Spherical, oblate, and prolate nuclear shapes near 146Gd

Proton and neutron single particle level spacings are determined for the A = 146 mass region, using a rotationally invariant interaction and recent experimental data. Excitation energies of spherical and deformed high spin states in 147Gd, the transition probability B(E2; 10+→8+) for several N = 82 isotones, and the 0+ excited state spectra of, and neutron pair transfer probabilities for, levels in 146Gd and 144Sm are calculated. Comparisons with experimental data are made