B. C. Perry

A high-efficiency NaI(Tl) detector array with position sensitivity for experiments with fast exotic beams

B(E3; 0_1^+ \to 3_1^-)

Variation with mass of

transition matrix elements have been measured for even-mass

\boldmath{B(E3; 0_1^+ \to 3_1^-)}

^{124-134}

transition rates in

Xe nuclei using sub-barrier Coulomb excitation in inverse kinematics. The trends in energy

A=124-134

E(3^-)

even-mass xenon nuclei

and

Variation with mass of B(E3;0{sub 1}{sup +}{yields}3{sub 1}{sup -}) transition rates in A=124-134 even-mass xenon nuclei

B(E3; 0_1^+ \to 3_1^-)

Variation with mass ofB(E3;01+→31−)transition rates inA=124−134even-mass xenon nuclei

excitation strengths are well reproduced using phenomenological models based on a strong coupling picture with a soft quadrupole mode and an increasing occupation of the intruder

New Direct Reaction: Two-Proton Knockout from Neutron-Rich Nuclei

h_{11/2}