Search For Wobbling Excitations In Hf Nuclei: Are The SD Bands Triaxial?

Two Gammasphere experiments have been performed in order to establish the possible triaxial nature of strongly deformed (SD) bands in 174Hf. A lifetime measurement confirmed the large deformation of the four previously observed bands in this nucleus. In addition, a thin-target, high-statistics exper...

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Main Authors: Hartley, D J, Djongolov, M K, Riedinger, L L, Hagemann, G B, Janssens, R V F, Kondev, F G, Moore, E F, Riley, M A, Aguilar, A A, Bingham, C R, Campbell, D B, Carpenter, M P, Chowdhury, P, Cromaz, M, Cullen, D M, Danchev, M, Dracoulis, G D, Fallon, P, Goon, J
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
DEFORMED NUCLEI
ENERGY LEVELS
EXCITATION
HAFNIUM 173
HAFNIUM 174
LIFETIME
LUTETIUM ISOTOPES
NUCLEAR DEFORMATION
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
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Summary:Two Gammasphere experiments have been performed in order to establish the possible triaxial nature of strongly deformed (SD) bands in 174Hf. A lifetime measurement confirmed the large deformation of the four previously observed bands in this nucleus. In addition, a thin-target, high-statistics experiment was carried out to search for linking transitions between the SD bands. No such transitions, which represent an experimental signature for wobbling modes, were observed. Four new SD bands were found in 174Hf together with a single SD band in 173Hf. These results indicate that the strongly deformed sequences of N 102 Hf isotopes behave differently than the TSD bands found in Lu nuclei near N = 92. The interpretation of these bands in terms of possible stable triaxial deformation is confronted with the experimental findings and UC predictions.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.1905285