High-spin structure beyond band termination in Er-157

AO Evans, ES Paul, J Simpson, MA Riley, DE Appelbe, DB Campbell, PTW Choy, RM Clark, M Cromaz, P Fallon, A Gorgen, DT Joss, IY Lee, AO Macchiavelli, PJ Nolan, A Pipidis, D Ward, Ingemar Ragnarsson, F Saric

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Abstract

The angular-momentum induced transition from a deformed state of collective rotation to a noncollective configuration has been studied. In Er-157 this transition manifests itself as favored band termination near I=45 (h) over bar. The feeding of these band terminating states has been investigated for the first time using the Gammasphere spectrometer. Many weakly populated states lying at high excitation energy that decay into these special states have been discovered. Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations suggest that these states arise from weakly collective "core-breaking" configurations.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume92
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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The record was previously connected to the following departments: Mathematical Physics (Faculty of Technology) (011040002)

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