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Phys. Rev. C 63, 024315 (2001) [8 pages]

Single particle degrees of freedom in the transition from deformed to spherical Nd nuclei

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J. Holden1, N. Benczer-Koller1, G. Jakob1, G. Kumbartzki1, T. J. Mertzimekis1, K.-H. Speidel2, C. W. Beausang3, R. Krücken3, A. Macchiavelli4, M. McMahan4, L. Phair4, A. E. Stuchbery5, P. Maier-Komor6, W. Rogers7, and A. D. Davies7
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
2Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
3A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
4Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
5Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
6Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
7Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108

Received 25 September 2000; published 23 January 2001

The g factors of the 41+ and 61+ states in 144,148Nd, the 41+ state in 146Nd and the 61+, 81+, and 101+ states in 150Nd have been measured for the first time by projectile Coulomb excitation coupled to the transient field technique. The g factors of the 21+ states of 144,146,148,150Nd have been remeasured with high precision. The data clearly indicate that, while 148,150Nd are well described by collective excitations, the structure of the low lying levels in the lighter isotopes is dominated by the 2f7/2 neutron configuration.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.63.024315
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.63.024315
PACS:
21.10.Ky, 25.70.De, 27.60.+j
 
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