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Gross shell structure at high spin in heavy nuclei

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
OSTI ID:836375
Experimental nuclear moments of inertia at high spins along the yrast line have been determined systematically and found to differ from the rigid-body values. The difference is attributed to shell effect and these have been calculated microscopically. The data and quantal calculations are interpreted by means of the semiclassical Periodic Orbit Theory. From this new perspective, features in the moments of inertia as a function of neutron number and spin, as well as their relation to the shell energies can be understood. Gross shell effects persist up to the highest angular momenta observed.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Division of Nuclear Physics, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Contracts DE-AC03-76SF00098 and DE-FG02-95ER40934; EU grant INTAS-93-151-EXT (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
836375
Report Number(s):
LBNL--53891
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Vol. 69
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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