Phys.Rev.Lett. 116, 112503 (2016)

B.Bucher, S.Zhu, C.Y.Wu, R.V.F.Janssens, D.Cline, A.B.Hayes, M.Albers, A.D.Ayangeakaa, P.A.Butler, C.M.Campbell, M.P.Carpenter, C.J.Chiara, J.A.Clark, H.L.Crawford, M.Cromaz, H.M.David, C.Dickerson, E.T.Gregor, J.Harker, C.R.Hoffman, B.P.Kay, F.G.Kondev, A.Korichi, T.Lauritsen, A.O.Macchiavelli, R.C.Pardo, A.Richard, M.A.Riley, G.Savard, M.Scheck, D.Seweryniak, M.K.Smith, R.Vondrasek, A.Wiens

Direct Evidence of Octupole Deformation in Neutron-Rich ¹⁴⁴Ba

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²⁰⁸Pb(¹⁴⁴Ba, ¹⁴⁴Ba'), E=650 MeV; measured reaction products, Eγ, Iγ. ¹⁴⁴Ba; deduced yields, E2 and E3 matrix elements, quadrupole moments, deformation parameters, B(E2), B(E3). Comparison with theoretical calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.112503