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Title: Superprolate shape of the spontaneous-fission isomer /sup 240/Am/sup m/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., C; (United States)

A superprolate structure for nuclei with Aapprox.240 proposed in 1965 on the basis of the polyspheron theory leads to the value 0.66 for the deformation parameter ..beta... This value agrees well with a recently reported experimental value, 0.66 +- 0.04 for the spontaneous-fission isomer /sup 240/Am/sup m/, obtained by Bemis et al. from their measurement of the optical isomer shift. This agreement provides additional support for the proposed superprolate structure.

Research Organization:
Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 2700 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
OSTI ID:
5118046
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., C; (United States), Vol. 22:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English