Band structures extending to very high spin in {sup 126}Xe
- Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark) and GANIL, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 5 (France) and Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universitaet Bonn, Nussallee 14-16, D-53115 Bonn (Germany) and Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
High-spin states in {sup 126}Xe have been populated in the {sup 82}Se({sup 48}Ca,4n){sup 126}Xe reaction in two experiments, one at the VIVITRON accelerator in Strasbourg using the Euroball detector array, and a subsequent one with ATLAS at Argonne using the Gammasphere Ge-detector array. Levels and assignments made previously for {sup 126}Xe up to I=20 have been confirmed and extended. Four regular bands extending to a spin of almost I=60, which are interpreted as two pairs of signature partners with opposite parity, are identified for the first time. The {alpha} = 0 partner of each pair is connected to the lower-lying levels, whereas the two {alpha} = 1 partners remain floating. A fractional Doppler shift analysis of transitions in the strongest populated ({pi},{alpha})=(-,0) band provides a value of 5.2{sub 0.5}{sup 0.4} b for the transition quadrupole moment, which can be related to a minimum in the potential-energy surface calculated by the ULTIMATE CRANKER cranked shell-model code at {epsilon}{approx_equal}0.35 and {gamma}{approx_equal}5 deg. The four lowest bands calculated for this minimum compare well with the two signature pairs experimentally observed over a wide spin range. A sharp upbend at ({Dirac_h}/2{pi}){omega}{approx}1170 keV is interpreted as a crossing with a band involving the j{sub 15/2} neutron orbital, for which pairing correlations are expected to be totally quenched. The four long bands extend to within {approx}5 spin units of a crossing with an yrast line defined by calculated hyperdeformed transitions and will serve as important stepping stones into the spin region beyond 60h for future experiments.
- OSTI ID:
- 21064339
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 76, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.76.034311; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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