Rotational damping, ridges, and the quasi-continuum of γ rays in 152Dy

T. Lauritsen*, R. V.F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, I. Ahmad, M. P. Carpenter, K. G. Kondev, C. J. Lister, E. F. Moore, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, T. Døssing, B. Herskind, A. M. Heinz, D. G. Jenkins, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, A. O. Macchiavelli, D. Ward, G. Lane, P. ChowdhuryA. Korichi, A. Lopez-martens, A. J. Larabee

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Abstract

The quasi-continuum of γ rays from the feeding and decay of superdeformed and normal bands in the nucleus 152Dy have been extracted in 1 - and 2 - dimensional spectra. The Eγ-E γ correlations in the latter reveals strong ridges associated with superdeformed and normal states in this nucleus. The entry distributions for normal and superdeformed bands were also extracted. A Monte Carlo model was developed that simultaneously describes all the quasi-continuum and ridge spectra as well as the feeding intensity of the superdeformed bands. Through the calculation of the continuum of γ rays at finite temperature, the rotational damping widths in the normal and superdeformed wells were extracted.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCAPTURE GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED TOPICS
Subtitle of host publication12th International Symposium
Pages459-463
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Mar 2006
Event12th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics - Notre Dame, IN, United States
Duration: 4 Sept 20059 Sept 2005

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume819
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference12th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNotre Dame, IN
Period4/09/059/09/05

Keywords

  • Continuum spectroscopy
  • Entry distribution
  • Heavy ion fusion
  • High spin spectroscopy
  • Rotational damping
  • Superdeformation

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