Near-yrast structure of odd- A , neutron-rich Pr isotopes
Near-yrast structure of odd- A , neutron-rich Pr isotopes
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奇数A、富中子Pr同位素的近亚拉斯特结构
DOI:
10.1103/physrevc.85.044314
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Malkiewicz T
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作者:
Malkiewicz T
The neutron-rich praseodymium isotopesPr andPr have been studied by prompt-ray spectroscopy usingCm andCf spontaneous-fission sources placed inside the EUROGAM-II and Gammasphere germanium arrays, respectively. Rotational bands based on[541] states, with similar structures, have been assigned to these nuclei. These bands decay by intrabandtransitions. Interbandtransitions, reported in other works, were not observed. Delayed conversion-electron and-ray spectroscopy of annucleus has been performed at the Lohengrin mass spectrometer. A previously reported 35.1-keV isomer ofPr has been determined to decay by antransition, and its half-life of 50(8)s has been measured. Calculations performed using a reflection-symmetric quasi-particle-rotor model successfully reproduce the energies of the excited states of these nuclei and their decay patterns. The spin of the isomer has been assigned to be (1/2, 3/2) from a comparison with the calculations. The long half-life of this isomer and the lack of intrabandtransitions show an absence of strong octupole correlations in the observed states ofPr. This is explained in terms of increasing quadrupole deformation reducing the number of Nilsson orbitals close to the Fermi surface available to form octupole collectivity.