Phys.Rev.Lett. 117, 272501 (2016)

F.Nowacki, A.Poves, E.Caurier, B.Bounthong

Shape Coexistence in ⁷⁸Ni as the Portal to the Fifth Island of Inversion

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE ⁷⁸Ni, ⁷⁶Fe, ⁷⁴Cr, ⁷²Ti, ⁷⁰Ca; calculated quadrupole correlation energies of the neutron intruder configurations, projected Energy Surfaces, B(E2), energy levels, J, π, average number of p-h excitations and occupancies of the neutron and proton orbits; deduced shape coexistence.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.272501