Two-neutron alignment and shape changes in 69As

A. M. Bruce, J. Simpson, D. D. Warner, C. Baktash, C. J. Barton, M. A. Bentley, M. J. Brinkman, R. A. Cunningham, E. Dragulescu, L. Frankland, T. N. Ginter, C. J. Gross, R. C. Lemmon, B. MacDonald, C. D. O'Leary, S. M. Vincent, R. Wyss, C. H. Yu, N. V. Zamfir

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Abstract

The nucleus 69As was studied using the 40Ca(32S,3p)69As reaction at a beam energy of 105 MeV. An extension of the band built on the g9/2 orbital was observed to exhibit a band crossing at a rotational frequency of 0.511 MeV with an associated alignment of 7ℏ. This alignment is interpreted as being due to a pair of g9/2 neutrons. Total Routhian surface calculations have been carried out which confirm that the shape of this nucleus changes from oblate at low spin to a triaxial prolate shape at intermediate spin. * Present address: Physics Department, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

Original languageEnglish
Article number027303
Pages (from-to)273031-273034
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume62
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2000

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