Superdeformed band at very high spin in {sup 140}Nd
- Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universitaet Bonn, Nussallee 14-16, D-53115 Bonn (Germany)
A new high-spin superdeformed band has been discovered in {sub 60}{sup 140}Nd{sub 80}. It was populated in the {sup 96}Zr({sup 48}Ca,4n) reaction and investigated using the EUROBALL {gamma}-ray spectrometer array. The band is observed in the approximate spin range of I=36 to 66. It is associated with shell gaps around Z=60 and at N=80 at large deformation. These gaps produce a pronounced minimum in the calculated total Routhian surfaces at a quadrupole deformation of {epsilon}{sub 2}=0.45. The new band which lies between the high-deformation bands in the A{approx_equal}130 region and the superdeformed bands in A{approx_equal}150 nuclei provides insight into the development of the deformation between these two regions. Two possible configurations are suggested involving four neutrons of i{sub 13/2} origin ({nu}6{sup 4}) and either six protons of h{sub 11/2}/h{sub 9/2} origin ({pi}5{sup 6}) or five protons of h{sub 11/2}/h{sub 9/2} and one of i{sub 13/2} origin ({pi}5{sup 5}6{sup 1})
- OSTI ID:
- 20695813
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 70, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.70.064315; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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