Published May 24, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

K-Isomers as a Probe of Nuclear Structure and Advanced Applications

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL 60439 (United States)

Description

Nuclear K-isomers play a pivotal role in understanding the structure of deformed, axially symmetric nuclei. Examples are presented of recent studies of exotic multi-quasiparticle isomers in the A∼180 rare-earth region at the extreme of angular momentum and neutron number. A specific band-mixing scenario is invoked to explain the unusual decay path of the Kπ=57/2- isomer (T1/2=22 ns) in 175Hf, the highest spin K-isomer known in nature. The discovery of a suite of high-K isomers, above the previously known Kπ=23/2- (T1/2=160 d) state in 177Lu, using deep-inelastic and multi-nucleon transfer reactions is discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
769
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 225-229
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International conference on nuclear data for science and technology
Dates
26 Sep - 1 Oct 2004
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States)

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Notes
(c) 2005 American Institute of Physics