E. Farnea

Delayed g9/2 Alignment in the N=Z Nucleus 72Kr

The structure of Kr-72 has been investigated at GASP through the Ca-40(Ca-40,2 alpha) reaction at a beam energy of 160 MeV using the 4 pi ISIS Si-ball for reaction channel selection. The level scheme has been extended up to an excitation energy of approximate to 8.5 MeV. The spins and parities of the observed levels are assigned tentatively. The observed band shows the predicted change from oblate to prolate shape. The four quasi-particle g(9/2) alignment is found to be significantly delayed in rotational frequency with respect to the heavier Kr isotopes. Such a delay contradicts the predictions of standard mean-field calculations and may reflect either additional correlations in the T = 0 pairing channel or coupling to vibrational degrees of freedom or both

Evidence for the Jacobi shape transition in hot46Ti

The gamma-rays from the decay of the GDR in 46Ti compound nucleus formed in the 18O+28Si reaction at bombarding energy 105 MeV have been measured in an experiment using a setup consisting of the combined EUROBALL IV, HECTOR and EUCLIDES arrays. A comparison of the extracted GDR lineshape data with the predictions of the thermal shape fluctuation model shows evidence for the Jacobi shape transition in hot 46Ti. In addition to the previously found broad structure in the GDR lineshape region at 18-27 MeV caused by large deformations, the presence of a low energy component (around 10 MeV), due to the Coriolis splitting in prolate well deformed shape, has been identified for the first time.

Band termination in the N = Z odd-odd nucleus

High spin states in the odd-odd N=Z nucleus 46V have been identified. At low spin, the T=1 isobaric analogue states of 46Ti are established up to I = 6+. Other high spin states, including the band terminating state, are tentatively assigned to the same T=1 band. The T=0 band built on the low-lying 3+ isomer is observed up to the 1f7/2-shell termination at I=15. Both signatures of a negative parity T=0 band are observed up to the terminating states at I = 16- and I = 17-, respectively. The structure of this band is interpreted as a particle-hole excitation from the 1d3/2 shell. Spherical shell model calculations are found to be in excellent agreement with the experimental results.

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Neutron rich nuclei have been populated using the 82Se+192Os deep-inelastic reaction. New experimental results on 188W, 188,190Os target-like nuclei, as well as 74,76,78Ge beam-like nuclei are presented.

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Based on the energy spectra and relative transition probabilities 176,178,180 Os turned out to be very promising candidates for testing the features of the critical point symmetry X(5). In order to also test absolute transition probabilities predicted in the framework of the X(5) symmetry lifetime measurements were performed at the Cologne FN tandem accelerator. The lifetimes of the first 2 + states in 176,178,180 Os were measured using electronic timing and in the case of 178 Os with the recoil distance Doppler shift (RDDS) technique using an 16 O-induced fusion evaporation reaction. In addition, a coincidence RDDS measurement was performed at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro with the GASP spectrometer using the 154 Sm( 29 Si,5n) 178 Os reaction. The deduced transition quadrupole moments agree well with the X(5) predictions, thus further supporting an X(5) structure for 178 Os. The experimental data for 178 Os are compared to calculations in the framework of the interaction boson model (IBM) and of the general collective model (GCM).

STRUCTURE OF NEUTRON–RICH NUCLEI FROM DEEP–INELASTIC REACTIONS

Abstract High-spin rotational structures in the odd-odd nuclei 130,132Pr have been studied via the 104 Pd + 32 S reaction at 160 MeV. Several states below the previously reported negative- and positive-parity states have been established through the observation of low-energy transitions, leading to new spin assignments for all observed levels. The bands based on the πh 11 2 ⊗ vg 7 2 and πh 11 2 ⊗ vh 11 2 configurations have been extended at much higher spins. Detailed interacting boson-fermion-fermion model calculations have been performed for the two nuclei, which reveal the complex structure of the new observed low-lying states. The change from inverted to normal signature at high spin and the staggering pattern of all observed bands are well reproduced, being explained by the interplay between a new term introduced in the boson quadrupole operator and the residual quadrupole-quadrupole interaction.

Test of the critical point symmetry X(5) in the mass A = 180 region

Abstract Rotational structures in 132Nd have been investigated via the 104 Pd ( 32 S ,2p2n) reaction at 160 MeV. Four highly-deformed bands have been observed, out of which three have been linked to the normal-deformed states. Two of them are signature partners. A mixing at high spin is observed between levels of one highly-deformed band and the ground-state band allowing for an unambiguous assignment of the spins and parity of that band. The present data brings new evidence on the role of the N = 72 shell gap to the stabilization of the highly-deformed minimum in the A = 130 mass region and on the importance of the νi 13 2 intruder orbital in the structure of the highly-deformed bands.

Detailed spectroscopy and IBFFM interpretation of the odd-odd nuclei 132Pr and 130Pr

Abstract Alpha particle spectra in coincidence both with normal deformed (ND) and superdeformed (SD) bands of 150 Tb have been measured using the reaction 120 Sn( 37 Cl,α3n) at 187 MeV bombarding energy. A clear difference is observed between the two spectra, that in coincidence with the SD states being shifted to lower energies. This effect is understood in terms of different angular momentum regions from which the ND and SD states orginate. The standard statistical model fails to describe the angular momentum dependence of the alpha particle energies.

Rotational quenching of the N = 72 shell gap and the role of the νi132 intruder orbital in 132Nd

High-spin states in the doubly odd N = 77 nucleus 132Cs have been studied. Gamma-ray linear polarization and angular correlation measurements have been performed to determine the spin and parity of the states. A rotational sequence of enhanced dipole transitions was established. This band can be described within the framework of the the tilted axis cranking (TAC) model as a band based on a weakly deformed structure in which the total angular momentum vector does not coincide with any of the principal axes of the triaxial nucleus but still is in the plane defined by the short and long axes. The theoretical description of the previously proposed chiral bands in 132Cs was extended in the framework of the core–particle coupling model (CPCM) confirming that the total angular momentum for the πh11/2 ⊗ νh11/2 configuration is well outside any planes defined by the principal axes of the nucleus and revealing the important role of the residual proton–neutron interaction between the valence particles.

Alpha particles in coincidence with the superdeformed band in 150Tb

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