Phys.Rev. C 104, 054323 (2021)

L.Morris, D.G.Jenkins, M.N.Harakeh, J.Isaak, N.Kobayashi, A.Tamii, S.Adachi, P.Adsley, N.Aoi, A.Bracco, A.Brown, M.P.Carpenter, J.J.Carroll, S.Courtin, F.C.L.Crespi, P.J.Davies, G.Fruet, Y.D.Fang, H.Fujita, G.Gey, T.H.Hoang, N.Ichige, E.Ideguchi, A.Inoue, C.Iwamoto, T.Koike, M.Kumar Raju, M.L.Liu, D.Montanari, P.von Neumann-Cosel, S.Noji, H.J.Ong, D.Savran, J.M.Schmitt, C.Sullivan, B.Wasilewska, M.Weinert, V.Werner, Y.Yamamoto, R.G.T.Zegers, X.H.Zhou, S.Zhu

Search for in-band transitions in the candidate superdeformed band in ²⁸Si

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²⁸Si(α, α'), E=130 MeV beam from K140 AVF cyclotron at the RCNP-Osaka; measured Eα, Iα using the Grand Raiden spectrometer, Eγ, Iγ, γγ-coin using CAGRA array of 12 HPGe clover detectors and four LaBr₃ detectors. ²⁸Si; deduced levels, J, π, bands; analyzed 4+ member in search of a superdeformed (SD) band, branching ratios of γ rays from the 4+ member, and B(E2); based on comparison of experimental B(E2) values with predicted B(E2) values from antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) calculations for a set of identified states in ²⁸Si, strongly rejected hypothesized superdeformed band in this nuclide.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.104.054323