Search for linking transitions in <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>143</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Eu</mi></math></span>

F. Lerma; D. R. LaFosse; M. Devlin; D. G. Sarantites; S. Asztalos; R. M. Clark; P. Fallon; I. Y. Lee; A. O. Macchiavelli; R. W. MacLeod; C. Baktash; M. J. Brinkman; D. Rudolph

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.56.R1671

Rapid Communication

Search for linking transitions in $^{143} Eu$

F. Lerma, D. R. LaFosse, M. Devlin, D. G. Sarantites, S. Asztalos, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli, R. W. MacLeod, C. Baktash, M. J. Brinkman, and D. Rudolph

Phys. Rev. C 56, R1671(R) – Published 1 October 1997

Abstract

An experiment was performed with the Gammasphere Ge-detector array, and the Microball charged particle detector, to search for transitions involved in the decay from the yrast superdeformed band in $^{143} Eu .$ Sum spectra in coincidence with single, double, and triple gates on SD transitions were produced to search for previously reported two-step links between the superdeformed and the near-yrast ND levels. The sum spectra contained no evidence of peaks corresponding to sums of two-step linking transitions. Several discrete γ rays were observed in coincidence with the yrast SD band. One previously reported single-step transition at 3361 keV was confirmed to decay out of the SD band.