Abstract
High-spin states in 120Te were populated in the reaction 80Se(48Ca, α4n)120Te at a beam energy of 207 MeV and γ-ray coincidences were measured using the Gammasphere spectrometer. The previously known level scheme is extended to higher spin and new interband transitions and side-feeding branches are established. Five highly deformed rotational bands, extending up to almost I=50, are observed for the first time. The bands are compared with similar structures found recently in neighboring nuclei. The experimental results are interpreted within the framework of the cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky model. Configuration assignments to several terminating states and to the high-spin bands are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 014310 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 Jan 2012 |