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Physics Letters B

Volume 530, Issues 1–4, 28 March 2002, Pages 74-80
Physics Letters B

High-spin g factors and proton alignment in 180,182,184Pt

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Abstract

The average g factors of high-spin states in 180,182,184Pt were measured by the transient-field technique. In all three isotopes the quasicontinuum g factor at an angular momentum of ∼20ℏ is 〈g〉∼0.37. This contrasts with similar measurements on other nuclei that have 70⩽Z⩽80, where typical values of 〈g〉∼0.22 have been attributed to the influence of quasineutron alignments. Evidently proton and neutron configurations are about equally important at high spin in the Pt isotopes near mid-shell. This inference is consistent with the discrete spectroscopy, including the contention, supported by gKgR values, that h9/2 proton pairs align along with the i13/2 neutrons at rotational frequencies of ℏω≈0.3 MeV in 184Pt. Links between the quasicontinuum g factors and features in the discrete spectroscopy are explored by comparing and contrasting the behavior of 184Pt and 166Hf.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank T. Mertzimekis and J. Holden of Rutgers University for measuring the magnetization of the target, and the academic and technical staff of the ANU Nuclear Physics Department for their support.

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