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Longitudinal Wobbling in $^{133}$La

Nuclear Experiment 2017-05-30 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Excited states of 133^{133}La have been investigated to search for the wobbling excitation mode in the low-spin regime. Wobbling bands with nωn_\omega = 0 and 1 are identified along with the interconnecting ΔI\Delta I = 1, E2E2 transitions, which are regarded as one of the characteristic features of the wobbling motion. An increase in wobbling frequency with spin implies longitudinal wobbling for 133^{133}La, in contrast with the case of transverse wobbling observed in 135^{135}Pr. This is the first observation of a longitudinal wobbling band in nuclei. The experimental observations are accounted for by calculations using the quasiparticle-triaxial-rotor (QTR) model, which attribute the appearance of longitudinal wobbling to the early alignment of a π=+\pi=+ proton pair.

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@article{arxiv.1608.07840,
  title  = {Longitudinal Wobbling in $^{133}$La},
  author = {S. Biswas and R. Palit and S. Frauendorf and U. Garg and W. Li and G. H. Bhat and J. A. Sheikh and J. Sethi and S. Saha and Purnima Singh and D. Choudhury and J. T. Matta and A. D. Ayangeakaa and W. Dar and V. Singh and S. Sihotra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.07840},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table

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