Published February 10, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Transition Probabilities in 134Pr: A Test for Chirality in Nuclear Systems

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, BAS, 1784 Sofia (Bulgaria)
  • 2. Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Italy)
  • 3. Institut fuer Kernphysik der Universitaet zu Koeln, D-50937 Cologne (Germany)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia)
  • 5. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (United States)
  • 6. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Camerino and INFN Perugia, I-62032 Camerino (Italy)
  • 7. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita and INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
  • 8. Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, Boite Postale 28 F-67037, Strasbourg (France)

Description

Exited states in 134Pr were populated in the fusion-evaporation reaction 119Sn(19F,4n)134Pr. Recoil distance Doppler-shift and Doppler-shift attenuation measurements using the Euroball spectrometer, in conjunction with the inner Bismuth Germanate ball and the Cologne plunger, were performed at beam energies of 87 MeV and 83 MeV, respectively. Reduced transition probabilities in 134Pr are compared to the predictions of the two quasiparticle+triaxial rotor and interacting boson fermion-fermion models. The experimental results do not support the presence of static chirality in 134Pr underlying the importance of shape fluctuations. Only within a dynamical context the presence of intrinsic chirality in 134Pr can be supported

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
96
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052501-052501.5
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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