Published January 5, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Evolution of chirality from γ soft 108Ru to triaxial 110,112Ru

  • 1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 2. Physics Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (United States)
  • 5. Institut fuer Strahlenphysik, FZD-Rossendorf, Postfach 510119, D-01314 Dresden (Germany)
  • 6. Idaho Accelerator Center, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8263 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 (United States)
  • 8. PKU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven (Belgium)
  • 9. University of Cologne, Institute of Kernphysics, Cologne D-50937 (Germany)
  • 10. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980 (Russian Federation)
  • 11. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States)
  • 12. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CP 68528, RG (Brazil)

Description

Rotational bands in 108,110,112Ru have been investigated by means of γ-γ-γ and γ-γ(θ) coincidences of prompt γ rays emitted in the spontaneous fission of 252Cf. The positive parity bands are described by different versions of IBA, where 108Ru is best described as a γ-soft nucleus whereas 110,112Ru are more like rigid triaxial rotors. New ΔI=1 negative parity doublet bands are found. In case of 110,112Ru, these are interpreted as soft chiral vibrations. Many of the experimental findings can be explained by microscopic calculations that combine the TAC mean-field with random phase approximation but a simple geometrical explanation is not apparent

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.10.067

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.10.067;
PII
S0370-2693(08)01364-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
670
Journal Issue
4-5
Journal Page Range
p. 307-312
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.