New band structures and an unpaired crossing in [Formula Presented]

H. Sun, J. Döring, G. D. Johns, R. A. Kaye, G. Z. Solomon, S. L. Tabor, M. Devlin, D. R. LaFosse, F. Lerma, D. G. Sarantites, C. Baktash, D. Rudolph, C. H. Yu, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli, I. Birriel, J. X. Saladin, D. F. Winchell, V. Q. Wood, I. Ragnarsson

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Abstract

High-spin states in [Formula Presented] were studied using the [Formula Presented] reaction at 70 MeV and the [Formula Presented] reaction at 130 MeV. Prompt [Formula Presented] coincidences were measured using the Pitt-FSU detector array and the GAMMASPHERE-MICROBALL array. Results from these experiments have led to 26 new excitation levels, some of which have been grouped into 3 new bands. Spins were assigned based on directional correlations of oriented nuclei. Two of the new negative-parity bands appear to form a signature-partner pair based on a two-quasineutron structure, in contrast to the previously known two-quasiproton negative-parity bands. A forking has been observed at the [Formula Presented] state in the yrast band, which calculations suggest may result from an unpaired crossing. The available evidence suggests oblate shapes in the yrast band coexist with prolate shapes in the negative-parity bands.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)655-664
Number of pages10
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume59
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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