Abstract
Excited states in the proton-unbound nucleus 151Lu have been established using γ -ray coincidence techniques. The lifetime of the first excited state above the proton-emitting ground state has been measured using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method combined with recoil-decay tagging. The experimental
level scheme and extracted lifetime have been compared with state-of-the-art theoretical calculations based upon a non-adiabatic deformed Woods–Saxon potential. This comparison suggests that the protonemitting ground state in 151Lu is mildly oblate with a deformation β = −0.11+0.02 −0.05 and represents the
best evidence to date for proton emission from an oblate nucleus
level scheme and extracted lifetime have been compared with state-of-the-art theoretical calculations based upon a non-adiabatic deformed Woods–Saxon potential. This comparison suggests that the protonemitting ground state in 151Lu is mildly oblate with a deformation β = −0.11+0.02 −0.05 and represents the
best evidence to date for proton emission from an oblate nucleus
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 79-84 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 725 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2013 |
Keywords
- A=151
- B(E2)
- Isomeric states
- Lifetimes
- Recoil-decay tagging
- Recoil-distance Doppler-shift method
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