2011
DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.84.034307
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Shape coexistence in180Hg studied through theβdecay of180Tl

Abstract: The β + /EC decay of 180 Tl and excited states in the daughter nucleus 180 Hg have been investigated at the CERN On-Line Isotope Mass Separator (ISOLDE) facility. Many new low-lying energy levels were observed in 180 Hg, of which the most significant are the 0 + 2 at 419.6 keV and the 2 + 2 at 601.3 keV. The former is the bandhead of an excited band in 180 Hg assumed originally to be of prolate nature. From the β feeding to the different states in 180 Hg, the ground-state spin of 180 Tl was deduced to be (4 … Show more

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“…This expectation was recently confirmed experimentally by our detailed β-decay study of 180 Tl (N = 99) [18], in which the spin of I = (4, 5) was proposed for the ground state of this isotope. Most probably, the shape of this state is spherical owing to the sphericity of the underlying proton configuration.…”
Section: -6supporting
confidence: 61%
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“…This expectation was recently confirmed experimentally by our detailed β-decay study of 180 Tl (N = 99) [18], in which the spin of I = (4, 5) was proposed for the ground state of this isotope. Most probably, the shape of this state is spherical owing to the sphericity of the underlying proton configuration.…”
Section: -6supporting
confidence: 61%
“…First of all, no direct production of 178 Hg was possible in our experiments, as mercury isotopes cannot be ionized either by surface ionization or by laser ionization tuned to the thallium excitation scheme. This was proved in the measurements with 180 Tl, when the ratio between 180 Tl and 180 Hg was compared with the laser tuned on thallium ionization and with the laser tuned off [18]. Therefore, all α decays of 178 Hg observed in Fig.…”
Section: B α-Andβ-decay Branching Ratios Of 178 Tlsupporting
confidence: 54%
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“…One striking example of shape coexistence occurs in 186 Pb, where the ground state is spherical, while the first two excited states are believed to be oblate and prolate [4,5]. In the 80 Hg isotopes a similar effect is observed, with the coexisting shapes approaching the ground state at N = 102 [6,7]. The variety of nuclear configurations in this region impacts the nuclear shape as indicated by the changes in the charge radii: the large odd-even staggering in the 80 Hg isotopes around N = 102 [8] and the progressive departure from sphericity in the 84 Po isotopes for N 116 [9,10].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 92%