Abstract
Two pairs of positive-and negative-parity doublet bands together with eight strong electric dipole transitions linking their yrast positive- and negative-parity bands have been identified in Br78. They are interpreted as multiple chiral doublet bands with octupole correlations, which is supported by the microscopic multidimensionally-constrained covariant density functional theory and triaxial particle rotor model calculations. This observation reports the first example of chiral geometry in octupole soft nuclei.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 112501 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| State | Published - 14 Mar 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |