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M. Cromaz; J. DeGraaf; T. E. Drake; D. Ward; A. Galindo-Uribarri; V. P. Janzen; D. C. Radford; N. C. Schmeing; S. Flibotte; S. M. Mullins; J. Rodriguez; S. Pilotte

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.54.2055

Quasicontinuum ridges in ${}^{173, 174}W$

M. Cromaz, J. DeGraaf, T. E. Drake, D. Ward, A. Galindo-Uribarri, V. P. Janzen, D. C. Radford, N. C. Schmeing, S. Flibotte, S. M. Mullins, J. Rodriguez, and S. Pilotte

Phys. Rev. C 54, 2055 – Published 1 October 1996

Abstract

A strong quasicontinuum ridge with a spacing of 58.1 ± 0.3 keV was observed in ${}^{173}{and}$ ${}^{174}W$ when populated at high spin. The ridge is a factor of 4 times more intense than that of the sum of discrete bands over the same range of rotational frequencies. The strength of the ridge may be due to the large number of nearly degenerate proton orbitals lying above the Z = 73 gap occurring at a deformation $β_{2}$ ≊0.3. © 1996 The American Physical Society.