Tl. Khoo et al., EXCITATION-ENERGIES AND SPINS OF A SUPERDEFORMED BAND IN HG-194 FROM ONE-STEP DISCRETE DECAYS TO THE YRAST LINE, Physical review letters, 76(10), 1996, pp. 1583-1586
Discrete gamma rays directly connecting states of a superdeformed (SD)
band in Hg-194 to the yrast states have been discovered. Thus, the ex
citation energies and spins of all members of the lowest SD band are e
stablished for the first time, together with their likely parity. The
SD band decays from its 10(+) and 12(+) states, which lie 4204.8 and 4
407.4 keV above the normal-deformed yrast states of the same spins.