First evidence for states in Hg nuclei with deformations between normal and super deformation

W. C. Ma; J. H. Hamilton; A. V. Ramayya; L. Chaturvedi; J. K. Deng; W. B. Gao; Y. R. Jiang; J. Kormicki; X. W. Zhao; N. R. Johnson; J. D. Garrett; I. Y. Lee; C. Baktash; F. K. McGowan; W. Nazarewicz; R. Wyss

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.47.R5

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First evidence for states in Hg nuclei with deformations between normal and super deformation

W. C. Ma, J. H. Hamilton, A. V. Ramayya, L. Chaturvedi, J. K. Deng, W. B. Gao, Y. R. Jiang, J. Kormicki, X. W. Zhao, N. R. Johnson, J. D. Garrett, I. Y. Lee, C. Baktash, F. K. McGowan, W. Nazarewicz, and R. Wyss

Phys. Rev. C 47, R5(R) – Published 1 January 1993

Abstract

High-spin states in ${}^{186}{Hg}$ with a quadrupole deformation of $β_{2}$ =0.34(4) have been established from measured gamma-ray coincidences and lifetimes. These data, which provide the first evidence for a deformation midway between normal and super deformed, can be interpreted in terms of the [651] 1/2 and [770] 1/2 neutron configurations.