Phys.Rev.Lett. 112, 162701 (2014)

N.Bree, K.Wrzosek-Lipska, A.Petts, A.Andreyev, B.Bastin, M.Bender, A.Blazhev, B.Bruyneel, P.A.Butler, J.Butterworth, M.P.Carpenter, J.Cederkall, E.Clement, T.E.Cocolios, A.Deacon, J.Diriken, A.Ekstrom, C.Fitzpatrick, L.M.Fraile, Ch.Fransen, S.J.Freeman, L.P.Gaffney, J.E.Garcia-Ramos, K.Geibel, R.Gernhauser, T.Grahn, M.Guttormsen, B.Hadinia, K.Hadynska-Klek, M.Hass, P.-H.Heenen, R.-D.Herzberg, H.Hess, K.Heyde, M.Huyse, O.Ivanov, D.G.Jenkins, R.Julin, N.Kesteloot, Th.Kroll, R.Krucken, A.C.Larsen, R.Lutter, P.Marley, P.J.Napiorkowski, R.Orlandi, R.D.Page, J.Pakarinen, N.Patronis, P.J.Peura, E.Piselli, P.Rahkila, E.Rapisarda, P.Reiter, A.P.Robinson, M.Scheck, S.Siem, K.Singh Chakkal, J.F.Smith, J.Srebrny, I.Stefanescu, G.M.Tveten, P.Van Duppen, J.Van de Walle, D.Voulot, N.Warr, F.Wenander, A.Wiens, J.L.Wood, M.Zielinska

Shape Coexistence in the Neutron-Deficient Even-Even ^182-188Hg Isotopes Studied via Coulomb Excitation

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹²⁰Sn, ¹⁰⁷Ag, ^112,114Cd(¹⁸²Hg, ¹⁸²Hg'), (¹⁸⁴Hg, ¹⁸⁴Hg'), (¹⁸⁶Hg, ¹⁸⁶Hg'), (¹⁸⁸Hg, ¹⁸⁸Hg'), E=2.85 MeV/nucleon; measured reaction products, Eγ, Iγ. ^{182,184,186,188}Hg; deduced energy levels, J, π, nuclear matrix elements, B(E2). Comparison with IBM calculations, experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.162701