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Onset of deformation at $N = 112$ in Bi nuclei

Nuclear Experiment 2015-06-04 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The high spin states in 195^{195}Bi has been studied by γ\gamma-ray spectroscopic method using the 181^{181}Ta(20^{20}Ne, 6n) fusion evaporation reaction at 130 MeV. The γγ\gamma\gamma coincidence data were taken using an array of 8 clover HPGe detectors. The spin and parity assignments of the excited states have been made from the measured directional correlation from oriented states (DCO) ratios and integrated polarization asymmetry (IPDCO) ratios. The results show, for the first time, the evidence of a rotational like band based on a 13/2+^+ band head in this nucleus, indicating the onset of deformation at neutron number N=112N = 112 for the Bismuth isotopes. The results obtained were found to be consistent with the prediction of the total Routhian surface calculations using Woods Saxon potential. The same calculations also predict a change in shape from oblate to triaxial in 195^{195}Bi at high rotational frequency.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4436,
  title  = {Onset of deformation at $N = 112$ in Bi nuclei},
  author = {H. Pai and G. Mukherjee and R. Raut and S. K. Basu and A. Goswami and S. Chanda and T. Bhattacharjee and S. Bhattacharyya and C. Bhattacharya and S. Bhattacharya and S. R. Banerjee and S. Kundu and K. Banerjee and A. Dey and T. K. Rana and J. K. Meena and D. Gupta and S. Mukhopadhyay and Srijit Bhattacharya and Sudeb Bhattacharya and S. Ganguly and R. Kshetri and M. K. Pradhan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4436},
  year   = {2015}
}