Low-lying [Formula Presented] strength in [Formula Presented]

E. Tryggestad, T. Baumann, P. Heckman, M. Thoennessen, T. Aumann, D. Bazin, Y. Blumenfeld, J. R. Beene, T. A. Lewis, D. C. Radford, D. Shapira, R. L. Varner, M. Chartier, M. L. Halbert, J. F. Liang

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Abstract

Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation at 100 MeV/nucleon was used to probe the low-lying level structure of both [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] in the region between 1 and 8 MeV. Discrete [Formula Presented] states with energies of 5.35(10) and 6.85(5) MeV were observed in [Formula Presented] The strong direct excitation and subsequent [Formula Presented]-ray decay of these states, along with [Formula Presented] predictions for [Formula Presented] levels in this energy region, established their dipole character. The extracted [Formula Presented] values of [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] for the 5.35- and 6.85-MeV states, respectively, are significantly larger than shell model calculations, though modification of the single-particle energies, in particular, the [Formula Presented] shell gap, improves the agreement. The summed [Formula Presented] value for these levels (in Weisskopf units) is consistent with that for other nuclei that have been discussed recently in the literature as potential Pygmy dipole resonance hosts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume67
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

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