Phys.Rev. C63, 041301 (2001)

D.J.Hartley, A.Galindo-Uribarri, C.Baktash, M.P.Carpenter, M.Danchev, M.Devlin, C.J.Gross, R.V.F.Janssens, M.Lipoglavsek, E.Padilla, S.D.Paul, D.C.Radford, W.Reviol, L.L.Riedinger, D.G.Sarantites, D.Seweryniak, C.-H.Yu, O.Zeidan

First Evidence of Excited States in the Near-Drip-Line Nucleus ¹²⁶Pr and Signature Inversion in A ≈ 130 Nuclei

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ⁹²Mo(⁴⁰Ca, npα), (⁴⁰Ca, n3p), E=170, 184 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, (recoil)γ-, (charged particle)γ-, γγ-coin. ^126,128Pr deduced high-spin levels, J, π, rotational bands, configurations, signature inversion. Gammasphere, Clarion, Hyball, and Microball arrays.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.63.041301