Published April 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Transition quadrupole moments in the superdeformed band of 40Ca

  • 1. Department of Physics, Lund University, S-22100 Lund (Sweden)
  • 2. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 3. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4843 (United States)
  • 4. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6371 (United States)
  • 5. Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States)

Description

The transition quadrupole moments Qt for the superdeformed band in 40Ca have been determined through thin-target Doppler-shift attenuation analyses. A best-fit value of Qt=1.30±0.05 e b is obtained when a single value is assumed for the entire band. Fitting separate quadrupole moments for in-band transitions decaying from the high-spin states and the presumably admixed low-spin states results in Qt(high)=1.81-0.26+0.41 e b and Qt(low)=1.18-0.05+0.06 e b, respectively. Qt values extracted for individual transitions in a Doppler-broadened line-shape analysis also indicate smaller Qt values at lower spins. These results are consistent with the interpretation of this band as an eight-particle-eight-hole superdeformed band with a significant admixture of less-collective configurations at low spins

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 041303-041303.5
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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