Longitudinal Wobbling Motion in Au 187

  • N. Sensharma*
  • , U. Garg
  • , Q. B. Chen
  • , S. Frauendorf
  • , D. P. Burdette
  • , J. L. Cozzi
  • , K. B. Howard
  • , S. Zhu
  • , M. P. Carpenter
  • , P. Copp
  • , F. G. Kondev
  • , T. Lauritsen
  • , J. Li
  • , D. Seweryniak
  • , J. Wu
  • , A. D. Ayangeakaa
  • , D. J. Hartley
  • , R. V.F. Janssens
  • , A. M. Forney
  • , W. B. Walters
  • S. S. Ghugre, R. Palit
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The rare phenomenon of nuclear wobbling motion has been investigated in the nucleus Au187. A longitudinal wobbling-bands pair has been identified and clearly distinguished from the associated signature-partner band on the basis of angular distribution measurements. Theoretical calculations in the framework of the particle rotor model are found to agree well with the experimental observations. This is the first experimental evidence for longitudinal wobbling bands where the expected signature partner band has also been identified, and establishes this exotic collective mode as a general phenomenon over the nuclear chart.

Original languageEnglish
Article number052501
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume124
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes

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