β decay spectroscopy of light Nd isotopes
Journal article, 2013
Excited states in 132,134Nd were populated in the β+/ε decay of 132,134Pm and studied through off-beam γ-ray spectroscopy. Level spins and multipole mixing ratios of transitions were determined through an angular correlation analysis. In 132Nd, a new excited 0+ state is identified and in 134Nd the level scheme is significantly extended. Differences in the location of the 02+ state and the γ bandhead above and below N=82 suggest that the lighter isotopes are much more γ-soft than the heavier Nd and that a first-order phase transitional description is not applicable in the N<82 region. © 2013 American Physical Society.
Author
E.A. McCutchan
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yale University
R.F. Casten
Yale University
V. Werner
Yale University
R.J. Casperson
Yale University
Andreas Martin Heinz
Yale University
J. Qian
Yale University
B. Shoraka
Yale University
University of Surrey
J.R. Terry
Yale University
E.S. Williams
Yale University
R.P. Winkler
Yale University
Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
24699985 (ISSN) 24699993 (eISSN)
Vol. 87 5Subject Categories
Subatomic Physics
Roots
Basic sciences
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.87.057306