THE YRAST SUPERDEFORMED BAND IN PB-194 - DIFFERENCES WITH HG-192

B J P Gall, I Deloncle, M G Porquet, F Hannachi, M Aiche, F Azaiez, G Bastin, C W Beausang, R Beraud, C Bourgeois, R M Clark, R Duffait, J Duprat, K Hauschild, H Hubel, M J Joyce, M Kaci, A Korichi, Y Lecoz, M MeyerE S Paul, N Perrin, N Poffe, N Redon, C Schuck, H Sergolle, J F Sharpeyschafer, J Simpson, A G Smith, R Wadsworth

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Abstract

The yrast superdeformed (SD) structure of Pb-194 has been studied using the EUROGAM gamma-ray spectrometer. New results have been obtained at low as well as at high spin values. At low frequency, the SD band has been extended to the lowest-spin SD state ever observed in the A similar to 190 region. The energies of Pb-194 and Hg-192 SD bands are identical for ($) over bar h omega < 0.25 MeV. However, they diverge for higher frequency, which rules out the idea that these two SD bands are identical. Moreover, the SD band of Pb-194 is populated at lower spin values than that of Hg-192 and de-excites towards normally-deformed (ND) states at a spin value lower than that of Hg-192. This suggests that the barrier separating the SD and ND minima in the potential energy surface is higher in Pb-194 than in Hg-192.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)124-130
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume345
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 9 Feb 1995

Keywords

  • SHAPE ISOMERISM
  • 0+ STATES
  • NUCLEI
  • EUROGAM
  • POPULATION
  • MOMENTS
  • ARRAY
  • DECAY
  • SPIN

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