Phys.Lett. B 799, 135036 (2019)

G.X.Zhang, H.Watanabe, G.D.Dracoulis, F.G.Kondev, G.J.Lane, P.H.Regan, P.-A.Soderstrom, P.M.Walker, K.Yoshida, H.Kanaoka, Z.Korkulu, P.S.Lee, J.J.Liu, S.Nishimura, J.Wu, A.Yagi, D.S.Ahn, T.Alharbi, H.Baba, F.Browne, A.M.Bruce, M.P.Carpenter, R.J.Carroll, K.Y.Chae, C.J.Chiara, Zs.Dombradi, P.Doornenbal, A.Estrade, N.Fukuda, C.Griffin, E.Ideguchi, N.Inabe, T.Isobe, S.Kanaya, I.Kojouharov, T.Kubo, S.Kubono, N.Kurz, I.Kuti, S.Lalkovski, T.Lauritsen, C.S.Lee, E.J.Lee, C.J.Lister, G.Lorusso, G.Lotay, E.A.McCutchan, C.-B.Moon, I.Nishizuka, C.R.Nita, A.Odahara, Z.Patel, V.H.Phong, Zs.Podolyak, O.J.Roberts, H.Sakurai, H.Schaffner, D.Seweryniak, C.M.Shand, Y.Shimizu, T.Sumikama, H.Suzuki, H.Takeda, S.Terashima, Zs.Vajta, J.J.Valiente-Dobon, Z.Y.Xu, S.Zhu

Interplay of quasiparticle and vibrational excitations: First observation of isomeric states in ¹⁶⁸Dy and ¹⁶⁹Dy

RADIOACTIVITY ^168,169Dy(β^-) [from be(²³⁸U, X), E=345 MeV/nucleon]; measured decay products, Eγ, Iγ, X-rays; deduced level energies, J, π, B(E2), isomer T_1/2. Comparison with deformed QRPA and multi-quasiparticle calculations.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135036