Abstract
The transition quadrupole moments Qt for the superdeformed band in 40Ca have been determined through thin-target Doppler-shift attenuation analyses. A best-fit value of Qt = 1.30 ± 0.05 e b is obtained when a single value is assumed for the entire band. Fitting separate quadrupole moments for in-band transitions decaying from the high-spin states and the presumably admixed low-spin states results in Qt(high) = 1.81-0.26+0.41 e b and Qt(low) = 1.18-0.05+0.06 respectively, Qt values extracted for individual transitions in a Doppler-broadened line-shape analysis also indicate smaller Qt values at lower spins. These results are consistent with the interpretation of this band as an eight-particle-eight-hole superdeformed band with a significant admixture of less-collective configurations at low spins.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 041303 |
| Pages (from-to) | 413031-413035 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Apr 1 2003 |