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Nuclear shapes from spectroscopic studies of fission fragments

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OSTI ID:6453020
Partial level schemes for several neutron-rich Ba and Ce nuclei have been determined from the study of gamma-gamma coincidences in /sup 252/Cf fission fragments. The experiment was performed with the Argonne-Notre Dame gamma ray facility, which consisted of 7 Compton- suppressed Ge detectors, a low-energy photon spectrometer and an inner ball of fourteen hexagonal BGO detectors. Gamma-gamma coincidence events between the Ge detectors, which were accompanied by a gamma in BGO detectors, were accepted. The triple coincidence requirement eliminated most of the beta-decay background. Transitions in individual Ba and Ce nuclei were identified by gating on the known 2/sup +/ ..-->.. O/sup +/ gamma rays. Level schemes deduced from these studies indicate interleaved negative and positive parity levels in /sup 144/Ba, /sup 146/Ba and /sup 146/Ce which are connected by fast E1 transitions. Both these features are signature of octupole deformation (reflection asymmetric shape) and are reproduced by recent theoretical calculations. 4 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6453020
Report Number(s):
CONF-890406-1; ON: DE89000597
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English