Eur. Phys. J. A (2003) 20: 49-53
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10321-4

Gamma-ray feeding and decay of superdeformed states

¹ CSNSM, IN2P3-CNRS, bat 104-108, F-91405, Orsay, France
² The Niels Bohr Institue, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
³ Argonne National Laboratory, IL 60439, Argonne, USA
⁴ Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 950-2181, Niigata, Japan
⁵ Institute for Natural Science, Nara University, 631-8502, Nara, Japan
⁶ INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35120, Legnaro, Italy
⁷ INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131, Padova, Italy
⁸ Wrigth Nuclear Structure Laboratory, CT 06520-8124, Yale, USA
⁹ CEA - l’Orme des Mersisiers, Dapnia-SPhN, F-91191, Saclay, France
¹⁰ Helmhotz-Institut fur Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, D-53115, Bonn, Germany

^* e-mail: lopez@csnsm.in2p3.fr

Abstract

We report on four recent results concerning the population and the decay of superdeformed states, namely the structure of excited superdeformed states in ¹⁹⁴Hg, the search for fine structure of the last superdeformed transitions in ¹⁹⁴Pb, the primary decay-out strength analysis in ¹⁹⁴Hg and, as a consequence of this, the possibility of using the decay-out as a tool to study order-to-chaos properties of normally deformed states.