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Local suppression of collectivity in the N = 80 isotones at the Z = 58 subshell closure

  • C. Bauer
  • , G. Rainovski
  • , N. Pietralla
  • , D. Bianco
  • , A. Blazhev
  • , T. Bloch
  • , S. Boenig
  • , A. Damyanova
  • , M. Danchev
  • , K. A. Gladnishki
  • , T. Kroell
  • , J. Leske
  • , N. Lo Iudice
  • , T. Moeller
  • , K. Moschner
  • , J. Pakarinen
  • , P. Reiter
  • , M. Scheck
  • , M. Seidlitz
  • , B. Siebeck
  • C. Stahl, R. Stegmann, T. Stora, Ch. Stoyanov, D. Tarpanov, M. J. Vermeulen, D. Voulot, N. Warr, F. Wenander, V. Werner, H. De Witte

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Abstract

Background: Recent data on N = 80 isotones have suggested that the proton
π(1g7/2) subshell closure at Z = 58 has an impact on the properties of low-lying collective states.

Purpose: Knowledge of the B(E2;2+1→0+1) value of 140Nd is needed in order to test this conjecture.

Method: The unstable, neutron-rich nucleus 140Nd was investigated via projectile Coulomb excitation at the REX-ISOLDE facility with the MINIBALL spectrometer.

Results: The B(E2) value of 33(2) W.u. expands the N = 80 systematics beyond the Z = 58 subshell closure.

Conclusions: The measurement demonstrates that the reduced collectivity of
138Ce is a local effect possibly due to the Z = 58 subshell closure and requests refined theoretical calculations. The latter predict a smoothly increasing trend.
Original languageEnglish
Article number021302(R)
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume88
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

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