Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Probing the maximally deformed light rare-earth region around the drip-line nucleus 130Sm

  • M. Petri
  • , E. S. Paul
  • , P. J. Nolan
  • , A. J. Boston
  • , R. J. Cooper
  • , M. R. Dimmock
  • , S. Gros
  • , B. M. McGuirk
  • , H. C. Scraggs
  • , G. Turk
  • , B. Rossé
  • , M. Meyer
  • , N. Redon
  • , Ch Schmitt
  • , O. Stézowski
  • , D. Guinet
  • , Ph Lautesse
  • , G. De France
  • , S. Bhattachasyya
  • , G. Mukherjee
  • F. Rejmund, M. Rejmund, H. Savajols, J. N. Scheurer, A. Astier, I. Deloncle, A. Prévost, B. M. Nyakó, J. Gál, J. Molnár, J. Timár, L. Zolnai, K. Juhász, V. F.E. Pucknell, R. Wadsworth, P. Joshi, G. La Rana, R. Moro, M. Trotta, E. Vardaci, G. Hackman, G. Ball

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleOtherpeer-review

Abstract

The neutron deficient rare-earth nuclei of the A∼130 region are of particular interest since highly deformed prolate ground states are expected. Indeed these nuclei are predicted to show maximal ground-state deformations of β2 ∼ 0.40 (axis ratio of 3:2), comparable to the deformation deduced for superdeformed cerium isotopes at high spin. A fusion-evaporation experiment was performed with radioactive ion beams at GANIL in October 2004 which had the goal to reach very proton-rich exotic nuclei located near the proton drip-line. A radioactive 76Kr beam, delivered by the SPIRAL facility, was used to bombard a thin 58Ni target. Emitted γ-rays were detected by the EXOGAM γ-ray spectrometer which was, for the first time, coupled with both the DIAMANT charged-particle array and the VAMOS spectrometer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)214-215
Number of pages2
JournalPhysica Scripta
VolumeT125
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Finite Fermionic Systems: Nilsson Model 50 Years - Lund, Sweden
Duration: 14 Jun 200518 Jun 2005

Cite this