Lifetime measurements of excited states in 163W and the implications for the anomalous B(E2) ratios in transitional nuclei

Abstract
This letter reports lifetime measurements of excited states in the odd-N nucleus 163W using the recoil-distance Doppler shift method to probe the core polarising effect of the i13/2 neutron orbital on the underlying soft triaxial even-even core. The ratio B(E2:21/2+→17/2+)/B(E2:17/2+→13/2+) is consistent with the predictions of the collective rotational model. The deduced B(E2) values provide insights into the validity of collective model predictions for heavy transitional nuclei and a geometric origin for the anomalous B(E2) ratios observed in nearby even-even nuclei is proposed.
Language
English
Published in
Physics Letters B
Citation
  • Lewis, M.C., Joss, D.T., Sayğı, B., Page, R.D., Cullen, D.M., Barber, L., Giles, M.M., Simpson, J., Al-Aqeel, M.A.M., Badran, H., Braunroth, T., Briscoe, A.D., Calverley, T., Dewald, A., Doncel, M., Grahn, T., Greenlees, P.T., Henrich, C., Herzáň, A., . . . Uusitalo, J. (2019). Lifetime measurements of excited states in 163W and the implications for the anomalous B(E2) ratios in transitional nuclei. Physics Letters B, 798, Article 134998-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134998
License
CC BY 4.0Open Access
Funder(s)
European Commission
Funding program(s)
Research infrastructures, H2020
Research infrastructures, H2020
European Commission
Additional information about funding
This work has been supported by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council under grants ST/P004598/1, ST/L005670/1 and ST/L005794/1; the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project No: 117F508; the EU HORIZON2020 programme “Infrastructures”, project number: 654002 (ENSAR2) and by the Academy of Finland under the Finnish Centre of Excellence Programme (Nuclear and Accelerator Based Physics Programme at JYFL). The UK/France (STFC/IN2P3) Loan Pool and GAMMAPOOL network are acknowledged for the HPGe escape-suppressed detectors of the JUROGAM II array.
Copyright© 2019 The Authors.

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