Physics Letters B (Mar 2017)

Triaxiality near the 110Ru ground state from Coulomb excitation

  • D.T. Doherty,
  • J.M. Allmond,
  • R.V.F. Janssens,
  • W. Korten,
  • S. Zhu,
  • M. Zielińska,
  • D.C. Radford,
  • A.D. Ayangeakaa,
  • B. Bucher,
  • J.C. Batchelder,
  • C.W. Beausang,
  • C. Campbell,
  • M.P. Carpenter,
  • D. Cline,
  • H.L. Crawford,
  • H.M. David,
  • J.P. Delaroche,
  • C. Dickerson,
  • P. Fallon,
  • A. Galindo-Uribarri,
  • F.G. Kondev,
  • J.L. Harker,
  • A.B. Hayes,
  • M. Hendricks,
  • P. Humby,
  • M. Girod,
  • C.J. Gross,
  • M. Klintefjord,
  • K. Kolos,
  • G.J. Lane,
  • T. Lauritsen,
  • J. Libert,
  • A.O. Macchiavelli,
  • P.J. Napiorkowski,
  • E. Padilla-Rodal,
  • R.C. Pardo,
  • W. Reviol,
  • D.G. Sarantites,
  • G. Savard,
  • D. Seweryniak,
  • J. Srebrny,
  • R. Varner,
  • R. Vondrasek,
  • A. Wiens,
  • E. Wilson,
  • J.L. Wood,
  • C.Y. Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.01.031
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 766, no. C
pp. 334 – 338

Abstract

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A multi-step Coulomb excitation measurement with the GRETINA and CHICO2 detector arrays was carried out with a 430-MeV beam of the neutron-rich 110Ru (t1/2=12 s) isotope produced at the CARIBU facility. This represents the first successful measurement following the post-acceleration of an unstable isotope of a refractory element. The reduced transition probabilities obtained for levels near the ground state provide strong evidence for a triaxial shape; a conclusion confirmed by comparisons with the results of beyond-mean-field and triaxial rotor model calculations.