First observation of rotational structures in Re 168

  • D. J. Hartley
  • , R. V.F. Janssens
  • , L. L. Riedinger
  • , M. A. Riley
  • , X. Wang
  • , S. L. Miller
  • , A. D. Ayangeakaa
  • , P. F. Bertone
  • , M. P. Carpenter
  • , C. J. Chiara
  • , P. Chowdhury
  • , U. Garg
  • , G. Gürdal
  • , S. S. Hota
  • , F. G. Kondev
  • , T. Lauritsen
  • , W. C. Ma
  • , J. Matta
  • , E. A. McCutchan
  • , S. Mukhopadhyay
  • E. E. Pedicini, J. R. Vanhoy, S. Zhu

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Abstract

The first rotational sequences have been assigned to the odd-odd nucleus Re168. Coincidence relationships of these structures with rhenium x rays confirm the isotopic assignment, while arguments based on the γ-ray multiplicity (K-fold) distributions observed with the new bands lead to the mass assignment. Configurations for the two bands were determined through analysis of the rotational alignments of the structures and a comparison of the experimental B(M1)/B(E2) ratios with theory. Tentative spin assignments are proposed for the πh11/2νi13/2 band, based on energy level systematics for other known sequences in neighboring odd-odd rhenium nuclei, as well as on systematics seen for the signature inversion feature that is well known in this region. The spin assignment for the πh11/2ν(h9/2/f7/2) structure provides additional validation of the proposed spins and configurations for isomers in the Au176 → Ir172→Re168 α-decay chain.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054329
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume94
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 30 2016

Funding

This work is funded by the National Science Foundation under GrantS No. PHY-1203100 (USNA), No. PHY-0754674 (FSU), and No. PHY10-68192 (ND), as well as by the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Contracts No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 (ANL), No. DE-FG02-94ER40848 (UML), No. DE-FG02-96ER40983 (UT), No. DE-FG02-95ER40939 (MSU), and No. DE-FG02-94ER40834 (UMCP). This research used resources of Argonne National Laboratory's ATLAS facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.

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