Nuclear structure of Te 130 from inelastic neutron scattering and shell model analysis

S. F. Hicks, A. E. Stuchbery, T. H. Churchill, D. Bandyopadhyay, B. R. Champine, B. J. Coombes, C. M. Davoren, J. C. Ellis, W. M. Faulkner, S. R. Lesher, J. M. Mueller, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, M. D. Skubis, J. R. Vanhoy, S. W. Yates

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Abstract

Excited levels of Te130 were studied with the (n, n'?) reaction. Excitation functions, coincidences, angular distributions, and Doppler shifts were measured for ? rays from levels up to an excitation energy of 3.3 MeV. Detailed information that includes level lifetimes, multipole-mixing ratios, branching ratios, and electromagnetic transition rates deduced from these measurements is presented. Large-scale shell model calculations performed with all proton and neutron orbitals in the 50-82 shell are compared to these data, with generally good agreement, particularly for the positive-parity states. To investigate emerging collectivity in Te130, the Kumar-Cline sum rules were used to evaluate rotational invariants from the shell model calculations. Whereas the ground state and first-excited state show the greatest average deformation, as expected, all of the low-lying states are weakly deformed and triaxial.

Original languageEnglish
Article number024329
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume105
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

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