Phys.Rev. C 81, 014312 (2010)

A.M.Hurst, C.Y.Wu, M.A.Stoyer, D.Cline, A.B.Hayes, S.Zhu, M.P.Carpenter, K.Abu Saleem, I.Ahmad, J.A.Becker, C.J.Chiara, J.P.Greene, R.V.F.Janssens, T.L.Khoo, F.G.Kondev, T.Lauritsen, C.J.Lister, G.Mukherjee, S.V.Rigby, D.Seweryniak, I.Stefanescu

Rotational alignments in ²³⁵Np and the possible role of j_15/2 neutrons

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²³⁷Np(¹¹⁶Sn, ¹¹⁸Sn)²³⁵Np, E=801 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, γγ-, (particle)γ-, (fragment)( fragment)γ-coin, and angular distribution of γ-ray yields for ¹¹⁶Sn, ¹¹⁷Sn and ¹¹⁸Sn using the Gammasphere and CHICO arrays. ²³⁵Np; deduced levels, J, π, bands, angular momentum, moment of inertia as functions of rotational frequency, configurations. ^116,117,118Sn; measured Eγ, γγ-coin. Comparison with cranked shell-model calculations and with alignment plots for ²³⁷Np and ²⁴¹Am.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.81.014312