[ital E]2 and [ital E]3 transitions from quadrupole-octupole coupled states in [sup 144]Nd

Journal Article · Mon Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.412· OSTI ID:7253077

Robinson, S J; Jolie, J; Boerner, H G; Schillebeeckx, P; Ulbig, S; Lieb, K P ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505 (United States) Institut Laue-Langevin, Boite Postal 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France) Institut Laue-Langevin, Boite Postal 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France) University of Fribourg, CH-1700, Fribourg (Switzerland) II. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Goettingen, D-37073 Goettingen (Germany)

Lifetime measurements of the 3[sub 1][sup [minus]], 5[sub 1][sup [minus]], and 1[sub 1][sup [minus]] states in [sup 144]Nd show that the absolute [ital E]2 and [ital E]3 transition rates from the 5[sub 1][sup [minus]] and 1[sub 1][sup [minus]] states are consistent with their structure being formed by the coupling of the lowest quadrupole (2[sub 1][sup +]) and octupole (3[sub 1][sup [minus]]) excitations. A level at 2205 keV has been identified as having [ital J][sup [pi]]=4[sup [minus]] and may be another member of this quadrupole-octupole coupled quintuplet. The energy spacing of the quintuplet can be explained by anharmonicities in the quadrupole-octupole interaction and the influence of the [nu][sup 2](2[ital f][sub 7/2],1[ital i][sub 13/2]) configuration.

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-93ER40809
• OSTI ID: 7253077
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 73:3; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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