Side feeding times to the yrast states of 158Dy were analyzed and compared with Monte Carlo calculations. It is found that B(E2) value in pre-yrast stretched E2 transitions are about 80% of the rigid rotor prediction. Average multiplicities and corresponding transition energies are also calculated and compared with the experimental data.The experimental information about very high spin states comes mainly from HI(HI', XN)HI" fusion reactions. The y-ray from the entry state of the final nucleus contains two different types of y-transitions, the statistical and the collective ones. The competition between statistical and collective transitions plays a very important role for the understanding of the continuum y-ray spectrum [1,2].Previously [2], we analyzed the y-rays emitted after the reaction 26Mg(]36Xe, 4n) 158Dy, with a bombarding energy of Elab=4.1MeV/A [3]. The most interesting feature of the y-ray spectrum of this reaction is the two-bump structure observed in the side feeding pattern. This feature can be understood by the competition between collective and statistical y-rays. (But we also indicated that also structural effects originating from the backbending phenomenon may contribute).Recently, Emling et al. [3] published the experimental data of side feeding times to the yrast states of 158Dy after the reaction mentioned above. In this work they deduced from their data not only the B(E2) of the yrast transitions but also the pre-yrast ones. For these they found 50 ~ 90% reduction using a simple model.The purpose of the present letter is to present the results of theoretical calculations for side feeding times and of investigations on the reduction of the pre-yrast B(E2) value. Details of the theoretical method are already presented in ref.[2] and only summary is given here:(a) Entry states: The theoretical distribution of the entry states after a fusion reaction can be obtained by the model for compound reactions. For the above reaction the result is presented in ref. [2]. Emission of protons, neutrons and ~ particles was considered in the calculation. Dipole-radiation is also taken into account.
(b) T-decay from the entry states:The probability of emitting statistical y-rays is given by § = 0yE X+2E CEfJf )/a EiJi )IdEy CI)where A is the multiplicity of the radiation and Q(EJ ~) is the level density for levels with the excitation energy E, the angular momentum J and the parity [. The expression of the level density is the same so that adopted in ref. [2]. For the transitions we take into account statistical El, M1 and E2 and collective E2-transitions. The strengths C 1 were chosen as follows: Absolute values of C l can be guessed by fitting the side feeding times, as seen later.
(c) Side feeding times:The time development of the probability p~~ (t)" that a nucleus is found to be in a yrast state II > is given by solving the master equation.Here ~I is the transition probability of the state II > to the yrast state II-2> and S I describes the relative number of side cascades which arrive at the s...