New regions of nuclear deformation

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5905663

Lister, C J; Gelletly, W; Varley, B J; Price, H G; Olness, J W

It has long been expected from general theoretical considerations that nuclei with Z and N far removed from major shell closures should exhibit considerable collectivity and maybe deformed in their groundstates. A number of calculations have recently attempted to quantify these expectations through detailed predictions of nuclear shapes across the periodic table. In this contribution we review predictions and experimental data for the regions with Z,N = (40,40), (40,64) and (64,64) which are all off the valley of stability. Emphasis is placed on the experimental techniques and data obtained from the first of these regions where the prediction of extremely large prolate deformation has been experimentally verified.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Manchester Univ. (UK); Science Research Council, Daresbury (UK). Daresbury Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5905663
• Report Number(s): BNL-33219; CONF-830469-8; ON: DE83014396
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPOUND NUCLEI
DEFORMATION
DEFORMED NUCLEI
ENERGY LEVELS
HIGH SPIN STATES
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