Superdeformed and Triaxial States in Ca 42

K. Hadyńska-Klk, P. J. Napiorkowski, M. Zielińska, J. Srebrny, A. Maj, F. Azaiez, J. J. Valiente Dobón, M. Kicińska-Habior, F. Nowacki, H. Naïdja, B. Bounthong, T. R. Rodríguez, G. De Angelis, T. Abraham, G. Anil Kumar, D. Bazzacco, M. Bellato, D. Bortolato, P. Bednarczyk, G. BenzoniL. Berti, B. Birkenbach, B. Bruyneel, S. Brambilla, F. Camera, J. Chavas, B. Cederwall, L. Charles, M. Ciemała, P. Cocconi, P. Coleman-Smith, A. Colombo, A. Corsi, F. C L Crespi, D. M. Cullen, A. Czermak, P. Désesquelles, D. T. Doherty, B. Dulny, J. Eberth, E. Farnea, B. Fornal, S. Franchoo, A. Gadea, A. Giaz, A. Gottardo, X. Grave, J. Grbosz, A. Görgen, M. Gulmini, T. Habermann, H. Hess, R. Isocrate, J. Iwanicki, G. Jaworski, D. S. Judson, A. Jungclaus, N. Karkour, M. Kmiecik, D. Karpiński, M. Kisieliński, N. Kondratyev, A. Korichi, M. Komorowska, M. Kowalczyk, W. Korten, M. Krzysiek, G. Lehaut, S. Leoni, J. Ljungvall, A. Lopez-Martens, S. Lunardi, G. Maron, K. Mazurek, R. Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, E. Merchán, W. McZyński, C. Michelagnoli, J. Mierzejewski, B. Million, S. Myalski, D. R. Napoli, R. Nicolini, M. Niikura, A. Obertelli, S. F. Özmen, M. Palacz, L. Próchniak, A. Pullia, B. Quintana, G. Rampazzo, F. Recchia, N. Redon, P. Reiter, D. Rosso, K. Rusek, E. Sahin, M. D. Salsac, P. A. Söderström, I. Stefan, O. Stézowski, J. Styczeń, Ch Theisen, N. Toniolo, C. A. Ur, V. Vandone, R. Wadsworth, B. Wasilewska, A. Wiens, J. L. Wood, K. Wrzosek-Lipska, M. Zibliński

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Abstract

Shape parameters of a weakly deformed ground-state band and highly deformed slightly triaxial sideband in ^{42}Ca were determined from E2 matrix elements measured in the first low-energy Coulomb excitation experiment performed with AGATA. The picture of two coexisting structures is well reproduced by new state-of-the-art large-scale shell model and beyond-mean-field calculations. Experimental evidence for superdeformation of the band built on 0_{2}^{+} has been obtained and the role of triaxiality in the A∼40 mass region is discussed. Furthermore, the potential of Coulomb excitation as a tool to study superdeformation has been demonstrated for the first time.

Original languageEnglish
Article number062501
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume117
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2016

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