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Title: Fragmentation of the Decay from the Superdeformed Yrast Band in {sup 192}Hg

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

The decay-out spectrum of the superdeformed yrast band in {sup 192}Hg comprises a quasicontinuum, from which about 50 weak discrete transitions of energy between 1 and 3.2MeV are resolved. The fluctuations of the one-dimensional quasicontinuum spectrum are studied with the fluctuation analysis method, which shows that of the order of a few thousand different transitions are available in the first step of the decay-out cascades. The experimental effective number of transitions is compared to schematic theoretical calculations. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
383295
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 77, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English