Migration from the normal to the highly deformed minimum in {sup 131}Nd

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · Physical Review, C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.60.041301· OSTI ID:686575

Hartley, D J; Reviol, W; Riedinger, L L; Jin, H Q; Smith, B H ^[1]; Kondev, F G ^[2]; Galindo-Uribarri, A ^[3]; Sarantites, D G; LaFosse, D R; Wilson, J N ^[4]; Mullins, S M ^[5]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (United States)
2. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
3. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)
4. Chemistry Department, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States)
5. Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 (Australia)

The deformation driving {nu}i{sub 13/2} [660]1/2 structure has been identified for the first time in {sup 131}Nd. It is the lightest Nd (Z=60) isotope in which a band based on this intruder orbital has been reported. A crossing between the [411]1/2 band and the [660]1/2 sequence takes place near {h_bar}{omega}{approx}0.34 MeV with a large interaction strength ({vert_bar}V{vert_bar}{sub max}=47 keV). Thus, a smooth transition from the normal to the highly deformed minimum is established in {sup 131}Nd. thinsp {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 686575
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 60; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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