Photoexcitation of the N = 50 nucleus 89 Y has been performed at the bremsstrahlung facility at the superconducting electron accelerator ELBE at electron energies of E kin e = 9.5 and 13.2 MeV. About 250 levels up to the neutron-separation energy were identified. Statistical methods were applied to estimate intensities of inelastic transitions and to correct the intensities of the ground-state transitions for their branching ratios. The photoabsorption cross section derived in this way up to the neutron-separation energy is combined with the photoabsorption cross section obtained from (γ, n) data and provides information about the extension of the giant dipole resonance toward energies below the neutron-separation energy. An enhancement of E1 strength has been found in the range from about 6 to 11 MeV. The experimental photoabsorption cross sections of 89 Y and of the neighboring N = 50 isotones 88 Sr and 90 Zr are compared with predictions of the quasiparticle-random-phase approximation.
Abstract:A new method to determine dynamic effective moments of inertia at high rotational frequencies is presented. The very large values found at the highest spins (50-55h) in some Er and Yb nuclei are most likely explained by the alignment of high-j protGn orbitals, and could imply triaxial shapes.
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