Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Collective rotation and vibration in neutron-rich 180,182Hf nuclei

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  • 5. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 6. Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854 (United States)

Description

High-spin states in neutron-rich 180Hf and 182Hf nuclei were populated through inelastic and transfer reactions with a 136Xe beam incident on a thin 180Hf target, and investigated using particle-γ coincidence techniques. New collective band structures were observed, and previously known rotational and vibrational bands in these nuclei were extended to higher angular momenta. No obvious nucleon alignment was observed in the ground state band of either nucleus up to (ℎ/2π)ω=0.43 MeV, a significant delay compared to lighter even-even Hf isotopes. Woods-Saxon cranking calculations were performed to predict the nature of the first band crossings and shape evolution in 180,182Hf

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034305-034305.14
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society