K-hindered decay of a six-quasiparticle isomer in 176Hf

G Mukherjee; P Chowdhury; FG Kondev; PM Walker; GD Dracoulis; R D'Alarcao; I Shestakova; K Abu Saleem; I Ahmad; MP Carpenter; A Heinz; RVF Janssens; TL Khoo; T Lauritsen; CJ Lister; D Seweryniak; I Wiedenhoever; DM Cullen; Carl Wheldon; DL Balabanski; M Danchev; TM Goon; DJ Hartley; LL Riedinger; O Zeidan; MA Riley; RA Kaye; G Sletten

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.82.054316

K-hindered decay of a six-quasiparticle isomer in ¹⁷⁶Hf

G Mukherjee
, P Chowdhury
, FG Kondev
, PM Walker
, GD Dracoulis
, R D'Alarcao
, I Shestakova
, K Abu Saleem
, I Ahmad
, MP Carpenter
, A Heinz
, RVF Janssens
, TL Khoo
, T Lauritsen
, CJ Lister
, D Seweryniak
, I Wiedenhoever
, DM Cullen
, Carl Wheldon
, DL Balabanski

M Danchev, TM Goon, DJ Hartley, LL Riedinger, O Zeidan, MA Riley, RA Kaye, G Sletten

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Abstract

The structure and decay properties of high-K isomers in Hf176 have been studied using beam sweeping techniques and the Gammasphere multidetector array. A new ΔK=8 decay branch, from a Kπ=22-, six-quasiparticle, isomeric (t1/2=43μs) state at 4864 keV to the 20- state of a Kπ=14- band, has been identified. The reduced hindrance factor per degree of K forbiddenness for this decay is measured to be unusually low (fν=3.2), which suggests K mixing in the states involved. The deduced interaction matrix elements are discussed within the context of relevant K-mixing scenarios. The 3266-keV state, previously interpreted as a Kπ=16+ intrinsic state, is reassigned as the Jπ=16+ member of the band based on the Kπ=15+ state at 3080 keV. The systematics of fν values as a function of the degree of forbiddenness is discussed in light of this change.

Original language	English
Article number	054316
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review C
Volume	82
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.82.054316
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2010

Keywords

Collective levels
Isomer decay
150<=A<=189
gamma transitions and level energies

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Mukherjee, G., Chowdhury, P., Kondev, FG., Walker, PM., Dracoulis, GD., D'Alarcao, R., Shestakova, I., Abu Saleem, K., Ahmad, I., Carpenter, MP., Heinz, A., Janssens, RVF., Khoo, TL., Lauritsen, T., Lister, CJ., Seweryniak, D., Wiedenhoever, I., Cullen, DM., Wheldon, C., ... Sletten, G. (2010). K-hindered decay of a six-quasiparticle isomer in ¹⁷⁶Hf. Physical Review C, 82(5), 1-6. Article 054316. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.82.054316

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K-hindered decay of a six-quasiparticle isomer in 176Hf

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K-hindered decay of a six-quasiparticle isomer in ¹⁷⁶Hf