Effective Charge of the �h11/2 Orbital and the Electric Field Gradient of Hg from the Yrast Structure of 206Hg

B. Fornal, R. Broda, K H Maier, J Wrzesinski, G J Lane, M. Cromaz, A O Macchiavelli, Robert Graham Clark, K Vetter, Aidan Byrne, Aidan Byrne, George Dracoulis, M P Carpenter, R V F Janssens, I Wiedenhover, M Rejmund, J. Blomqvist

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    Abstract

    The ?-ray decay of excited states of the two-proton hole nucleus, 206Hg, has been identified using Gammasphere and 208Pb+238U collisions. The yrast states found include a T1/2 = 92(8)ns 10+ isomer located above the known 5- isomer. The B(E2;10+?8+) strength is used to derive the quadrupole polarization charge induced by the h11/2 proton hole. Also, the implied quadrupole moment has been used to provide an absolute scale for the electric field gradient of Hg in Hg metal.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)212501-1 - 4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume87
    Issue number21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

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