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Fermionic-bosonic couplings in a weakly deformed odd-mass nucleus, {sub 41}{sup 93}Nb

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055 (United States)
  2. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3 (Canada)
  3. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Universitaet zu Koeln, D-50937 Koeln (Germany)
  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800 (United States)
A comprehensive level scheme of {sup 93}Nb below 2 MeV has been constructed from information obtained with the {sup 93}Nb(n,n{sup '{gamma}}) and the {sup 94}Zr(p,2n{gamma}{gamma}){sup 93}Nb reactions. Branching ratios, lifetimes, transition multipolarities, and spin assignments have been determined. From M1 and E2 strengths, fermionic-bosonic excitations of isoscalar and isovector characters have been identified from the weak couplings of the {pi}1g{sub 9/2} x {sub 40}{sup 92}Zr and {pi}2p{sub 1/2}{sup -1} x {sub 42}{sup 94}Mo configurations. A microscopic interpretation of such excitations is obtained from shell-model calculations, which use low-momentum effective interactions.
OSTI ID:
21419607
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 82; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English