Phys.Rev. C 82, 044319 (2010)

A.B.Hayes, D.Cline, K.J.Moody, I.Ragnarsson, C.Y.Wu, J.A.Becker, M.P.Carpenter, J.J.Carroll, D.Gohlke, J.P.Greene, A.A.Hecht, R.V.F.Janssens, S.A.Karamian, T.Lauritsen, C.J.Lister, R.A.Macri, R.Propri, D.Seweryniak, X.Wang, R.Wheeler, S.Zhu

Coulomb excitation of a ²⁴²Am isomeric target: E2 and E3 strengths, rotational alignment, and collective enhancement

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ^242mAm(⁴⁰Ar, ⁴⁰Ar'), E=170.5 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, (particle)γ-, γγ-coin using Gammasphere array. ²⁴²Am; deduced levels, J, π, rotational bands, Nilsson configurations, band parameters, alignments, B(E1), B(E2) and B(E3) strengths. Coulomb excitation. Comparison of alignment of the observed bands in ²⁴²Am with single-particle alignments in ²⁴¹Am and with particle-rotor model calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.82.044319