https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2010-10994-x
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Candidate chiral bands in 198Tl
1
iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, 7129, Somerset West, South Africa
2
University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, 7525, Bellville, South Africa
3
Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, CNRS - IN2P3, F-91405, Orsay, France
4
Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7701, Rondebosch, South Africa
5
Division of Mathematical Physics, LHT, Lund University, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden
Received:
17
March
2010
Revised:
6
May
2010
Accepted:
13
May
2010
Published online:
17
June
2010
High-spin states in 198Tl were studied using the 197Au(
, 3n) reaction. The level scheme was considerably extended including two new bands and several non-yrast levels. One of the new bands is possibly a chiral partner to the yrast 
h
9/2⊗ 
i
13/2
-1band. Two-quasiparticle-plus-triaxial-rotor model calculations suggest an aplanar orientation of the total angular momenta for these bands, thus supporting possible chirality.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010
