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Physics Letters B

Volume 357, Issue 4, 14 September 1995, Pages 515-520
Physics Letters B

Hexadecapole deformations in actinide and trans-actinide nuclei

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Abstract

It is shown that hexadecapole deformations can be estimated from B(E2; 21+ → 01+) values alone. Application of this method in the actinide nuclei gives semi-quantitative β4 values for 250,252Cf. A comparison with theoretical values provides general insight into the relative roles of shell gaps at Z = 114 and 126 which are important for the binding and stability of the heaviest nuclei.

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