The energy level schemes and gyromagnetic factors of the excited states of a series of transitional nuclei, ${}^{146-150}\mathrm{Nd},$ Gd, Sm, Dy, and ${}^{156}\mathrm{Nd}$ have been studied within the framework of cranked Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov formalism with the inclusion of hexadecapole deformation in the cranking Hamiltonian. The calculated results are discussed with the available experimental findings on these transitional nuclei. It has been observed that the Routhians of these transitional nuclei distinctly indicate deformation structures that can be explained on the basis of the present theoretical model scheme.

• Received 30 September 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.61.064312