1. Evidence of oblate-prolate shape coexistence in the strongly-deformed nucleus 119Cs
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T. Grahn, Bo Cederwall, D. Sohler, G. Zimba, K.K. Zheng, Paul Greenlees, Jan Sarén, C. M. Petrache, W.Q. Zhang, S. Juutinen, R. Julin, R. D. Page, M. L. Liu, István Kuti, M. Doncel, Pengwei Zhao, H. Tann, M. Luoma, A. Ertoprak, B. F. Lv, J. Ojala, Jari Partanen, Janne Pakarinen, Y.K. Wang, O. Aktas, B. M. Nyakó, Song Guo, János Timár, Z. H. Zhang, D. T. Joss, Corina Andreoiu, A. Astier, Panu Ruotsalainen, Juha Uusitalo, P. Rahkila, Mikael Sandzelius, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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58Ni(64Zn,3p)119Cs ,Nuclear reaction ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,QC1-999 ,Nuclear Theory ,Model calculation ,coincidences ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,01 natural sciences ,Molecular physics ,Measured γγγ-coincidences ,cesium ,0103 physical sciences ,medicine ,Nuclear reaction:58Ni(64Zn,3p)119Cs ,Zn ,Covariant transformation ,Cs ,010306 general physics ,Spin (physics) ,Ni( ,Physics ,Linear polarization ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Degenerate energy levels ,3p) ,Oblate-prolate coexistence ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Angular correlations ,Density functional theory ,ydinfysiikka ,Ground state ,Measured ,Nucleus - Abstract
International audience; Prolate-oblate shape coexistence close to the ground state in the strongly-deformed proton-rich A≈120 nuclei is reported for the first time. One of the four reported bands in 119Cs, built on a 11/2− state at 670 keV, consists of nearly degenerate signature partners, and has properties which unequivocally indicate the strongly-coupled πh11/2[505]11/2− configuration associated with oblate shape. Together with the decoupled πh11/2[541]3/2− band built on the 11/2− prolate state at 110 keV, for which a half-life of T1/2=55(5)μs has been measured, the new bands bring evidence of shape coexistence at low spin in the proton-rich strongly deformed A≈120 nuclei, a phenomenon predicted since long time, but not yet observed. Calculations using the particle-number conserving cranked shell model and two dimensional tilted axis cranking covariant density functional theory support and well reproduce the observed oblate and prolate coexisting low-energy states in 119Cs.
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- 2021