Long-lived three-quasiparticle isomers in 191Ir and 193Ir with triaxial deformation

G. D. Dracoulis; G. J. Lane; A. P. Byrne; H. Watanabe; R. O. Hughes; N. Palalani; F. G. Kondev; M. Carpenter; R. V.F. Janssens; T. Lauritsen; C. J. Lister; D. Seweryniak; S. Zhu; P. Chowdhury; Y. Shi; F. R. Xu

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.008

Long-lived three-quasiparticle isomers in ¹⁹¹Ir and ¹⁹³Ir with triaxial deformation

G. D. Dracoulis^*, G. J. Lane, A. P. Byrne, H. Watanabe, R. O. Hughes, N. Palalani, F. G. Kondev, M. Carpenter, R. V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, P. Chowdhury, Y. Shi, F. R. Xu

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Deep-inelastic reactions have been used to populate high-spin states in the iridium isotopes. New results include the identification of particularly long-lived three-quasiparticle isomers in ¹⁹¹Ir and ¹⁹³Ir, with mean-lives of 8.2(7) s and 180(3) μs respectively, decaying into newly identified states of the h _11/2 proton bands and into other structures. Spins and parities of J ^π=31/2 ⁺ are suggested for both, consistent with coupling of the 11/2 ^-[505] proton to the 10 ^- two-neutron excitations in the cores. These and other configurations are discussed in the context of configuration constrained potential-energy-surface calculations. All calculated intrinsic states are expected to be associated with triaxial shapes and the extreme isomerism observed is attributed to spin-trapping rather than K-hindrance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-64
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	709
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.008
Publication status	Published - 13 Mar 2012

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Dracoulis, G. D., Lane, G. J., Byrne, A. P., Watanabe, H., Hughes, R. O., Palalani, N., Kondev, F. G., Carpenter, M., Janssens, R. V. F., Lauritsen, T., Lister, C. J., Seweryniak, D., Zhu, S., Chowdhury, P., Shi, Y., & Xu, F. R. (2012). Long-lived three-quasiparticle isomers in ¹⁹¹Ir and ¹⁹³Ir with triaxial deformation. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 709(1-2), 59-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.008

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