Ground-state band and deformation of the Z = 102 isotope No-254

Authors
Reiter, P Khoo, TL Lister, CJ Seweryniak, D Ahmad, I Alcorta, M Carpenter, MP Cizewski, JA Davids, CN Gervais, G Greene, JP Henning, WF Janssens, RVF Lauritsen, T Siem, S Sonzogni, AA Sullivan, D Uusitalo, J Wiedenhover, I Amzal, N Butler, PA Chewter, AJ Ding, KY Fotiades, N Fox, JD Greenlees, PT Herzberg, RD Jones, GD Korten, W Leino, M Vetter, K
Citation
P. Reiter et al., Ground-state band and deformation of the Z = 102 isotope No-254, PHYS REV L, 82(3), 1999, pp. 509-512
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
509 - 512
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990118)82:3<509:GBADOT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The ground-state band of the Z = 102 isotope No-254 has been identified up to spin 14, indicating that the nucleus is deformed. The deduced quadrupole deformation, beta = 0.27, is in agreement with theoretical predictions. Th ese observations confirm that the shell-correction energy responsible for t he stability of transfermium nuclei is partly derived from deformation. The survival of No-254 up to spin 14 means that its fission barrier persists a t least up to that spin. [S0031-9007(98)08223-4].