A smoothly terminating rotational band in 64Zn

A. Galindo-Uribarri, D. Ward, G. C. Ball, V. P. Janzen, D. C. Radford, I. Ragnarsson, D. Headly

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Abstract

A rotational band has been discovered in the nucleus 64Zn; it extends from spin (12ℏ) to spin (24ℏ), and exhibits strong dipole transitions between its signature partners. In our interpretation, 64Zn takes on triaxial deformation (ε ∼ 0.3γ ∼ 30°) at intermediate spin when an f7/2 proton is promoted across the spherical shell-gap at Z = 28 to the g9/2 orbital. The situation is parallel to that occurring in the smooth terminating bands in the Sn and Sb isotopes at the Z = 50 shell-gap. The band in 64Zn is the first example of a collective band approaching termination in the mass A ∼ 60 region. Crown

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)45-51
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume422
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 12 1998

Funding

Discussion with A.V. Afanasjev are gratefully acknowledged. This work was partially funded by AECL Research, and supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council.

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