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(gamma)-ray spectroscopy of 163Ta
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Physics.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1771-2656
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Physics.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1996-0805
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2009 (English)In: Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics, ISSN 0556-2813, E-ISSN 1089-490X, Vol. 80, no 5, p. 054316-Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Excited states in Ta-163 have been identified for the first time using the Cd-106(Ni-60,3p) fusion evaporation reaction. gamma rays were detected using the JUROGAM gamma-ray spectrometer and recoil discrimination was achieved using the recoil ion transport unit (RITU) gas-filled separator in conjunction with the GREAT spectrometer situated at the focal plane of the RITU. The yrast states are assigned to a strongly coupled rotational band based on a pi h(11/2) configuration. This structure exhibits large signature splitting at low spins that disappears after the paired band crossing because of the alignment of a pair of i(13/2) neutrons. This effect is ascribed to triaxial shape changes induced by the core-polarizing properties of the deformation-aligned h(11/2) proton and the rotation-aligned i(13/2) neutrons. Two additional strongly coupled band structures have been established and are discussed in terms of octupole-vibrational and two-quasiparticle excitations built on the yrast structure. The experimental results are compared with predictions from cranked-shell-model and total-Routhian-surface calculations.

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2009. Vol. 80, no 5, p. 054316-
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Subatomic Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10555DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.054316ISI: 000272313000030Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-71049180361OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-10555DiVA, id: diva2:219102
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EU, European Research Council, HPRI-CT-1999-00044Swedish Research Council
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gamma-ray spectroscopy of Ta-163 QC 20110323Available from: 2009-05-26 Created: 2009-05-26 Last updated: 2024-01-04Bibliographically approved
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1. In-Beam Spectroscopy of Extremely Neutron Deficient Nuclei 110Xe, 163Ta, 169Ir and 172Hg
Open this publication in new window or tab >>In-Beam Spectroscopy of Extremely Neutron Deficient Nuclei 110Xe, 163Ta, 169Ir and 172Hg
2009 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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This thesis describes new results obtained from experimental studies of the extremely neutron-deficient isotopes 110Xe, 163Ta, 169Ir, and 172Hg, close to the proton drip-line. The experiments used state-of-the-art equipment for nuclear spectroscopy where a large high resolution Germanium-detector array was coupled to a high-transmission recoil separator.The highly selective recoil-decay tagging technique was applied in order to identify andstudy the most weakly populated reaction channels. The work is based on four experimentsperformed at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The experimental techniques used and the experimental set-ups are described. Comparisonbetween experimental results and theoretical predictions are made. The thesis also brieflysummarises the theoretical models employed to interpret the experimental data.

The results for 110Xe indicate an emergence of enhanced collectivity near the N=Z linein the region of the nuclear chart above 100Sn. These findings are interpreted as a possible effect of increased neutron-proton isoscalar pair correlations, a residual interaction effect not accounted for in present-day nuclear models.

The findings for 163Ta reveal three strongly coupled band structures built on differentquasiparticle configurations. The low-lying yrast band exhibits strong signature splittingindicative of a significant triaxial shape asymmetry. An intriguing possibility exits forenhanced octupole correlation in 163Ta, where the odd-proton is proposed to couple to anoctupole-vibrational phonon. However, further investigations are needed to elucidate thisscenario.

Also for 169Ir do the properties of the yrast structure point to a rotational-like behaviourof a moderately deformed nucleus exhibiting a triaxial shape. For neither 163Taor 169Ir do the experimental results fully agree with theoretical predictions for the shapeevolution of the neutron-deficient tantalum and iridium isotopes, approaching the protondrip-line.The nearly constant level spacing in 172Hg between the lowest excited 2+, 4+ and 6+states suggests a transition to a near-spherical harmonic collective vibrational structureas compared with heavier even-even Hg isotopes around the neutron midshell and above.The experimental data have been compared with total Routhian surface calculations and quasiparticle random phase approximation calculations.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH, 2009. p. x, 57
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Trita-FYS, ISSN 0280-316X ; 2009:19
National Category
Physical Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10556 (URN)978-91-7415-360-6 (ISBN)
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2009-06-05, Sal FD5, Albanova, Roslagstullsbacken 21, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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QC 20100809Available from: 2009-05-26 Created: 2009-05-26 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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