Eur. Phys. J. A 13, 291-296 (2002)
Lifetimes of triaxial superdeformed states in
and
G. Schönwaßer1, H. Hübel1, G.B. Hagemann2, J. Domscheit1, A. Görgen1, B. Herskind2, G. Sletten2, J.N. Wilson2, D.R. Napoli3, C. Rossi-Alvarez4, D. Bazzacco4, R. Bengtsson5, H. Ryde6, P.O. Tjøm7 and S.W. Ødegård7
1 Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Nussallee 14-16, Universität Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
2 The Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
3 Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
4 Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, I-35131 Padua, Italy
5 Department of Mathematical Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, S-22362 Lund, Sweden
6 Department of Physics, University of Lund, S-22362 Lund, Sweden
7 Department of Physics, University of Oslo, PB 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
hubel@iskp.uni-bonn.de
(Received: 8 November 2001 Communicated by D. Schwalm)
Abstract
Lifetimes of states in the yrast superdeformed bands of
163Lu and
164Lu were determined in a Doppler-shift
attenuation-method experiment. From fractional Doppler shifts and line
shapes, average transition quadrupole moments,
b and
7.1-0.6+0.5 b, were deduced for one
of the bands in
163Lu and
164Lu,
respectively. These values are much larger than the quadrupole moment
of the normal-deformed yrast band in
163Yb,
b, that was also determined in this experiment.
Comparison to cranking calculations indicates that both superdeformed
bands correspond to a local potential energy minimum with a pronounced
triaxiality,
.
21.10.-k - Properties of nuclei; nuclear energy levels.
21.10.Tg - Lifetimes.
25.70.-z - Low and intermediate energy heavy-ion reactions.
27.70.+q -

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