Stabilization of Nuclear Isovector Valence-Shell Excitations
Mar 31, 2006
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- Phys.Rev.Lett. 96 (2006) 122501
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Excited states in Ce138 have been studied via the C12(Ce138,Ce*138) Coulomb excitation reaction at 480 MeV. Relative cross sections have been determined from the γ-ray yields observed with Gammasphere. The E2 and M1 strength distributions between the lowest six 2+ states up to 2.7 MeV enables us to identify the 24+ state in Ce138 as the dominant fragment of the one-phonon 21,ms+ mixed-symmetry state. Mixing between this level and a nearby isoscalar state is observed and is more than 4 times larger than in the neighboring isotone Ba136. This is direct evidence that the stability of mixed-symmetry states strongly depends on the underlying subshell structure.- 27.60.+j
- 25.70.De
- 21.10.Re
- 23.20.Js
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