Identification of significant E0 strength in the 22 +→21 + transitions of 58,60,62Ni

L. J. Evitts, A. B. Garnsworthy*, T. Kibédi, J. Smallcombe, M. W. Reed, B. A. Brown, A. E. Stuchbery, G. J. Lane, T. K. Eriksen, A. Akber, B. Alshahrani, M. de Vries, M. S.M. Gerathy, J. D. Holt, B. Q. Lee, B. P. McCormick, A. J. Mitchell, M. Moukaddam, S. Mukhopadhyay, N. PalalaniT. Palazzo, E. E. Peters, A. P.D. Ramirez, S. R. Stroberg, T. Tornyi, S. W. Yates

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Abstract

The E0 transition strength in the 22 +→21 + transitions of 58,60,62Ni have been determined for the first time following a series of measurements at the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Kentucky (UK). The CAESAR Compton-suppressed HPGe array and the Super-e solenoid at ANU were used to measure the δ(E2/M1) mixing ratio and internal conversion coefficient of each transition following inelastic proton scattering. Level half-lives, δ(E2/M1) mixing ratios and γ-ray branching ratios were measured at UK following inelastic neutron scattering. The new spectroscopic information was used to determine the E0 strengths. These are the first 2+→2+ E0 transition strengths measured in nuclei with spherical ground states and the E0 component is found to be unexpectedly large; in fact, these are amongst the largest E0 transition strengths in medium and heavy nuclei reported to date.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)396-401
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume779
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2018

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