Decay-out of the yrast superdeformed band in Nd-136: Towards an experimental extraction of the neutron pairing gap at large deformation - art. no. 064313

Authors
Perries, S Astier, A Ducroux, L Meyer, M Redon, N Petrache, CM Bazzacco, D Falconi, G Lunardi, S Lunardon, M Alvarez, CR Ur, CA Venturelli, R Viesti, G Deloncle, I Porquet, MG de Angelis, G de Poli, M Fahlander, C Farnea, E Foltescu, D Gadea, A Napoli, DR Podolyak, Z Bracco, A Frattini, S Leoni, S Cederwall, B Johnson, A Wyss, RA
Citation
S. Perries et al., Decay-out of the yrast superdeformed band in Nd-136: Towards an experimental extraction of the neutron pairing gap at large deformation - art. no. 064313, PHYS REV C, 6006(6), 1999, pp. 4313
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW C-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ISSN journal
05562813 → ACNP
Volume
6006
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(199912)6006:6<4313:DOTYSB>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A study of the Nd-136 nucleus has been performed with the EUROBALL III mult idetector to establish the decay-out of the yrast superdeformed (SD) band. Three discrete linking transitions (754, 1456, and 1493 keV) have been disc overed, establishing the position of the SD band at 7.03 MeV excitation ene rgy with proposed spin and parity 17((-)) for the lowest observed SD state. Neutron pairing gap parameters for SD shapes have been extracted in Nd iso topes, using the strong-coupling model and odd-even mass difference formula s. The major conclusion of our phenomenological analysis is that the pairin g correlations do subsist in the SD configurations of nuclei in the A = 130 mass region. [S0556-2813(99)01312-6].