Dracoulis GD, Kondev FG, Lane GJ, Byrne AP, McGoram TR, Kibédi T, Ahmad I, Carpenter MP, Janssens RVF, Lauritsen T, Lister CJ, Seweryniak D, Chowdhury P, Tandel SK. Anomalous isomeric decays in 174Lu as a probe of K mixing and interactions in deformed nuclei.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006;
97:122501. [PMID:
17025957 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.97.122501]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
A K(pi)=13+, 280 ns four-quasiparticle isomer in the odd-odd nucleus 174Lu has been identified and characterized. The isomer decays to both K(pi)=7(+) and K(pi)=0(+) rotational bands obtained from the parallel and antiparallel coupling of the proton 7/2+[404] and neutron 7/2+[633] orbitals. K mixing caused by particle-rotation coupling explains the anomalously fast transition rates to the 7+ band but those to the 0+ band are caused by a chance degeneracy between the isomer and a collective state, allowing the mixing matrix element for a large K difference to be deduced.
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