Phys.Rev. C 92, 054301 (2015)

N.Kesteloot, B.Bastin, L.P.Gaffney, K.Wrzosek-Lipska, K.Auranen, C.Bauer, M.Bender, V.Bildstein, A.Blazhev, S.Bonig, N.Bree, E.Clement, T.E.Cocolios, A.Damyanova, I.Darby, H.De Witte, D.DiJulio, J.Diriken, C.Fransen, J.E.Garcia-Ramos, R.Gernhauser, T.Grahn, P.-H.Heenen, H.Hess, K.Heyde, M.Huyse, J.Iwanicki, U.Jakobsson, J.Konki, T.Kroll, B.Laurent, N.Lecesne, R.Lutter, J.Pakarinen, P.Peura, E.Piselli, L.Prochniak, P.Rahkila, E.Rapisarda, P.Reiter, M.Scheck, M.Seidlitz, M.Sferrazza, B.Siebeck, M.Sjodin, H.Tornqvist, E.Traykov, J.Van De Walle, P.Van Duppen, M.Vermeulen, D.Voulot, N.Warr, F.Wenander, K.Wimmer, M.Zielinska

Deformation and mixing of coexisting shapes in neutron-deficient polonium isotopes

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁰⁴Pd(¹⁹⁶Po, ¹⁹⁶Po'), (²⁰⁰Po, ²⁰⁰Po'), (²⁰²Po, ²⁰²Po'), ⁹⁴Mo(¹⁹⁸Po, ¹⁹⁸Po'), (²⁰²Po, ²⁰²Po'), E=2.85 MeV/nucleon, [secondary Po beams from U(p, X), E=1.4 GeV at REX-ISOLDE-CERN facility]; measured Eγ, Iγ, γγ-coin, (Po x ray)γ-coin, (scattered particle)γ-coin, (particle)γ(t), angular distribution of scattered particles, Coulomb excitation yields for excited states in beams and targets during laser-on and laser-off using double-sided silicon-strip detectors (DSSSDs) for particles and Miniball array for γ rays. ^{196,198,200,202}Po; deduced levels, J, π, E2 matrix elements, B(E2), deformation parameters, transition quadrupole moments. ⁹⁴Mo, ¹⁰⁴Pd; deduced levels, Coulomb excitation yields. GOSIA analysis of Coulomb excitation yields. Comparison with predictions of beyond-mean-field (BMF) model, interacting boson model (IBM), general Bohr Hamiltonian (GBH) model, phenomenological two-level mixing model, and with previous measurement of mean-square charge radii.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.054301