Published May 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

First test of the E(5/4) Bose-Fermi symmetry: The structure of 135Ba

  • 1. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul (Turkey)
  • 4. SERC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington WA44AD (United Kingdom)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610 (United States)

Description

The first case of a Bose-Fermi critical point symmetry, E(5/4), representing the coupling of a j=3/2 fermion to an E(5) core, was recently proposed. Since 134Ba has been found to be an empirical manifestation of E(5), we carried out a β-decay experiment to study levels in 135Ba, where the last neutron can occupy the 2d3/2 orbit, as the first test of E(5/4). The comparison shows significant areas of agreement as well as significant discrepancies. Comparison of interacting boson-fermion approximation and shell model calculations with the data are also presented

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 051301-051301.4
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2006 The American Physical Society