Evidence for Second-Phonon Nuclear Wobbling

Jensen, D.R.; Hagemann, G.B.; Hamamoto, I.; Odegard, S.W.; Herskind, B.; Sletten, G.; Wilson, J.N.; Spohr, K.; Hubel, H.; Bringel, P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.142503

Evidence for Second-Phonon Nuclear Wobbling

D.R. Jensen
(
- Bohr Inst.
)
,
G.B. Hagemann
(
- Bohr Inst.
)
,
I. Hamamoto
(
- Bohr Inst. and
- Lund U.
)
,
S.W. Odegard
(
- Bohr Inst. and
- Oslo U.
)
,
B. Herskind
(
- Bohr Inst.
)

Sep 30, 2002

4 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.Lett. 89 (2002) 142503

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.142503

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Abstract: (APS)

The nucleus L163u has been populated through the reaction L139a(S29i,5n) with a beam energy of 157 MeV. Three triaxial, strongly deformed (TSD) bands have been observed with very similar rotational properties. The first excited TSD band has earlier been assigned as a one-phonon wobbling excitation built on the lowest-lying (yrast) TSD band. The large B(E2)out/B(E2)in value obtainable for one of four observed transitions between the second and first excited TSD bands is in good agreement with particle-rotor calculations for a two-phonon wobbling excitation.