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P.A.Butler, L.P.Gaffney, P.Spagnoletti, J.Konki, M.Scheck, J.F.Smith, K.Abrahams, M.Bowry, J.Cederkall, T.Chupp, G.de Angelis, H.De Witte, P.E.Garrett, A.Goldkuhle, C.Henrich, A.Illana, K.Johnston, D.T.Joss, J.M.Keatings, N.A.Kelly, M.Komorowska, T.Kroll, M.Lozano, B.S.Nara Singh, D.O'Donnell, J.Ojala, R.D.Page, L.G.Pedersen, C.Raison, P.Reiter, J.A.Rodriguez, D.Rosiak, S.Rothe, T.M.Shneidman, B.Siebeck, M.Seidlitz, J.Sinclair, M.Stryjczyk, P.Van Duppen, S.Vinals, V.Virtanen, N.Warr, K.Wrzosek-Lipska, M.Zielinska

The observation of vibrating pear-shapes in radon nuclei

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹²⁰Sn(²²²Rn, ²²²Rn'), E=4.23 MeV/nucleon; ¹²⁰Sn(²²⁴Rn, ²²⁴Rn'), (²²⁶Rn, ²²⁶Rn'), E=5.08 MeV/nucleon; measured reaction products, Eγ, Iγ, γ-γ-coin., X-rays. ^222,224,226Rn; deduced γ-ray energies, J, π, level schemes, octupole-vibrational bands, high-spin transitions. Comparison with systematics of radon isotopes. HIE-ISOLDE accelerator, Miniball spectrometer.

doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10494-5