus (France)
Andrha Univ., Visakhapatnam (India)
Panjab Univ., Chandigarh (India)

The level structure of $$ 140\atop{60} $$Nd₈₀ has been established up to spin 48 by in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy by use of the ⁹⁶Zr(⁴⁸Ca, 4n) reaction. High-fold γ-ray coincidences were measured with the EUROBALL spectrometer. Twelve new rotational bands have been discovered at high spins. They are interpreted as being formed in a deep triaxial minimum at ε₂ ≈ 0.25 and γ ≈ 35°. Further possible configurations are assigned to the observed bands on the basis of configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1511294

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 20771094

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 72; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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