Abstract
Excited states in Th219 have been observed for the first time in an experiment using the Mg26+Pt198 reaction and evaporation-residue-gated γ-ray spectroscopy. Two structures of interlinked alternating-parity levels with simplex quantum numbers s=±i are observed, reminiscent of similar sequences in heavier odd-mass isotopes, but only three mass units away from the N=126 neutron closed shell. The emergence of quadrupole-octupole collectivity in this mass region and the trend for parity-doublet bands are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 011304 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Aug 6 2009 |