Journal article
Search for hyperdeformation in 168Yb
Abstract
The nucleus 168Yb, and its near neighbors, have been studied at the very highest angular momenta using the full Gammasphere array. The experiment was performed in order to search for evidence for the existence of hyperdeformed states, which have predicted nuclear axis ratios of ≈3:1. After exhaustive searching for both discrete and continuum γ rays associated with a hyperdeformed shape, using a wide variety of different analysis techniques, no …
Authors
Wilson JN; Asztalos SJ; Austin RA; Busse B; Clark RM; Deleplanque MA; Diamond RM; Fallon P; Flibotte S; Gervais G
Journal
Physical Review C, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2502–2507
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Publication Date
November 1, 1997
DOI
10.1103/physrevc.56.2502
ISSN
2469-9985