Electric dipole moments in 230, 232U and implications for tetrahedral shapes
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2010
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Ntshangase S.S.
Bark R.A.
Aschman D.G.
Bvumbi S.
Datta P.
Davidson P.M.
Dinoko T.S.
Elbasher M.E.A.
Juhasz K.
Khaleel E.M.A.
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The nuclei 230U and 232U were populated in the compound nucleus reactions 232Th(α,6n) and 232Th(α,4n), respectively. Gamma rays from these nuclei were observed in coincidence with a recoil detector. Acomprehensive set of in-band E2 transitions were observed in the lowest lying negative-parity band of 232Uwhile one E2 transition was also observed for 230U. These allowed B(E1; I - → I + - 1)/B(E2; I - → I - - 2) ratios to be extracted and compared with systematics. The values are similar to those of their Th and Ra isotones. The possibility of a tetrahedral shape for the negative-parity U bands appears difficult to reconcile with the measured Q2 values for the isotone 226Ra. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
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