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The even-even nucleus 136Nd was studied via in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy using the 16O + 125Te reaction at 100 MeV and the EUROBALL array. One new dipole band was observed. Together with a previously identified dipole band, whose position in the level scheme is revised, the new band forms a doublet structure similar to the recently observed chiral bands in the odd-odd neighboring nuclei. This would be the first case of a chiral doublet in an even-even nucleus.
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Received: 23 May 2002 / Accepted: 30 September 2002 / Published online: 27 November 2002
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ID="b"Present address: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Mergel, E., Petrache, C., Lo Bianco, G. et al. Candidates for chiral doublet bands in 136Nd. Eur Phys J A 15, 417–420 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10081-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10081-1