Phys.Rev. C 91, 064313 (2015)

L.P.Gaffney, A.P.Robinson, D.G.Jenkins, A.N.Andreyev, M.Bender, A.Blazhev, N.Bree, B.Bruyneel, P.A.Butler, T.E.Cocolios, T.Davinson, A.N.Deacon, H.De Witte, D.DiJulio, J.Diriken, A.Ekstrom, Ch.Fransen, S.J.Freeman, K.Geibel, T.Grahn, B.Hadinia, M.Hass, P.-H.Heenen, H.Hess, M.Huyse, U.Jakobsson, N.Kesteloot, J.Konki, Th.Kroll, V.Kumar, O.Ivanov, S.Martin-Haugh, D.Mucher, R.Orlandi, J.Pakarinen, A.Petts, P.Peura, P.Rahkila, P.Reiter, M.Scheck, M.Seidlitz, K.Singh, J.F.Smith, J.Van de Walle, P.Van Duppen, D.Voulot, R.Wadsworth, N.Warr, F.Wenander, K.Wimmer, K.Wrzosek-Lipska, M.Zielinska

Collectivity in the light radon nuclei measured directly via Coulomb excitation

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁰⁹Ag, ¹²⁰Sn(²⁰²Rn, ²⁰²Rn'), (²⁰⁴Rn, ²⁰⁴Rn'), E=2.845, 2.90, 2.28 MeV, [secondary ^202,204Rn beams from U(p, X), E=1.4 GeV from Proton Synchrotron Booster, REX-TRAP, REX-EBIS and REX-LINAC at ISOLDE-CERN facility]; measured scattered heavy ion spectra, Eγ, Iγ, (particle)γ-coin using Miniball array. Coulomb excitation. ^202,204Rn; deduced levels, E2 matrix elements, spectroscopic quadrupole moment, B(E2). GOSIA analysis of experimental data for ^202,204Rn and ¹⁰⁹Ag, ¹²⁰Sn from Coulomb excitation. Comparison with state-of-the-art beyond-mean-field model calculations. Systematics of energies and transition quadrupole moments of yrast states, B(E2) and quadrupole deformation for first 2+ states in ^{198,200,202,204,206,208,210,212}Rn.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.91.064313