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Garrett PE, Rodríguez TR, Varela AD, Green KL, Bangay J, Finlay A, Austin RAE, Ball GC, Bandyopadhyay DS, Bildstein V, Colosimo S, Cross DS, Demand GA, Finlay P, Garnsworthy AB, Grinyer GF, Hackman G, Jigmeddorj B, Jolie J, Kulp WD, Leach KG, Morton AC, Orce JN, Pearson CJ, Phillips AA, Radich AJ, Rand ET, Schumaker MA, Svensson CE, Sumithrarachchi C, Triambak S, Warr N, Wong J, Wood JL, Yates SW. Multiple Shape Coexistence in ^{110,112}Cd. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:142502. [PMID: 31702191 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.142502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
From detailed spectroscopy of ^{110}Cd and ^{112}Cd following the β^{+}/electron-capture decay of ^{110,112}In and the β^{-} decay of ^{112}Ag, very weak decay branches from nonyrast states are observed. The transition rates determined from the measured branching ratios and level lifetimes obtained with the Doppler-shift attenuation method following inelastic neutron scattering reveal collective enhancements that are suggestive of a series of rotational bands. In ^{110}Cd, a γ band built on the shape-coexisting intruder configuration is suggested. For ^{112}Cd, the 2^{+} and 3^{+} intruder γ-band members are suggested, the 0_{3}^{+} band is extended to spin 4^{+}, and the 0_{4}^{+} band is identified. The results are interpreted using beyond-mean-field calculations employing the symmetry conserving configuration mixing method with the Gogny D1S energy density functional and with the suggestion that the Cd isotopes exhibit multiple shape coexistence.
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Affiliation(s)
- P E Garrett
- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville ZA-7535, South Africa
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- Departamento de Física Teórica and CIAFF, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H3C3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H3C3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A1S6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S0A2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicherstrasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-6217, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville ZA-7535, South Africa
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville ZA-7535, South Africa
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicherstrasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
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Garrett PE, Kulp WD, Wood JL, Bandyopadhyay D, Choudry S, Dashdorj D, Lesher SR, McEllistrem MT, Mynk M, Orce JN, Yates SW. New features of shape coexistence in ;{152}Sm. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 103:062501. [PMID: 19792555 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.062501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2008] [Revised: 05/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Excited states in ;{152}Sm have been investigated with the ;{152}Sm(n,n;{'}gamma) reaction. The lowest four negative-parity band structures have been characterized in detail with respect to their absolute decay properties. Specifically, a new K;{pi} = 0;{-} band has been assigned with its 1;{-} band head at 1681 keV. This newly observed band has a remarkable similarity in its E1 transition rates for decay to the first excited K;{pi} = 0;{+} band at 684 keV to the lowest K;{pi} = 0;{-} band and its decay to the ground-state band. Based on these decay properties, as well as energy considerations, this new band is assigned as a K;{pi} = 0;{-} octupole excitation based on the K;{pi} = 0_{2};{+} state. An emerging pattern of repeating excitations built on the 0_{2};{+} level similar to those built on the ground state may indicate that ;{152}Sm is a complex example of shape coexistence rather than a critical point nucleus.
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Affiliation(s)
- P E Garrett
- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1 Canada
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