Evidence of oblate-prolate shape coexistence in the strongly-deformed nucleus Cs-119Show others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 362021 (English)In: Physics Letters B, ISSN 0370-2693, E-ISSN 1873-2445, Vol. 822, article id 136645
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Abstract [en]
Prolate-oblate shape coexistence close to the ground state in the strongly-deformed proton-rich A approximate to 120nuclei is reported for the first time. One of the four reported bands in Cs-119, built on a 11/2- state at 670 keV, consists of nearly degenerate signature partners, and has properties which unequivocally indicate the strongly-coupled pi h(11/2)[505]11/2(-) configuration associated with oblate shape. Together with the decoupled pi h(11/2[)541]3/2(-) band built on the 11/2- prolate state at 110 keV, for which a half-life of T-1/2 = 55(5) mu shas been measured, the new bands bring evidence of shape coexistence at low spin in the proton-rich strongly deformed A approximate to 120 nuclei, a phenomenon predicted since long time, but not yet observed. Calculations using the particle-number conserving cranked shell model and two dimensional tilted axis cranking covariant density functional theory support and well reproduce the observed oblate and prolate coexisting low-energy states in Cs-119.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2021. Vol. 822, article id 136645
Keywords [en]
Nuclear reaction:Ni-58(Zn-64, 3p)Cs-119, Measured gamma gamma gamma-coincidences, Angular correlations, Linear polarization, Model calculation, Oblate-prolate coexistence
National Category
Subatomic Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-304070DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136645ISI: 000703669100025Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115376228OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-304070DiVA, id: diva2:1606471
Note
QC 20211027
2021-10-272021-10-272022-06-25Bibliographically approved