Published March 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Triaxial superdeformed and normal-deformed high-spin band structures in 170Hf

  • 1. Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masse, F-91405 Orsay Campus (France)
  • 2. Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan, F-33175 Gradignan (France)
  • 3. Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, F-67037 Strasbourg (France)
  • 4. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064 (India)
  • 5. Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 6. Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universitaet Bonn, D-53115 Bonn (Germany)

Description

The high-spin structure of 170Hf was investigated using the EUROBALL spectrometer. The previously known level scheme was extended in the low-spin region as well as to higher spins, and several new bands were discovered. In particular, two bands were identified which show the characteristics of triaxial superdeformation. One of these bands is strongly populated, and its excitation energy and spins are established. Configuration assignments are made to the normal-deformed bands based on comparisons of their properties with cranked shell model calculations. The results for the very high spin states provide important input for such calculations

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034309-034309.6
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2006 The American Physical Society