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A systematic study of the depopulation of superdeformed rotational bands in neutron-deficient \(A\approx 80\mbox{--}90\) nuclei has been performed. We observed a correlation between the rotational frequency at which the decay out of the superdeformed bands takes place and the difference between the transition quadrupole moments of states in the superdeformed bands and high-lying states with “normal” deformation. The observation may constitute direct experimental evidence that the commonly adopted tunneling picture for the decay of superdeformed states is valid.
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Communicated by D. Schwalm
Received: 25 September 2003, Revised: 20 July 2004, Published online: 17 August 2004
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21.10.Ky Electromagnetic moments - 21.60.Ev Collective models
K. Lagergren: Present address: Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL-32306, USA
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Lagergren, K., Cederwall, B. Experimental evidence for tunneling in the decay of superdeformed states. Eur. Phys. J. A 21, 175–177 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2003-10242-8
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