Evidence for triaxial deformation near N=86: Collective bands in Dy-152,Dy-153 and Ho-153

  • DE Appelbe*
  • , PJ Twin
  • , CW Beausang
  • , DM Cullen
  • , D Curien
  • , G Duchene
  • , S Erturk
  • , C Finck
  • , B Haas
  • , ES Paul
  • , DC Radford
  • , C Rigollet
  • , MB Smith
  • , O Stezowski
  • , JC Waddington
  • , AN Wilson
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    The N=86,87 isotopes of dysprosium and holmium have been investigated using the Eurogam II gamma-ray spectrometer. A new collective rotational band has been observed in Ho-153 and the previously observed nui(13/2) band in Dy-153 has been extended to much higher spin. Comparing these bands and similar bands in Dy-152 with the collective bands in the N=90 isotopes of Dy, Ho, and Er suggests that the first h(11/2) proton crossing is not observed at N=86,87. This observation has led to the reinterpretation of four of the previously observed bands in Dy-152. It is proposed that the low deformation collective bands in Dy-152,Dy-153 and Ho-153 are associated with a triaxial shape with large positive gamma and that they have a similar origin to the recently observed triaxial superdeformed bands in Lu163-165.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number044305
    Number of pages9
    JournalPhysical Review C
    Volume66
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct-2002

    Keywords

    • SUPERDEFORMED DY-152 NUCLEUS
    • MEAN-FIELD THEORY
    • HIGH-SPIN
    • COINCIDENCE DATA
    • COEXISTENCE
    • LINE
    • SPECTROSCOPY
    • SYSTEMATICS
    • DETECTORS
    • SEARCH

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