Structure of three-quasiparticle isomers inHo 169 andTm 171
Author(s) -
G.D. Dracoulis,
G. J. Lane,
R. O. Hughes,
F. G. Kondev,
H. Watanabe,
D. Seweryniak,
S. Zhu,
M. P. Carpenter,
C. J. Chiara,
R. V. F. Janssens,
T. Lauritsen,
C. J. Lister,
E. A. McCutchan,
I. Ştefânescu,
P. Chowdhury
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
physical review c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-490X
pISSN - 0556-2813
DOI - 10.1103/physrevc.82.034317
Subject(s) - quasiparticle , physics , proton , neutron , atomic physics , crystallography , nuclear physics , condensed matter physics , superconductivity , chemistry
A three-quasiparticle isomer with τ = 170(8) μs and K π = (19/2 + ) has been identified in the neutron-rich isotope 169 Ho. The isomer decays with K-forbidden transitions to members of a band associated with the 7/2-[523] proton configuration, whose structure is characterized through analysis of the in-band γ-ray branching ratios. In the isotone 171 Tm, the rotational band based on the known 19/2 + , three-quasiparticle isomer has also been observed. Alternative one-proton two-neutron configurations for the isomer in 169 Ho are discussed in terms of multiquasiparticle calculations and through a comparison with the structures observed in 171 Tm.
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