Abstract
Collective bands based on a low-K π orbital have been populated to high spins in the odd-proton nuclei ,137Pm following the reactions Mg,p4nPm and Al,4nPm, respectively. Both nuclei exhibit a band crossing in the π band at a frequency of ħω∼0.42 MeV. In , an upbend is observed, while a weaker interaction backbend is observed in . Cranked-shell model calculations, including triaxiality, imply that this crossing is due to the alignment of the second and third valence protons. The systematics of this alignment in the Pm isotopes will be discussed. In addition, positive parity three-quasiproton states were observed in both nuclei. These structures also contain a pair of aligned protons, in this case the first and second valence protons which align at a much lower frequency of ħω∼0.28 MeV.
- Received 21 April 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.36.602
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