Physics Letters B (Oct 2019)

Evidence of octupole-phonons at high spin in 207Pb

  • D. Ralet,
  • E. Clément,
  • G. Georgiev,
  • A.E. Stuchbery,
  • M. Rejmund,
  • P. Van Isacker,
  • G. de France,
  • A. Lemasson,
  • J. Ljungvall,
  • C. Michelagnoli,
  • A. Navin,
  • D.L. Balabanski,
  • L. Atanasova,
  • A. Blazhev,
  • G. Bocchi,
  • R. Carroll,
  • J. Dudouet,
  • E. Dupont,
  • B. Fornal,
  • S. Franchoo,
  • C. Fransen,
  • C. Müller-Gatermann,
  • A. Goasduff,
  • A. Gadea,
  • P.R. John,
  • D. Kocheva,
  • T. Konstantinopoulos,
  • A. Korichi,
  • A. Kusoglu,
  • S.M. Lenzi,
  • S. Leoni,
  • R. Lozeva,
  • A. Maj,
  • R. Perez,
  • N. Pietralla,
  • C. Shand,
  • O. Stezowski,
  • D. Wilmsen,
  • D. Yordanov,
  • D. Barrientos,
  • P. Bednarczyk,
  • B. Birkenbach,
  • A.J. Boston,
  • H.C. Boston,
  • I. Burrows,
  • B. Cederwall,
  • M. Ciemala,
  • J. Collado,
  • F. Crespi,
  • D. Cullen,
  • H.J. Eberth,
  • J. Goupil,
  • L. Harkness,
  • H. Hess,
  • A. Jungclaus,
  • W. Korten,
  • M. Labiche,
  • R. Menegazzo,
  • D. Mengoni,
  • B. Million,
  • J. Nyberg,
  • Zs. Podolyák,
  • A. Pullia,
  • B. Quintana Arnés,
  • F. Recchia,
  • P. Reiter,
  • F. Saillant,
  • M.D. Salsac,
  • E. Sanchis,
  • C. Theisen,
  • J.J. Valiente Dobon,
  • O. Wieland

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 797

Abstract

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A lifetime measurement of the 19/2− state in 207Pb has been performed using the Recoil Distance Doppler-Shift (RDDS) method. The nuclei of interest were produced in multi-nucleon transfer reactions induced by a 208Pb beam impinging on a 100Mo enriched target. The beam-like nuclei were detected and identified in terms of their atomic mass number in the VAMOS++ spectrometer while the prompt γ rays were detected by the AGATA tracking array. The measured large reduced transition probability B(E3,19/2−→13/2+)=40(8) W.u. is the first indication of the octupole phonon at high spin in 207Pb. An analysis in terms of a particle-octupole-vibration coupling model indicates that the measured B(E3) value in 207Pb is compatible with the contributions from single-phonon and single particle E3 as well as E3 strength arising from the double-octupole-phonon 6+ state, all adding coherently. A crucial aspect of the coupling model, namely the strong mixing between single-hole and the phonon-hole states, is confirmed in a realistic shell-model calculation. Keywords: AGATA spectrometer, γ-Ray tracking, VAMOS++ spectrometer, Plunger device, Nuclear deformation, Octupole phonon