Siciliano, M, Zanon, I, Goasduff, A, John, PR, Rodriguez, TR, Peru, S, Deloncle, I, Libert, J, Zielinska, M, Ashad, D et al (show 34 more authors)
(2020)
Shape coexistence in neutron-deficient Hg-188 investigated via lifetime measurements.
PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 102 (1).
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Abstract
Shape coexistence in the $Z \approx 82$ region has been established in mercury, lead and polonium isotopes. Even-even mercury isotopes with $100 \leq N \leq 106$ present multiple fingerprints of this phenomenon, which seems to be no longer present for $N \geq 110$. According to a number of theoretical calculations, shape coexistence is predicted in the $^{188}$Hg isotope. The $^{188}$Hg nucleus was populated using two different fusion-evaporation reactions with two targets, $^{158}$Gd and $^{160}$Gd, and a beam of $^{34}$S, provided by the Tandem-ALPI accelerators complex at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. The channels of interest were selected using the information from the Neutron Wall array, while the $\gamma$ rays were detected using the GALILEO $\gamma$-ray array. The lifetimes of the excited states were determined using the Recoil Distance Doppler-Shift method, employing the dedicated GALILEO plunger device. Using the two-bands mixing and rotational models, the deformation of the pure configurations was obtained from the experimental results. The extracted transition strengths were compared with those calculated with the state-of-the-art symmetry-conserving configuration-mixing (SCCM) and five-dimentional collective Hamiltonian (5DCH) approaches in order to shed light on the nature of the observed structures in the $^{188}$Hg nucleus. An oblate, a normal- and a super-deformed prolate bands were predicted and their underlying shell structure was also discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | v1: 13 pages, 10 figures, comparison between IBM-CM and SCCM calculations; v2: 16 pages, 13 figures, discussion on the mixing amplitudes from the experimental B(E2) values, comparison between SCCM and 5DCH calculations |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | nucl-ex, nucl-ex, nucl-th |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2020 15:11 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 00:00 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevC.102.014318 |
| Open Access URL: | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.09035.pdf |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3076605 |
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