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Non-yrast positive-parity structures in the γ-soft nucleus Er156

  • J. M. Rees
  • , E. S. Paul
  • , M. A. Riley
  • , J. Simpson
  • , A. D. Ayangeakaa
  • , H. C. Boston
  • , M. P. Carpenter
  • , C. J. Chiara
  • , U. Garg
  • , D. J. Hartley
  • , R. V.F. Janssens
  • , D. S. Judson
  • , F. G. Kondev
  • , T. Lauritsen
  • , N. M. Lumley
  • , J. Matta
  • , P. J. Nolan
  • , J. Ollier
  • , M. Petri
  • , J. P. Revill
  • L. L. Riedinger, S. V. Rigby, C. Unsworth, X. Wang, S. Zhu

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Abstract

Weakly populated band structures have been established in Er156 at low to medium spins, following the Cd114(Ca48,6nγ) reaction at 215 MeV. High-fold γ-ray coincidence data were recorded in a high-statistics experiment with the Gammasphere spectrometer. Bands built on the second 0+ and 2+ (γ-vibrational) states have been established. A large energy staggering between the even- and odd-spin members of the γ-vibrational band suggests a γ-soft nature of this nucleus. An additional band is discussed as being based on a rotationally aligned (νh9/2,f 7/2)2 structure, coexisting with the systematically observed, more favorable (νi13/2)2 aligned structure seen in this mass region.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044314
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume83
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 22 2011
Externally publishedYes

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