Phys.Rev. C 86, 064314 (2012)

A.Chakraborty, F.M.Prados-Estevez, S.N.Choudry, B.P.Crider, P.E.Garrett, W.D.Kulp, A.Kumar, M.T.McEllistrem, S.Mukhopadhyay, M.G.Mynk, J.N.Orce, E.E.Peters, J.L.Wood, S.W.Yates

New decay pattern of negative-parity states at N=90

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁵⁰Nd(n, n'), E=1.2, 1.4, 2.05, 2.7 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, γ(θ), γγ-coin, level half-lives by DSAM. ¹⁵⁰Nd; deduced levels, J, π, multipolarity, mixing ratios, B(E1). Comparison of E1 transition strengths in ¹⁵⁰Nd and ¹⁵²Sm. Enhanced E1 rates, octupole collectivity.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.86.064314