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Title: Triaxiality and Exotic Rotations at High Spins in 134Ce

Abstract

High-spin states in Ce-134 have been investigated using the Cd-116(Ne-22,4n) reaction and the Gammasphere array. The level scheme has been extended to an excitation energy of similar to 30 MeV and spin similar to 54 (h) over bar. Two new dipole bands and four new sequences of quadrupole transitions were identified. Several new transitions have been added to a number of known bands. One of the strongly populated dipole bands was revised and placed differently in the level scheme, resolving a discrepancy between experiment and model calculations reported previously. Configurations are assigned to the observed bands based on cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations. A coherent understanding of the various excitations, both at low and high spins, is thus obtained, supporting an interpretation in terms of coexistence of stable triaxial, highly deformed, and superdeformed shapes up to very high spins. Rotations around different axes of the triaxial nucleus, and sudden changes of the rotation axis in specific configurations, are identified, further elucidating the nature of high-spin collective excitations in the A = 130 mass region.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [5];  [6]
  1. CNRS/IN2P3. Univ. Paris (France)
  2. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  5. UGC-DAE Consortium for Science Research, Kolkata (India)
  6. Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India); Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1339560
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1256130
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; FG02-94ER40834
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Petrache, C. M., Guo, S., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Garg, U., Matta, J. T., Nayak, B. K., Patel, D., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Seweryniak, D., Zhu, S., Ghugre, S. S., and Palit, R. Triaxiality and Exotic Rotations at High Spins in 134Ce. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.064305.
Petrache, C. M., Guo, S., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Garg, U., Matta, J. T., Nayak, B. K., Patel, D., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Seweryniak, D., Zhu, S., Ghugre, S. S., & Palit, R. Triaxiality and Exotic Rotations at High Spins in 134Ce. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.064305
Petrache, C. M., Guo, S., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Garg, U., Matta, J. T., Nayak, B. K., Patel, D., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Seweryniak, D., Zhu, S., Ghugre, S. S., and Palit, R. Mon . "Triaxiality and Exotic Rotations at High Spins in 134Ce". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.064305. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339560.
@article{osti_1339560,
title = {Triaxiality and Exotic Rotations at High Spins in 134Ce},
author = {Petrache, C. M. and Guo, S. and Ayangeakaa, A. D. and Garg, U. and Matta, J. T. and Nayak, B. K. and Patel, D. and Carpenter, M. P. and Chiara, C. J. and Janssens, R. V. F. and Kondev, F. G. and Lauritsen, T. and Seweryniak, D. and Zhu, S. and Ghugre, S. S. and Palit, R.},
abstractNote = {High-spin states in Ce-134 have been investigated using the Cd-116(Ne-22,4n) reaction and the Gammasphere array. The level scheme has been extended to an excitation energy of similar to 30 MeV and spin similar to 54 (h) over bar. Two new dipole bands and four new sequences of quadrupole transitions were identified. Several new transitions have been added to a number of known bands. One of the strongly populated dipole bands was revised and placed differently in the level scheme, resolving a discrepancy between experiment and model calculations reported previously. Configurations are assigned to the observed bands based on cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations. A coherent understanding of the various excitations, both at low and high spins, is thus obtained, supporting an interpretation in terms of coexistence of stable triaxial, highly deformed, and superdeformed shapes up to very high spins. Rotations around different axes of the triaxial nucleus, and sudden changes of the rotation axis in specific configurations, are identified, further elucidating the nature of high-spin collective excitations in the A = 130 mass region.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.93.064305},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 6,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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