Evolution of strength in the rare-earth isotopes
Abstract
Mean lifetimes of yrast states of the isotopes 174,176,178,180Hf have been measured using fast-electronic scintillation timing. Excited states of 174,176,178Hf were populated via β decay, while 180Hf was populated via Coulomb excitation. The lifetimes of the 2+1 and 4+1 states of all isotopes and the lifetimes of the 6+1 states of 174,178Hf were measured, using the slope and the centroid shift methods. The mean lifetime, τ(4+1) = 85 (13) ps, of 178Hf has been determined for the first time. In addition, the mean lifetimes of the 2–1 and the 3–1 states of 176Hf have been determined. Systematic uncertainties on the evolution of data as a function of neutron number were reduced by using the same setup for all the isotopes of interest. The data are in agreement with other recent lifetime measurements where available and shows a shift of the maximum of collectivity for the Hf isotopic chain from neutron midshell at N = 104 to N = 100.
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- Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany)
- Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- “Horia Hulubei” National Inst. for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
- Univ. of Surrey (United Kingdom)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Univ. of Surrey (United Kingdom); Benue State Univ., Makurdi (Nigeria)
- Univ. zu Koln (Germany)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of Surrey (United Kingdom)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Univ. of Surrey (United Kingdom); Univ. zu Koln (Germany)
- Univ. zu Koln (Germany); KU Leuven (Belgium)
- Univ. of Surrey (United Kingdom); National Physical Lab., Middlesex (United Kingdom)
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- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1610164
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- OSTI ID: 1546159
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-91ER40609
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 99; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; physics; lifetimes & widths; nuclear structure & decays; 150 ≤ A ≤ 189; gamma ray spectroscopy
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Wiederhold, J., Werner, V., Kern, R., Pietralla, N., Bucurescu, D., Carroll, R., Cooper, N., Daniel, T., Filipescu, D., Florea, N., Gerst, R-B., Ghita, D., Gurgi, L., Jolie, J., Ilieva, R. S., Lica, R., Marginean, N., Marginean, R., Mihai, C., Mitu, I. O., Naqvi, F., Nita, C., Rudigier, M., Stegemann, S., Pascu, S., and Regan, P. H. Evolution of E2 strength in the rare-earth isotopes Hf174,176,178,180. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevc.99.024316.
Wiederhold, J., Werner, V., Kern, R., Pietralla, N., Bucurescu, D., Carroll, R., Cooper, N., Daniel, T., Filipescu, D., Florea, N., Gerst, R-B., Ghita, D., Gurgi, L., Jolie, J., Ilieva, R. S., Lica, R., Marginean, N., Marginean, R., Mihai, C., Mitu, I. O., Naqvi, F., Nita, C., Rudigier, M., Stegemann, S., Pascu, S., & Regan, P. H. Evolution of E2 strength in the rare-earth isotopes Hf174,176,178,180. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.024316
Wiederhold, J., Werner, V., Kern, R., Pietralla, N., Bucurescu, D., Carroll, R., Cooper, N., Daniel, T., Filipescu, D., Florea, N., Gerst, R-B., Ghita, D., Gurgi, L., Jolie, J., Ilieva, R. S., Lica, R., Marginean, N., Marginean, R., Mihai, C., Mitu, I. O., Naqvi, F., Nita, C., Rudigier, M., Stegemann, S., Pascu, S., and Regan, P. H. Thu .
"Evolution of E2 strength in the rare-earth isotopes Hf174,176,178,180". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.024316. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1610164.
@article{osti_1610164,
title = {Evolution of E2 strength in the rare-earth isotopes Hf174,176,178,180},
author = {Wiederhold, J. and Werner, V. and Kern, R. and Pietralla, N. and Bucurescu, D. and Carroll, R. and Cooper, N. and Daniel, T. and Filipescu, D. and Florea, N. and Gerst, R-B. and Ghita, D. and Gurgi, L. and Jolie, J. and Ilieva, R. S. and Lica, R. and Marginean, N. and Marginean, R. and Mihai, C. and Mitu, I. O. and Naqvi, F. and Nita, C. and Rudigier, M. and Stegemann, S. and Pascu, S. and Regan, P. H.},
abstractNote = {Mean lifetimes of yrast states of the isotopes 174,176,178,180Hf have been measured using fast-electronic scintillation timing. Excited states of 174,176,178Hf were populated via β decay, while 180Hf was populated via Coulomb excitation. The lifetimes of the 2+1 and 4+1 states of all isotopes and the lifetimes of the 6+1 states of 174,178Hf were measured, using the slope and the centroid shift methods. The mean lifetime, τ(4+1) = 85 (13) ps, of 178Hf has been determined for the first time. In addition, the mean lifetimes of the 2–1 and the 3–1 states of 176Hf have been determined. Systematic uncertainties on the evolution of data as a function of neutron number were reduced by using the same setup for all the isotopes of interest. The data are in agreement with other recent lifetime measurements where available and shows a shift of the maximum of collectivity for the Hf isotopic chain from neutron midshell at N = 104 to N = 100.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevc.99.024316},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 2,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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