Phys.Rev.Lett. 116, 112501 (2016)

C.Liu, S.Y.Wang, R.A.Bark, S.Q.Zhang, J.Meng, B.Qi, P.Jones, S.M.Wyngaardt, J.Zhao, C.Xu, S.-G.Zhou, S.Wang, D.P.Sun, L.Liu, Z.Q.Li, N.B.Zhang, H.Jia, X.Q.Li, H.Hua, Q.B.Chen, Z.G.Xiao, H.J.Li, L.H.Zhu, T.D.Bucher, T.Dinoko, J.Easton, K.Juhasz, A.Kamblawe, E.Khaleel, N.Khumalo, E.A.Lawrie, J.J.Lawrie, S.N.T.Majola, S.M.Mullins, S.Murray, J.Ndayishimye, D.Negi, S.P.Noncolela, S.S.Ntshangase, B.M.Nyako, J.N.Orce, P.Papka, J.F.Sharpey-Schafer, O.Shirinda, P.Sithole, M.A.Stankiewicz, M.Wiedeking

Evidence for Octupole Correlations in Multiple Chiral Doublet Bands

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ⁷⁰Zn(¹²C, 3np), E=60, 65 MeV; measured reaction products, Eγ, Iγ, γ-γ-coin.; deduced energy levels, J, π, medium- amd high-spin states, yrast positive- and negative-parity bands. Comparison with microscopic multidimensionally-constrained covariant density functional theory and triaxial particle rotor model calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.112501