Abstract
Excited states of Ge have been populated in above-barrier Coulomb excitation and inelastic scattering of a 530-MeV Ge beam on a U target and studied using in-beam -ray spectroscopy with the Gammasphere array. The band was extended considerably and one new band was identified. Comparisons of the band with collective- and shell-model calculations suggest that Ge may be a rare example of a nucleus exhibiting rigid triaxial deformation in the low-lying states.
- Received 10 January 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.041304
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Synopsis
Squashed Nuclei
Published 11 April 2013
Germanium- is a rare example of a nucleus with a triaxial symmetry in its ground state.
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