Erratum: Publisher's Note: Discovery of a nonyrast Kπ=8+ isomer in Dy162, and the influence of competing K-mixing mechanisms on its highly forbidden decay (Physical Review C (2011) 83 (034322))

T. P.D. Swan*, P. M. Walker, Zs Podolyák, M. W. Reed, G. D. Dracoulis, G. J. Lane, T. Kibédi, M. L. Smith

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    Abstract

    The 160Gd(9Be,α3n)162Dy reaction has been used to study high-spin states in 162Dy. Pulsed beam conditions were utilised for enhanced isomer sensitivity. An isomer at 2188.1(3) keV with a half-life of 8.3(3) µs has been discovered and assigned Kπ= 8+ with a 2-quasineutron configuration. Among eleven γ-ray decay branches, an E2, ∆K= 8 transition to the ground-state band was observed with a reduced hindrance of fν=35, agreeing well with systematics correlating fν with the product of the valence neutron and proton numbers (NpNn) over an extended N, Z range. Small deviations from NpNn dependence are analysed for a range of 2-quasiparticle isomer decays, and interpreted as arising from a weak dependence on the isomer excitation energy relative to the yrast line.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number049903
    JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
    Volume83
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Apr 2011

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