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Title: Fragmentation of the decay from the superdeformed yrast band in Hg-192.

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.

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 3.2 MeV 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.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
937897
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/JA-23340; PRLTAO; TRN: US200905%%579
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 77, Issue 9 ; Aug. 26, 1996; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH