1ST OBSERVATION OF A COLLECTIVE DIPOLE ROTATIONAL BAND IN THE A APPROXIMATELY 200 MASS REGION

R M Clark, R Wadsworth, E S Paul, C W Beausang, I Ali, A Astier, D M Cullen, P J Dagnall, P Fallon, M J Joyce, M Meyer, N Redon, P H Regan, W Nazarewicz, R Wyss

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Abstract

The nucleus 198Pb was populated via the W-186(O-17, 5n) 198Pb reaction at beam energies of 92 and 98 MeV. A highly regular rotational DELTA-I = 1 band has been found. Angular correlation measurements confirm the transitions to be dipoles. Assuming M1 multipolarity for these transitions the experimental data are interpreted in terms of a pi([505]9-/2 x [606]13+/2)K(pi) = 11- x nu(i13/2)2 configuration of oblate shape. This is the first such collective oblate structure identified in the A approximately 200 mass region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)247-251
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume275
Issue number3-4
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jan 1992

Keywords

  • DEFICIENT PB ISOTOPES
  • SHAPE COEXISTENCE
  • STATES
  • NUCLEI
  • SPECTROSCOPY
  • EXCITATIONS
  • INTRUDER

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