1. Lifetime measurements in Pd-102: Searching for empirical proof of the E(5) critical-point symmetry in nuclear structure
- Author
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Konstantinopoulos, T., Ashley, S. F., Axiotis, M., Spyrou, A., Harissopulos, S., Dewald, A., Litzinger, J., Moeller, O., Mueller-Gatterman, C., Petkov, P., Napoli, D. R., Marginean, N., de Angelis, G., Ur, C. A., Bazzacco, D., Farnea, E., Lenzi, S. M., Vlastou, R., Balabanski, D., Konstantinopoulos, T., Ashley, S. F., Axiotis, M., Spyrou, A., Harissopulos, S., Dewald, A., Litzinger, J., Moeller, O., Mueller-Gatterman, C., Petkov, P., Napoli, D. R., Marginean, N., de Angelis, G., Ur, C. A., Bazzacco, D., Farnea, E., Lenzi, S. M., Vlastou, R., and Balabanski, D.
- Abstract
Lifetimes of yrast and nonyrast states of Pd-102 populated via the Zr-92(C-13, 3n) reaction are measured by means of the recoil distance Doppler-shift technique with a Cologne plunger coupled to a GASP spectrometer. The event-by-event data accumulated at 24 plunger distances in the range of 0.1 mu m to 9 mm are analyzed using the differential decay curve method. The resulting B(E2) values of the gamma transitions depopulating yrast-band members up to the I-pi = 8(+) state are found to deviate significantly from the corresponding predictions of the E(5) critical-point symmetry.
- Published
- 2016