Tidal waves and onset of collectivity above N = 126

  • W. Reviol
  • , D. G. Sarantites
  • , X. Chen
  • , M. Montero
  • , O. L. Pechenaya
  • , J. Snyder
  • , R. V.F. Janssens
  • , M. P. Carpenter
  • , C. J. Chiara
  • , T. L. Khoo
  • , T. Lauritsen
  • , C. J. Lister
  • , D. Seweryniak
  • , S. Zhu
  • , K. Hauschild
  • , A. Lopez-Martens
  • , D. J. Hartley
  • , S. Frauendorf

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Abstract

Recent experiments in the actinide region, using Gammasphere and the evaporation residue detector HERCULES, have covered the territory between N = 126 and the center of static octupole deformation at N = 134. The 220Th nucleus and the neighboring 218Ra and 219Th nuclei mark the emergence of quadrupole-octupole collectivity in this mass region. Their octupole bands have B(E1)=B(E2) ratios which are typical for the region, but the level spacings do not concur with a rotational-like behavior. In addition, a spin-dependent staggering of the B(E1)=B(E2) ratios is evident. These features can be described, based on a phonon picture, by a constant-frequency tidal-wave mode for a reflection-asymmetric nuclear surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)671-680
Number of pages10
JournalActa Physica Polonica B
Volume42
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2011

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