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Lifetime measurements of excited states in 163W and the implications for the anomalous B(E2) ratios in transitional nuclei

  • M.c. Lewis
  • , D.t. Joss
  • , B. Sayğı
  • , R.d. Page
  • , D.m. Cullen
  • , L. Barber
  • , M.m. Giles
  • , J. Simpson
  • , M.a.m. Al-aqeel
  • , H. Badran
  • , T. Braunroth
  • , A.d. Briscoe
  • , T. Calverley
  • , A. Dewald
  • , M. Doncel
  • , T. Grahn
  • , P.t. Greenlees
  • , C. Henrich
  • , A. Herzáň
  • , R.-d. Herzberg
  • E. Higgins, J. Hilton, S. Ilieva, R. Julin, S. Juutinen, J. Keatings, T. Kröll, M. Labiche, K. Mashtakov, B.s. Nara Singh, E. Parr, J. Partanen, E.s. Paul, P. Rahkila, M. Sandzelius, J. Sarén, C. Scholey, M. Siciliano, P. Spagnoletti, S. Stolze, S.v. Szwec, M.j. Taylor, J. Uusitalo

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Abstract

This letter reports lifetime measurements of excited states in the odd-N nucleus 163W using the recoil-distance Doppler shift method to probe the core polarising effect of the neutron orbital on the underlying soft triaxial even-even core. The ratio B(E2:)/B(E2:) is consistent with the predictions of the collective rotational model. The deduced B(E2) values provide insights into the validity of collective model predictions for heavy transitional nuclei and a geometric origin for the anomalous B(E2) ratios observed in nearby even-even nuclei is proposed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134998
JournalPhysics Letters B
Early online date7 Oct 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • mean lifetimes
  • B(E2) reduced transition probabilities
  • Recoil-distance Doppler-shift method
  • Nuclear deformation
  • gamma-ray spectroscopy

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