Decay spectroscopy of 160Sm: The lightest four-quasiparticle K isomer

The decay of a new four-quasiparticle isomeric state in 160Sm has been observed using γ-ray spectroscopy at the RIBF, RIKEN. The four-quasiparticle state is assigned a 2π⊗2ν π52−[532], π52+[413], ν52−[523], ν72+[633] configuration. The half-life of this (11+) state is measured to be 1.8(4) μs. The (...

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Main Authors: Z. Patel, Zs. Podolyák, P.M. Walker, P.H. Regan, P.-A. Söderström, H. Watanabe, E. Ideguchi, G.S. Simpson, S. Nishimura, F. Browne, P. Doornenbal, G. Lorusso, S. Rice, L. Sinclair, T. Sumikama, J. Wu, Z.Y. Xu, N. Aoi, H. Baba, F.L. Bello Garrote, G. Benzoni, R. Daido, Zs. Dombrádi, Y. Fang, N. Fukuda, G. Gey, S. Go, A. Gottardo, N. Inabe, T. Isobe, D. Kameda, K. Kobayashi, M. Kobayashi, T. Komatsubara, I. Kojouharov, T. Kubo, N. Kurz, I. Kuti, Z. Li, H.L. Liu, M. Matsushita, S. Michimasa, C.-B. Moon, H. Nishibata, I. Nishizuka, A. Odahara, E. Şahin, H. Sakurai, H. Schaffner, H. Suzuki, H. Takeda, M. Tanaka, J. Taprogge, Zs. Vajta, F.R. Xu, A. Yagi, R. Yokoyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315009740