Superdeformation in194Pb

High spin states in the odd- odd nucleus¹²⁴Cs have been investigated within theNordball collaboration. In the yrast cascade which is determined as a πh_11/2 ? νh_11/2 configuration, a rather large signature splitting in the ratios, B(M1)/B(E2), has been observed. Furthermore, signature inversion is suggested in the lower spin part of the yrast band.     

Observation of band structures in the odd-odd nucleus126La

The odd-odd nucleus¹²⁶La has been studied in the reactions¹¹¹Cd(¹⁹F,4n) and⁹³Nb(³⁷Cl,p3n). Three band structures have been identified, two of them having both signature members and ΔI=1 character. These are proposed, respectively, to have πh_11/2 ? νh_11/2 and πh_11/2 ? νg_7/2 configurations and tentative 4⁺ and 3^? band heads.     

High-spin states in148Tb

High spin states of¹¹⁷Xe have been investigated by means of in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy using the reaction⁹²Mo(²⁸Si, 2pn) at beam energies of 100 to 120 MeV. The previously known νh_11/2 bands are confirmed and the νg_7/2 favored-signature band is extended up to 47/2⁺, in which two band crossings are observed at ?ω=0.33 and 0.44 MeV, respectively. Two new positive-parity bands have been established, one of which is most likely the νg_7/2 unfavored-signature band. A new transition cascade with irregular level spacings is also observed.     

Rotational bands in the doubly odd 130Cs nucleus

The band structures built on the 5^- isomeric state ( T _1/2 = 3.46 m) in the doubly odd ¹³⁰Cs nucleus have been established up to I = 24? via the ¹²⁴Sn(¹¹B, 5n)¹³⁰Cs reaction. The previously observed bands based on the πh _11/2⊗νh _11/2, πg _7/2⊗νh _11/2 and πd _5/2⊗νh _11/2 configurations and a positive-parity side band with multiple connections to the α = 0 signature partner of the yrast πh _11/2⊗νh _11/2 band have been extended to higher spins. A new band based on the πh _11/2⊗νg _7/2 configuration is observed. The yrast πh _11/2⊗νh _11/2 band exhibits anomalous signature splitting whose magnitude decreases up to spin 15 and then increases without restoring the normal signature splitting. Received: 20 February 2001 / Accepted: 9 May 2001     

Rotational and vibrational states in 115Te

High-spin states of the ¹¹⁵Te were studied by in-beam spectroscopy with the ⁸⁹Y (²⁹Si, p2n) fusion-evaporation reaction at a beam energy of 108 MeV. γ?γ coincidence and γ?γ angular correlation analyses were employed for determining the level scheme of ¹¹⁵Te. We have identified two vibrational-like bands built on the νh_11/2 and νg_7/2 quasiparticle states and the noncollective oblate states from the full alignment of quasiparticle configurations. In addition, a regular ΔI = 2 sequence with positive-parity was found for the first time in odd-A Te nuclei. This sequence is interpreted as a deformed structure resulting from three-quasiparticle alignment having the [π(g_7/2, h _11/2) ? ν(h _11/2)] configuration. Calculations of total Routhian surfaces and cranked shell model were performed and were used for assigning quasiparticle configurations to the states in ¹¹⁵Te.     

Excited states and terminating bands in123,124I

High spin states in^123,124I were populated via the¹¹⁶Cd(¹¹B,xn) reaction at 38 MeV bombarding energy and via the¹¹⁰Pd(¹⁸O,pxn) reaction at 75 MeV energy. γ-ray energies, intensities, γγ coincidences and DCO ratios were measured with the GASP spectrometer. The level schemes were extended considerably. Band terminations were observed in both nuclei. In¹²³I the rotational band, which is built on the πh _11/2 single-particle state was extended to spinI ^π=(35/2)^?; at higher spin the level spacings and the feeding pattern were found to become irregular, indicating a structure change. The (39/2)^? state and the higher-lying (43/2)^? level were interpreted as aligned oblate states. In¹²⁴I a decoupled band was found to terminate in the same spin region. Total Routhian surface calculations were performed which support the occurrence of a band termination.     

Yrast states in the doubly-odd nucleus100Tc

High spin states up toJ=14 and excitation energy up toE ^*=3076 keV have been observed in the odd-odd nucleus¹⁰⁰Tc with the reaction⁹⁶Zr(⁷Li, 3n), at bombarding energies between 21 and 31 MeV, by in-beam γ spectroscopy and conversion-electron measurements. A ΔJ=1 negative parity band similar to that observed in theN=57 isotone¹⁰²Rh, and based on the 8^?, 708 keV state has been identified. The observed band can be interpreted in terms of collective core excitations based on a two-quasiparticle state of(πg_9/2 ? νh_11/2) configuration. Comparison with IBFM-2 calculations have been performed.     

Two proton high-spin excitations and dipole bands in192Hg

The¹⁹²Hg nucleus was populated in the¹⁶⁰Gd(³⁶S, 4n) reaction at a beam energy of E=159 MeV. Emittedγ-rays were detected with the EUROGAM array comprising 43 Compton-suppressed large volume Ge detectors. The level scheme of¹⁹²Hg has been extended up to an excitation energy of E=10.4 MeV and spin I=34 ?. Two new structures, made of competing ΔI=1 and ΔI=2 transitions have been observed and their connexions with the low-lying levels established. Their lowest levels are located at 6.304 MeV and 6.879 MeV excitation energy. The experimental results are compared with mean-field HF+BCS calculations. It is proposed that the new structures originate from deformation-aligned quasi-proton excitations π(i_13/2 * h_9/2)_K=11 andπ (h_9/2) _K=8 ² , coupled to rotation-aligned quasi-neutron ν(i_13/2)ⁿ and quasi-proton π(h_11/2)² excitations.     

High-spin states in 61Cu

The study of high spin states in ¹⁰⁰Pd has indicated the presence of both single particle and collective states. More than twenty new transitions have been observed. A substantial modification and extension of the existing level scheme is proposed. The negative parity states can be understood in terms of collective excitations of the core coupled to the 9^? and 5^? bandheads, which are probably based upon two quasineutron ν(h_11/2,g_7/2) and two quasiproton π(g_9/2,p_1/2) configurations respectively.     

Yrast states in the π- particle ν- hole nucleus 65 146 Tb81

The nucleus ¹⁴⁶Tb was studied from in beam γγ-and conversion electron measurements. The level scheme was established up to ～5MeV above the (πh_11/2 vd _3/2 ^?1 )_5? β-isomer. In addition to the known (πh_11/2 vh _11/2 ^?1 )₁₀₊ E3-isomer, the 8⁺ and 11⁺ members of this configuration were located. The levels at the yrast line are dominated by the couplings of the πh_11/2 vh _11/2 ^?1 valence nucleons to the collective 3^? octupole state and to the πh_11/2d _5/2 ^?1 and πh_11/2g _7/2 ^?1 particle-hole excitations of ¹⁴⁶Gd.     

First observation of yrast band in odd-odd 162Lu

High spin states of the odd-odd ¹⁶²Lu nucleus have been studied via ¹⁴⁷Sm(¹⁹F,4nγ)¹⁶²Lu reaction at 95 MeV beam energy. Level scheme for yrast band based on π[h_11/2]υ[i_13/2] quasiparticle configuration was established up to I^π=(23^?) for the first time. This band shows the signature inversion in energy before backbending generally appeared in this mass region. It is stressed that the signature splitting in ¹⁶²Lu is larger than that in the ¹⁶⁰Tm nucleus.     

Neutronh 11/2 alignments in the triaxial nucleus133La

High spin states have been studied in¹³³La via the¹²²Sn (¹⁵N, 4ny) fusion evaporation reaction. Bands build on low lying h_11/2,g_7/2 and d_5/2 proton states have been identified. At higher spin a h_11/2 neutron alignment is observed. The softness with respect to the triaxial deformation makes the nuclear shape sensitive to the quasiparticle configurations and coexistence between states withy ≈ + 30°,y ≈ ? 30° andy ≦ ? 60° was found. The results have been interpreted using total routhian surface (TRS) model calculations.     

Shape change and shape coexistence in134Pr

The band structure of doubly odd nucleus¹³⁴Pr has been studied by means of the reaction¹¹⁹Sn(¹⁹F,4n) at 87 MeV bombarding energy. Rotational bands built on πh_11/2?vh_11/2 and πh_7/2?vh_11/2 configurations has been observed. A band consisting of quadrupole transitions, probably involving the vi_13/2[600]1/2⁺ orbital was also weakly populated.     

Seniority inverted yrast states observed in 69 153 Tm84

Through an in-beam study of the ₆₉ ¹⁵³ Tm₈₄ nucleus we have identified the πh ₁₁ ^2/5 /2νf ₇ ^2/2 and πh ₁₁ ^2/5 νf_7/2h_9/2 7-valence particle configurations up to their fully aligned spins of 47/2^? and 51/2^?. Shell model calculations predict that in the πh ₁₁ ^2/5 νf_7/2h_9/2 configuration, contrary to the π ₁₁ ^2/5 νf ₇ ^2/2 case, the h_11/2 proton seniority does not increase regularly with spin. This seniority inversion is verified by the data.     

Interaction strength and shape difference for the h9/2 and h11/2 configurations in163Tm

The strongly shape driving πh_9/2[541]l/2^? configuration with α=+1/2 exhibits some anomalous, and so far unexplained, features concerning the crossing frequency, ?ω_c, the aligned angular momentum, i_x, and interaction strength, at the alignment of the first pair of i_13/2 quasineutrons in several odd-Z rare earth-nuclei. The h_9/2[541]1/2^? and h_11/2[523]7/2^? bands have been studied in the stably deformed rare-earth nucleus¹⁶³Tm to investigate these features. A difference in band crossing frequency of ～ 80 keV between the two bands is found. Rotational bands built on these two configurations have been found to cross in the spin range I=25/2–29/2 ?. Theγ-decay pattern between the two bands is established in the crossing region and analysed in terms of a moderate shape difference between them. A theoretical estimate of the size of the interaction strength between the two bands is presented and compared to the experimental value. The observed band structure in¹⁶³Tm is very similar to that of¹⁶⁷Lu which has 2 protons and 2 neutrons in addition. This observation is discussed in relation to the similarity of the yrast bands of the two even-even “core” nuclei¹⁶²Er and¹⁶⁶Yb, for which theγ-transition energies are identical within ～0.2 keV below the vi_13/2 crossing.     

用角动量投影壳模型研究129La的单准质子带

将角动量投影壳模型应用到¹²⁹La核,对单准质子带理论计算与实验结果进行了比较,与组态为πh_11/2的yrast带和组态为πg_7/2带的拟合令人满意-还确认了一个组态为πg_7/2［νh_11/2］²的扁椭球带- 关键词：     

Quasiparticle structures in118Te

The structure of¹¹⁸Te has been investigated following the¹¹⁰Pd(¹³C,5n) reaction using gamma-ray spectroscopic techniques and a substantially extended level scheme is proposed. A negative parity quasirotational band based on πg_7/2h_11/2 configuration has been established upto J^π=19. The level structure, above the fully aligned πg²7/2?vh²11/2 J^π=16⁺ yrast state, is found to evolve into several non-collective states.     

Level structures in the 114 In nucleus

High-spin states in ¹¹⁴In were populated using the reaction ¹¹⁰Pd(⁷Li, 3n)¹¹⁴In at a beam energy of 26MeV. The level scheme of ¹¹⁴In consisting of six bands is established up to excitation energy ～ 5MeV and spin ～ 17 ? with the addition of 58 new transitions and their configurations are discussed. The intense positive-parity dipole cascade may be interpreted as shears band based on $ \pi$ [(g _9/2)^-1] ? $ \nu$ [(g _7/2/d _5/2)(h _11/2)²] configuration. The $ \Delta$ I = 2 bands based on proton excitation have been observed in ¹¹⁴In for the first time.     

E2 transition probabilities in the decoupled band of the 129La nucleus

Lifetimes of the yrast levels with spins I ^π = 23/2^? to 39/2^? in ¹²⁹La produced via the ¹²⁰Sn(¹⁴N, 5n) reaction at a beam energy of 77MeV have been measured by the Doppler shift attenuation method. The properties of the studied levels belonging to the πh_11/2 band were compared with the theoretical predictions obtained in the framework of the core quasi-particle coupling model. It is suggested that the rigid-rotor model used to describe the cores is too simplified as the even-even nuclei from the A ～ 130 region are susceptible to shape deformation. Reasonable agreement was obtained with the phenomenological cores based on the experimental data of ¹²⁸Ba.     

TheN=47 shell model nucleus90Tc

Lifetimes of high spin states in the nucleus⁹⁰Tc have been measured via the fusion evaporation reactions⁵⁸Ni(³⁶Ar,3pn)⁹⁰Tc at 140 MeV and⁵⁸Ni(³⁵Cl,2pn)⁹⁰Tc at 120 MeV beam energy. The OSIRIS spectrometer as well as a new neutron-γ-coincidence setup were used to measure lifetimes in the 10^?12-10^?9 s range by the recoil distance Doppler-shift method. By means ofγ-multiplicity and neutron-gated spectra fifteen lifetimes wered-educed. The experimental branching ratios and transition probabilities are compared to predictions of shell model calculations in a restricted π(p_1/2), π(g_9/2), ν(p_1/2), and ν(g_9/2) configuration space. In most cases the agreement with the calculations using the Gross-Frenkel parameters is striking but the results for several yrare states very sensitively depend on the residual interaction used.