| Abstract: | The lifetime of the first excited 2~+ state in ~(18)C was measured using an upgraded recoil shadow method to determine the electric quadrupole transition.The measured mean lifetime is 18.9±0.9 (stat)±4.4 (syst) ps,which corresponds to a B(E2;2~+_1→0~+_(gs)) value of (4.3±0.2±1.0) e~2fm~4,or about 1.5 Weisskopf units.The mean lifetime of the first 2~+ state in ~(16)C was remeasured to be about 18 ps,about four times shorter than the value reported previously.This discrepancy was explained by incorporating the γ-ray angular distribution measured in this work into the previous measurement.The observed transition strengths in ~(16,18)C are hindered compared to the empirical transition strengths,indicating that the anomalous hindrance observed in ~(16)C persists in ~(18)C. |
