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2021 (English)In: Physics Letters B, ISSN 0370-2693, E-ISSN 1873-2445, Vol. 820, p. 136527-, article id 136527Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Lifetimes of low-lying excited states in the nu i(13/2+) bands of the neutron-deficient osmium isotopes 169,171,173Os have been measured for the first time using the recoil-distance Doppler shift and recoil-isomer tagging techniques. An unusually low value is observed for the ratio B(E2; 21/2(+) -> 17/2+)/B(E2; 17/2+ -> 13/2+) in 169Os, similar to the "anomalously" low values of the ratio B(E2; 4+1 -> 2+1 )/B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(gs)(+)) previously observed in several transitional rare-earth nuclides with even numbers of neutrons and protons, including the neighbouring 168,170Os. Furthermore, the evolution of B(E2; 21/2(+) -> 17/2(+))/B(E2; 17/2(+) -> 13/2(+)) with increasing neutron number in the odd-mass isotopic chain 169,171,173Os is observed to follow the same trend as observed previously in the eveneven Os isotopes. These findings indicate that the possible quantum phase transition from a seniority conserving structure to a collective regime as a function of neutron number suggested for the even-even systems is maintained in these odd-mass osmium nuclei, with the odd valence neutron merely acting as a "spectator". As for the even-even nuclei, the phenomenon is highly unexpected for nuclei that are not situated near closed shells.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV, 2021
National Category
Subatomic Physics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-307134 (URN)10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136527 (DOI)000737131400004 ()2-s2.0-85111240819 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20220119
2022-01-192022-01-192024-03-18Bibliographically approved