https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12212-y
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Magnetic rotation phenomenon in the dipole (
) bands of transitional strontium (Sr) isotopes near N=50 shell closure
1
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, 110007, Delhi, India
2
Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 400005, Mumbai, India
* e-mail: bhardwaj.physics10@gmail.com
Received:
21
October
2015
Accepted:
23
January
2017
Published online:
14
February
2017
The lifetime measurements were done for the transitions of the dipole () bands in 85,86Sr nuclei using the Doppler Shift Attenuation Method (DSAM). The high-spin states in these nuclei were populated in the 76Ge(13C, 4n)85Sr and 76Ge(13C, 3n)86Sr reactions. The B(M1) transition rates have been obtained for the states of two positive-parity dipole (
) bands in the 85Sr nucleus and one positive-parity dipole (
) band in the 86 Sr nucleus. The present results on the transition rates are important to know whether these dipole (
) bands have the signatures of Magnetic Rotation (MR). In order to investigate their magnetic character, the experimental results have been compared with the calculations within the framework of hybrid Tilted-Axis-Cranking (TAC) model. On the basis of the TAC calculations, band 2 of the 85Sr nucleus is assigned the
configuration and shows the MR character, while for band 3, the
configuration is suggested. In the case of 86Sr nucleus, band 3 has the
configuration below the spin
and above this spin the
configuration plays an important role. The experimental B(M1) transition rates show a decreasing trend with the increase in spin and are comparable with the TAC calculations before the
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