Phys.Rev. C 102, 041304 (2020)

R.Kern, R.Zidarova, N.Pietralla, G.Rainovski, R.Stegmann, A.Blazhev, A.Boukhari, J.Cederkall, J.G.Cubiss, M.Djongolov, C.Fransen, L.P.Gaffney, K.Gladnishki, E.Giannopoulos, H.Hess, J.Jolie, V.Karayonchev, L.Kaya, J.M.Keatings, D.Kocheva, Th.Kroll, O.Moller, G.G.O'Neill, J.Pakarinen, P.Reiter, D.Rosiak, M.Scheck, J.Snall, P.-A.Soderstrom, P.Spagnoletti, M.Stoyanova, S.Thiel, A.Vogt, N.Warr, A.Welker, V.Werner, J.Wiederhold, H.De Witte

Restoring the valence-shell stabilization in ¹⁴⁰Nd

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²⁰⁸Pb(¹⁴⁰Nd, ¹⁴⁰Nd'), E=4.62 MeV/nucleon, [¹⁴⁰Nd beam from Ta(p, X), E=1.4 GeV at HIE-ISOLDE-CERN, and isotopic selection by RILIS and REXEBIS]; measured Eγ, Iγ, scattered particles, (particle)γ- and (particle)γγ-coin using Miniball array and double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSD). ¹⁴⁰Nd; deduced levels, J, π, Coulomb excitation cross sections, B(E2), B(E3), B(M1) by analyzing data using multistep Coulomb-excitation least-squares fitting code GOSIA, identification of the third 2+ state as the main fragment of the one-quadrupole-phonon proton-neutron mixed-symmetry state, and degree of F-spin mixing. Systematics of B(M1) strengths for N=80 isotones of ¹³²Te, ¹³⁴Xe, ¹³⁶Ba, ¹³⁸Ce and ¹⁴⁰Nd, and compared with theoretical predictions.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.102.041304