https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16096-y
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
E0 transitions in 106Pd: Implications for shape coexistence
1
Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, KY, USA
2
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, KY, USA
3
Department of Physics, University of Guelph, N1G2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
4
Department of Physics, University of Dallas, 75062, Irving, TX, USA
5
Department of Physics, United States Naval Academy, 21402, Annapolis, MD, USA
6
School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, GA, USA
* e-mail: fe.peters@uky.edu
Received:
23
January
2016
Accepted:
15
February
2016
Published online:
20
April
2016
Level lifetimes in 106Pd were measured with the Doppler-shift attenuation method following inelastic neutron scattering, and electric monopole transition strengths between low-lying 2+ states were deduced. The large (E0) values obtained provide evidence for shape coexistence, extending observation of such structures in the N = 60 isotones. Included in these results is the first determination of the E0 transition strength in the Pd nuclei between levels with K = 2 .
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