Abstract
γ-ray spectroscopy of high-spin states of the neutron-deficient nucleus Pb189 has been conducted with the Gd158(Ar36,5n) and Er164(Si29,4n) reactions. With the first of these, detection of evaporation residues and mass gating were used to unambiguously assign a number of prompt γ-ray transitions to Pb189. With the second reaction and a pulsed beam, an isomer with a mean life of 32 μs was found. Although inconclusive, the available evidence favors identification of the isomer with the 332+ state of the ν(i13/2)-3 configuration. The levels observed below the isomer can be identified with states involving three different structures: the neutron (i13/2)-3 multiplet in the spherical well; a prolate-deformed band involving mixed i13/2 neutron orbitals; and a state with the oblate π(2p-2h)0+ν(i13/ 2)-1 configuration. The evidence for structures associated with different shapes is supported by the observation of E0 components in some of the Jπ→Jπ transitions linking them.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 054302 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2005 |
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