Dipole bands and multi-quasiparticle excitations in Pb-193

L Ducroux, A Astier, R Duffait, Y LeCoz, M Meyer, S Perries, N Redon, J F SharpeySchafer, A N Wilson, R Lucas, V Meot, R Collatz, I Deloncle, F Hannachi, A LopezMartens, M G Porquet, C Schuck, F Azaiez, S Bouneau, C BourgeoisA Korichi, N Poffe, H Sergolle, B J P Gall, I Hibbert, R Wadsworth

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Abstract

The nucleus Pb-193 was populated via the Er-168(Si-30,5n) reaction at a beam energy of 159 MeV and studied with the EUROGAM II spectrometer. Five new dipole Delta I = 1 cascades have been found. These structures have been connected to the level scheme which has been considerably extended up to a spin of 61/2 HBAR and an excitation energy of about 8 MeV. Angular distribution coefficients, a(2), have been measured and confirm the dipole character of the in-band transitions. B(M1)/B(E2) ratios have been extracted for the two most intense cascades. The Pb-193 dipole bands are discussed in comparison with those known in odd lead isotopic series and the structure of the band heads is analyzed in terms of microscopic HF+BCS calculations. The proposed configurations are based on a high-it two quasiproton excitation, pi ([505]9/2(-) x [606]13/2(+))(K=11-), coupled to one or three rotation aligned quasineutrons involving the i(13/2), p(3/2), f(5/2) and/or h(9/2) subshells, The main difference, compared with the heavier lead isotopes, is the presence of large Omega orbitals from the nu (i(13/2)) shell near the Fermi surface which are responsible for the increasing band-head spin as A decreases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-249
Number of pages9
JournalZeitschrift fur physik a-Hadrons and nuclei
Volume356
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1996

Keywords

  • SHEARS BANDS
  • COLLECTIVE OBLATE
  • STATES
  • QUADRUPOLE
  • PB-200

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