Abstract
A multi-step Coulomb excitation measurement with the GRETINA and CHICO2 detector arrays was carried out with a 430-MeV beam of the neutron-rich 110Ru (t1/2=12 s) isotope produced at the CARIBU facility. This represents the first successful measurement following the post-acceleration of an unstable isotope of a refractory element. The reduced transition probabilities obtained for levels near the ground state provide strong evidence for a triaxial shape; a conclusion confirmed by comparisons with the results of beyond-mean-field and triaxial rotor model calculations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 334-338 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 766 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 10 2017 |
Funding
This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 (ANL), No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 (ORNL), DE-SC0014442 (WU), No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 (LBNL, GRETINA), No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (LLNL), No. DE-FG02-05ER41379 (Richmond) and by the US DOE National Nuclear Security Administration under grant number No. DE-NA0001801 (Richmond). EP-R acknowledges the financial support of DGAPA-UNAM under the PASPA program. The project has received partial funding from the National Science Centre of Poland under the Harmonia Programme grant No. DEC 2013/10/M/ST2/00427. This research used resources of ANL's ATLAS facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.