Published January 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

New region of deformation in the neutron-rich 6024Cr36 and 6224Cr38

  • 1. Institut de Physique Nucleaire, IN2P3-CNRS, F-91406 Orsay Cedex (France)
  • 2. IReS, IN2P3-CNRS, Universite Louis Pasteur, BP 28, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex (France)
  • 3. LPC, ISMRA, F-14050 Caen Cedex (France)
  • 4. Nuclear Physics Institute, AS CR, CZ 25068, Rez (Czech Republic)
  • 5. Institut fuer Kernchemie, Universitaet Mainz, D-55128 Mainz (Germany)
  • 6. GANIL, B. P. 5027, F-14076 Caen Cedex (FR)
  • 7. FLNR, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region (RU)
  • 8. Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid (ES)

Description

The neutron-rich nuclei 2360-63V have been produced at GANIL via interactions of a 61.8A.MeV 76Ge beam with a 58Ni target. Beta-decay to 2460-63Cr has been investigated using combined β- and γ-ray spectroscopy. Half-lives of the 60-63V nuclei have been determined, and the existence of a beta-decay isomer in the 60V nucleus is strongly supported. The observation of low-energy 2+ states in 60Cr (646keV) and 62Cr (446keV) suggests that these isotopes are strongly deformed with β2 ∝0.3. This is confirmed by shell model calculations which show the dominant influence of the intruder g and d orbitals to obtain low 2+ energies in the neutron-rich Cr isotopes. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10069-9

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 55-61
ISSN
1434-6001