Triaxial Shape,Signature Splitting,and Shape Coexistence in 127,129,131Nd

Signature splitting and shape coexistence at high spin in the neutron deficient nucleus ¹²⁹Nd are investigated with the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky approach. The calculated bands are compared with the observed signature partner bands and very good agreement results at high spin are obtained. The observed deformed bands are confirmed as normal and highly deformed and their properties are explained theoretically. Terminating states in ¹²⁹Nd and other terminations are predicted. There is shape coexistence within the same configuration from low-spin states to high-spin states. Possible normal and highly deformed bands with rotation around the intermediate principal axis in several interesting configurations of ¹²⁹Nd are discussed. The experimental results for ¹³¹Nd are simply discussed and the calculated bands are in good agreement with observed bands at high spin. Triaxial shapes in ¹²⁷Nd with a triaxial deformation of γ～-12^º are predicted and should be observed experimentally. The value of negative γ of π(h_11/2)⁴ν(h_11/2)⁷ configuration increases with neutron number increasing in ^127,129,131Nd. The triaxial shape evolutions with neutron number increasing in ^127,129,131Nd and in ^{126,128,130,132}Pr are explained by the strong driving force of specified single particle orbitals towards to triaxial shape.     

使用α粒子轰击天然镱靶制备~(178m2)Hf同质异能素及样品γ能谱分析

178m2Hf是一种长半衰期(T1/2=31 a)、高自旋态(Iπ=16+)的Hf同质异能素.利用四川大学CS-30回旋加速器产生的30 MeV,100μA的α束流轰击天然Yb靶,通过176Yb(α,2n)反应制备178m2Hf.采用高纯Ge探测器测量未提纯样品和放化分离后的样品的γ能谱,选取178m2Hf的426,495和574 keV三个特征峰,使用高斯双峰拟合方法解谱,确定了未提纯样品中178m2Hf的含量达到1012量级,提纯后的样品中178m2Hf含量为1011量级.还对靶中其他放射性杂质核素(175Hf,172Lu,172Hf,177Lu,173Lu)的含量进行了分析.     

Rotational Property of~(249)Cm in Particle-Triaxial-Rotor Model

We study the rotational energy spectrum and deformation feature of very heavy nucleus 249Cm in the particle-triaxial-rotor model with variable moment of inertia.Such a nucleus is the unique one involving both multiband structure and high spin states and locating very near the superheavy region.By calculating the energy spectrum,we determine the configurations and quadrupole and triaxial deformation parameters β and γ of the nucleus.The calculated results indicate that the high spin band of 249Cm is built upon the ν[620] 12+configuration with deformation parameters β = 0.296 and γ = 7.5 and the bands based on the ν[622] 32+,ν[613] 72+,ν[750] 12 configuration respectively are also the ones with quite large axial deformation but small triaxial deformation.     

Isospin and Symmetry Structure in 36Ar

The interacting boson model-3(IBM-3) has been used to study the isospin excitation states and electromagnetic transitions for ³⁶Ar nucleus. The mixed symmetry states and superdeformed band at low spin are also analyzed. The theoretical calculations are in agreement with experimental data, and the ³⁶Ar is superdeformed rotational nucleus close to the SU(3) limit. The present calculations indicate that the 2₄⁺ state is the lowest mixed symmetry state and the lowest isospin T=1 excitation state and at about 6.2 MeV, and the bandhead of superdeformed band is 0₂⁺ state.     

Shape Coexistence and Band Termination in Doubly Magic Nucleus 40Ca

Shape coexistence and band structure near yrast line of the Z=N doubly magic nucleus ⁴⁰Ca have been investigated by the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky approach. The observed normal deformed and superdeformed bands are explained and the terminating states are confirmed by the calculations. The transition quadrupole moment Q_t of the calculated superdeformed band is in good agreement with the observed one at high spin. There is shape coexistence within the same configuration. Possible normal deformed and superdeformed bands with rotation around the intermediate axis in several interesting configurations of ⁴⁰Ca are discussed. Possible favored superdeformed band terminations in ³⁸Ca and ³⁸Ar are predicted. The experimental results in ³⁸Ar are discussed simply.     

Isomeric E1 transitions with ΔK = 0 INLu

An experimental arrangement for ns lifetime measurements in nuclear reactions is briefly described. The half-life of the level at 208.1 keV in ¹⁷¹Lu has been determined in the reaction ¹⁶⁹Tm(, 2n) ¹⁷¹Lu as . Delayed and populating γ-ray spectra have been measured, applying the method of delayed γ-γ coincidences. In the radioactive decay of ¹⁷³Hf, the lifetime of the level at 425.1 keV in ¹⁷³Lu has been measured as . Comparisons with Weisskopf and Nilsson estimates have been performed taking into account pairing correlations. A modified Nilsson Hamiltonian has been used. The dependence of El transition probabilities between the states and on the difference of the initial- and final-state deformations is studied. Qualitative agreement with semi-microscopic calculations of equilibrium deformations is found. Lifetimes of the states are estimated.     

Rotational excitations in residual nuclei produced by stopped negative pions on targets of Ho, Lu, Lu, Hf, and Ta

Reactions produced by stopped negative pions on targets of ¹⁶⁵Ho, ¹⁷⁵Lu, ¹⁷⁶Lu, ¹⁷⁹Hf, and ¹⁸¹Ta are investigated by measuring photons coincident with the stopped pions. These photons were detected with an 80 cm³ Ge(Li) detector and identified as pionic X-rays or rotational γ-rays from the residual nuclei. Pion capture is found to result in the excitation of high-spin states. Yields for the residual nuclei are inferred from the observed γ-transitions and compared to calculations based on the exciton model for pre-equilibrium emission followed by particle evaporation. Preliminary results of a pion stop, γn coincidence experiment are presented and compared to the calculations.     

Generalization of α-Decay Cluster-Model to Nuclei Near Spherical and Deformed Shell Closures

The cluster model of a-decay is extended to the regions around doubly magic spherical nucleus ^208Pb and around deformed shell closure ^270Hs, respectively. The effects of spherical shell closures (N=126 and Z=82) on α-decay are investigated by introducing an N-dependent α-preformation factor and a Z-dependent one inspired by a microscopic model. Good agreement between the theoretical a-decay half-lives and the measured ones is obtained for the spherical nuclei near the doubly magic nucleus ^208Pb, where the nuclear shell effect is included in the expression of α-preformation factor. The cluster model is also generalized for the decay of deformed nuclei. The branching ratios of α-decays from the ground state of a parent nucleus to the ground state (0^ ) of its deformed daughter nucleus and to the first excited state (2^ ) are calculated in the framework of the cluster model. The results indicate that a measurement of α spectroscopy is a feasible method to extract the information of nuclear deformation of superheavy nuclei around the deformed nucleus ^270Hs.     

Energy Staggering in Ground Bands of 232Th and 236,238U Nuclei Using the Interacting Vector Boson Model

The ΔI=2 and ΔI=4 staggering parameters of transition energies E_γ for normally deformed positive parity ground bands in ²³²Th and ^236,238U nuclei are studied in framework of the symplectic extension of the interacting vector boson model. The model parameters are obtained from the fitting procedure between the calculated excitation energies and the corresponding experimental ones. The staggering parameters represent the finite difference approximations to higher order derivatives dⁿE_γ/d Iⁿ of the γ -ray transition energies in a ΔI=2 and ΔI=4 bands, which yielding multipoint formulae. The first order derivative (two-point formula) provides us with information about the dynamical moment of inertia. The staggering oscillation for the fourth order derivative (five-point formula) is about 0.5 KeV and is even larger than that in superdeformed bands. The quite similarity in dynamical moments of inertia of the isotopes ^236,238U up to high spin states indicate that the phenomenon of identical bands is not restricted to superdeformed bands.     

Band structures and proton-neutron interactions in Ta

Six rotational bands in the odd-odd nucleus ¹⁷⁴Ta have been populated with the ¹⁶⁰Gd(¹⁹F,5n) reaction. High-spin states were identified using the NORDBALL array. Both signatures of the doubly decoupled π1/2⁻ [541] ν1/2⁻ [521] band and semi-decoupled π1/2⁻ [541] ν7/2⁻ [633] band are observed, in addition to the high-K couplings of the π9/2⁻ [514] ν7/2⁺ [633], π9/2⁻ [514] ν5/2⁻ [512], π7/2⁺ [404] ν7/2⁺ [633], and π5/2⁺ [402] ν5/2⁻ [512] configurations. The signature splitting of the π1/2⁻ [541] ν7/2⁺ [633] band is inverted from the expected splitting, and this is interpreted as being due to a residual proton-neutron interaction. It is shown empirically that this interaction, together with deformation changes, can account for the increased crossing frequency associated with the alignment of i_13/2 neutrons in the π1/2⁻ [541] bands of odd-Z nuclei.     

Description of the Superdeformed Bands of the Lutetium Isotopes

In the cases with and without a perturbation possessing the S0_sdg(5) (or SU_sdg(5)) symmetry in the supersymmetry scheme with many-body interactions, superdeformed bands in the odd-A Lu isotopes ^163,165,167Lu are investigated. Quantitatively good results of γ-ray energies and dynamical moments of inertia are obtained in both of the two cases. It shows that the supersymmetry scheme with many-body interactions has almost the same power to describe the triaxial superdeformed bands as to the other superdeformed bands.     

Superdeformation in Pb: Observation of three additional excited bands

The superdeformed nucleus ¹⁹³Pb has been studied following a heavy-ion fusion-evaporation reaction with the Gammasphere spectrometer array. Three new superdeformed bands, two of them probably signature partners, have been observed, bringing the total number of superdeformed bands known in this nucleus to nine. An estimate of the g-factor associated with one of the previously known pairs of strongly coupled excited bands has been made, confirming their configuration. The properties of the bands are compared with the results of cranked shell model calculations; good agreement is found and configurations are assigned to each band. The two new signature partner bands are suggested to be based on the two signatures of the [512]5/2 neutron orbital. The third new band is probably based on the 7₃ intruder orbital. In addition, the high-energy region of the spectrum in coincidence with the yrast superdeformed bands has been carefully studied. The current data provide no evidence for the previously reported transitions linking the superdeformed and normal-deformed states with energies around 2.2–2.4 MeV.     

~6Li~(32)S双原子分子的光谱和辐射跃迁理论研究

在aug-cc-pV5Z/CASSCF/MRCI水平上讨论了~6Li~(32)S双原子分子的9个较低能量电子态(X~2∏,a~4△,B~2△,b~4△,A~2∑~+,C~2∏,F~2∑~-,E~2∑~+和D~2∏)的势能函数和光谱常数;其中基态平衡核间距、谐振频率、转动常数等均与实验值相符;b~4∏,C~2∏,D~2∏态的平衡核间距均超过了0.4 nm,并且离解能较小,不稳定.D~2∏态是离子对态,离解极限为Li~+(~1S_g)+S~-(~1S_g).预测了最低激发态A~2∑~+跃迁到基态X~2∏的电子跃迁偶极矩、爱因斯坦自发发射系数、弗兰克-康登因子和辐射寿命.     

Criteria of the Spin Assignment of Rotational Band

Based on the very general properties of the rotational band of axially symmetric nucleus, some rules of the I variation of the kinematic and dynamic moments of inertia are obtained, which may serve as the effective criteria of the spin assignment of rotational band. Extensive analysis of large amount of ro tational bands (below bandcrossing) of normally deformed eveneven nuclei whose spins were established shows that these rules do hold without exception. The spins of the yrast superdeformed bands of even-even nuclei in the actinide region (fission isomeric bands), and in the A～190, 150 regions are analyzed also. The spin of the lowest observed level of the yrast superdeformed band in ¹⁵²Dy is determined to be I₀ = 26, rather than I₀ = 22 or 24.     

Cranked Skyrme–Hartree–Fock calculation for superdeformed and hyperdeformed rotational bands in N=Z nuclei from S to Cr

With the use of the symmetry-unrestricted cranked Skyrme–Hartree–Fock method in the three-dimensional coordinate-mesh representation, we have carried out a systematic theoretical search for the superdeformed and hyperdeformed rotational bands in the mass A=30–50 region. Along the N=Z line, we have found superdeformed solutions in ³²S, ³⁶Ar, ⁴⁰Ca, ⁴⁴Ti, and hyperdeformed solutions in ³⁶Ar, ⁴⁰Ca, ⁴⁴Ti, ⁴⁸Cr. The superdeformed band in ⁴⁰Ca is found to be extremely soft against both the axially symmetric (Y₃₀) and asymmetric (Y₃₁) octupole deformations. An interesting role of symmetry breaking in the mean field is pointed out.     

First triaxial superdeformed band in 170Hf

First evidence is presented for triaxial superdeformation in ¹⁷⁰Hf. High-spin states in this nucleus have been investigated in a γ-ray coincidence measurement using the EUROBALL spectrometer array. A new band was discovered which has moments of inertia that are very similar to the ones of triaxial superdeformed bands in neighbouring Hf and Lu nuclei. The intensities with which these bands are populated are different from what may be expected from calculated potential-energy minima. Received: 11 September 2002 / Accepted: 15 October 2002 / Published online: 10 December 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: neusser@iskp.uni-bonn.de Communicated by D. Schwalm     

Band structures of Se and Se

Band structures of ⁷⁶Se and ⁷⁸Se have been studied with the ^74,76Ge(, 2nγ)^76,78Se reactions by using a variety of in-beam γ-techniques : γ-ray singles spectra, γ-ray excitation functions, γ-γ-t coincidences, γ-ray angular distributions and γ-ray linear polarizations.

Spins and parities have been assigned uniquely for many new levels in ⁷⁶Se and ⁷⁸Se and four bands have been identified in both nuclei: (i) the ground-state band, (ii) a positive-parity ΔJ = 1 band built on the second 2⁺ state (γ-vibrational band), (iii) a negative-parity Δ J = 2 band built on the 3⁻ state (octupole band) and (iv) a ΔJ = 2 band built on the high-lying J = 4 state. In addition, the second 8 ⁺ and 10⁺ states, which are possibly the lowest members of a band, have been found in both nuclei.

Systematics of the band structures obtained are discussed. Level energies of the band members and B(E2) ratios for some of the inter-band transitions between γ- and ground-state bands have been calculated with the proton-neutron interacting boson model IBM-2 and a reasonable agreement with the present data has been obtained.     

Effect of E1 decay in the population of superdeformed structures

Spectra of the yrast and excited superdeformed bands, forming the E2 quasi-continuum, are measured with the EUROBALL array for the nucleus ¹⁴³Eu, in coincidence with high-energy γ-rays (E_γ>3 MeV). It is found that the intensity population of the superdeformed states is enhanced by a factor of ≈1.6 when a coincidence with a γ-ray with energy >6 MeV is required, in reasonable agreement with the increase of the line shape of the Giant Dipole Resonance built on a superdeformed configuration. This result shows that when an high energy E1 γ-ray is involved in the decay it is more likely connected with a SD rather than a ND nucleus. In addition, the analysis of the rotational quasi-continuum suggests the presence of a superdeformed component. The data are also compared and found consistent with simulation calculations of the relative intensities of the SD states, including the E1 decay of superdeformed nature.     

High-spin g factors and proton alignment in Pt

The average g factors of high-spin states in ^180,182,184Pt were measured by the transient-field technique. In all three isotopes the quasicontinuum g factor at an angular momentum of 20 is g0.37. This contrasts with similar measurements on other nuclei that have 70Z80, where typical values of g0.22 have been attributed to the influence of quasineutron alignments. Evidently proton and neutron configurations are about equally important at high spin in the Pt isotopes near mid-shell. This inference is consistent with the discrete spectroscopy, including the contention, supported by g_K−g_R values, that h_9/2 proton pairs align along with the i_13/2 neutrons at rotational frequencies of ω≈0.3 MeV in ¹⁸⁴Pt. Links between the quasicontinuum g factors and features in the discrete spectroscopy are explored by comparing and contrasting the behavior of ¹⁸⁴Pt and ¹⁶⁶Hf.     

Evidence for multiple band terminations in Pd

The level structure of ¹⁰²Pd has been investigated using data collected with the Eurogam 2 array. Several cascades of γ-rays have been established up to high spins. Termination of rotational bands has been observed at I^π = 28⁻ and 32⁺, and tentatively at I^π = 38⁺ and 42⁺. The nucleus ¹⁰²Pd is the first case where rotational bands built on valence space configurations are followed from spin close to zero up to termination and, at higher spins, a smooth rotational band which appears to terminate is built on core excited configurations.