Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Electromagnetic character of the competitive γ γ/γ-decay from 137mBa

  • P.-A. Söderström,
  • L. Capponi,
  • E. Açıksöz,
  • T. Otsuka,
  • N. Tsoneva,
  • Y. Tsunoda,
  • D. L. Balabanski,
  • N. Pietralla,
  • G. L. Guardo,
  • D. Lattuada,
  • H. Lenske,
  • C. Matei,
  • D. Nichita,
  • A. Pappalardo,
  • T. Petruse

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16787-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Second order effects can play an important role in highlighting nuclear structure properties. Here, the authors show how the second-order nuclear transitions in the form of double-gamma decay in 137Ba help understanding atomic nuclei.