https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10174-3
Original Article
Lifetime measurement in 74Kr and 76Kr
1
DAPNIA/SPhN, CEA Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
2
Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937, Köln, Germany
3
INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
4
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova and INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131, Padova, Italy
Received:
24
October
2005
Accepted:
18
November
2005
Published online:
1
December
2005
Lifetimes of excited states in the ground-state bands of 74Kr and 76Kr were measured using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift and the differential decay curve methods. The states were populated in the 40Ca(40Ca, α2p) and 40Ca(40Ca, 4p) reactions. Gamma rays were detected with the GASP array which was coupled to the Cologne Plunger device. The results resolve discrepancies between earlier lifetime measurements and a recent Coulomb excitation experiment. Experimental transition rates are compared to theoretical calculations. The results support a strong mixing between prolate and oblate configurations for the low-spin states, and represent an important basis for the interpretation and understanding of the shape coexistence phenomenon in this mass region.
PACS: 21.10.Re Collective levels – / 21.10.Tg Lifetimes – / 27.50.+e 59 ⩽ A ⩽ 89 –
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2005