Published October 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Evidence for triaxial deformation near N=86: Collective bands in 152,153Dy and 153Ho

  • 1. Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 (Canada)
  • 3. CLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex (France)
  • 5. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)
  • 6. C.S.N.S.M., IN2P3-C.N.R.S., F-91405 Orsay Campus (France)

Description

The N=86,87 isotopes of dysprosium and holmium have been investigated using the Eurogam II γ-ray spectrometer. A new collective rotational band has been observed in 153Ho and the previously observed νi13/2 band in 153Dy has been extended to much higher spin. Comparing these bands and similar bands in 152Dy with the collective bands in the N=90 isotopes of Dy, Ho, and Er suggests that the first h11/2 proton crossing is not observed at N=86,87. This observation has led to the reinterpretation of four of the previously observed bands in 152Dy. It is proposed that the low deformation collective bands in 152,153Dy and 153Ho are associated with a triaxial shape with large positive gamma and that they have a similar origin to the recently observed triaxial superdeformed bands in 163-165Lu

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044305-044305.9
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society