Impact of triaxiality on the rotational structure of neutron-rich rhenium isotopes

M. W. Reed*, G. J. Lane, G. D. Dracoulis, F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, S. S. Hota, R. O. Hughes, R. V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, N. Palalani, D. Seweryniak, H. Watanabe, S. Zhu, W. G. Jiang, F. R. Xu

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    Abstract

    A number of 3-quasiparticle isomers have been found and characterised in the odd-mass, neutron-rich, 187Re, 189Re and 191Re nuclei, the latter being four neutrons beyond stability. The decay of the isomers populates states in the rotational bands built upon the 9/2-[514] Nilsson orbital. These bands exhibit a degree of signature splitting that increases with neutron number. This splitting taken together with measurements of the M1/E2 mixing ratios and with the changes observed in the energy of the gamma-vibrational band coupled to the 9/2-[514] state, suggests an increase in triaxiality, with γ values of 5°, 18° and 25° deduced in the framework of a particle-rotor model.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)311-316
    Number of pages6
    JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
    Volume752
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Jan 2016

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