Browsing by Author "Liu, C."

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    Evolution from quasivibrational to quasirotational structure in 155Tm and yrast 27/2− to 25/2− energy anomaly in the A ≈ 150 mass region
    (American Physical Society, 2019) Liu, L.; Wang, S. Y.; Wang, S.; Hua, H.; Zhang, S. Q.; Meng, Jie; Bark, R. A.; Wyngaardt, S. M.; Qi, B.; Sun, D. P.; Liu, C.; Li, Z. Q.; Jia, H.; Li, X. Q.; Xu, C.; Li, Z. H.; Sun, J. J.; Zhu, L. H.; Jones, P.; Lawrie, E. A.; Lawrie, J. J.; Wiedeking, M.; Bucher, T. D.; Dinoko, T.; Makhathini, L.; Majola, S. N. T.; Noncolela, S. P.; Shirinda, O.; Gal, J.; Kalinka, G.; Molnar, J.; Nyako, B. M.; Timar, J.; Juhasz, K.; Arogunjo, M.
    Excited states in 155Tm have been populated via the reaction 144Sm(16O, p4n)155Tm at a beam energy of 118 MeV. The ground-state band has been extended and a new side band of the ground-state band is identified. E-GOS curves and potential energy surface calculations are employed to discuss the structure evolution of the ground-state band. The newly observed side band in 155Tm is discussed based on the spin/energy systematics. In particular, the phenomenon of seniority inversion is proposed in 155Tm, and a systematic study of this phenomenon in the A ≈ 150 mass region is performed.
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    New candidate chiral nucleus in the A ≈ 80 mass region : 82 35 Br 47
    (American Physical Society, 2019-11-07) Liu, C.; Wang, S. Y.; Qi, B.; Wang, S.; Sun, D. P.; Li, Z. Q.; Bark, R. A.; Jones, P.; Lawrie, J. J.; Masebi, L.; Wiedeking, M.; Meng, J.; Zhang, S. Q.; Hua, H.; Li, X. Q.; Li, C. G.; Han, R.; Wyngaardt, S. M.; Sun, B. H.; Zhu, L. H.; Bucher, T. D.; Kheswa, B. V.; Malatji, K. L.; Ndayishimye, J.; Shirinda, O.; Dinoko, T.; Khumalo, N.; Lawrie, E. A.; Ntshangase, S. S.
    A pair of nearly degenerate positive-parity bands were observed in 82 Br for the first time using the 82 Se(α,p3n) reaction. The positive-parity doublet bands are proposed to be chiral doublet bands based on the triaxial particle rotor model and the potential energy surface calculations. The root-mean-square values of the angular momentum components and their probability distributions are discussed in detail to exhibit the chiral geometry and its evolution in 82 Br.
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    Spectroscopic study of the possibly triaxial transitional nucleus 75Ge
    (American Physical Society, 2018) Niu, C. Y.; Dai, A. C.; Xu, C.; Hua, H.; Zhang, S. Q.; Wang, S. Y.; Bark, R. A.; Meng, Jie; Wang, C. G.; Wu, X. G.; Li, X. Q.; Li, Z. H.; Wyngaardt, S. M.; Zang, H. L.; Chen, Z. Q.; Wu, H. Y.; Xu, F. R.; Ye, Y. L.; Jiang, D. X.; Han, R.; Li, C. G.; Chen, X. C.; Liu, Q.; Feng, J.; Yang, B.; Li, Z. H.; Wang, S.; Sun, D. P.; Liu, C.; Li, Z. Q.; Zhang, N. B.; Guo, R. J.; Li, G. S.; He, C. Y.; Zheng, Y.; Li, C. B.; Chen, Q. M.; Zhong, J.; Zhou, W. K.; Zhu, B. J.; Deng, L. T.; Liu, M. L.; Wang, J. G.; Jones, P.; Lawrie, E. A.; Lawrie, J. J.; Sharpey-Schafer, J. F.; Wiedeking, M.; Majola, S. N. T.; Bucher, T. D.; Dinoko, T.; Magabuka, B.; Makhathini, L.; Mdletshe, L.; Khumalo, N. A.; Shirinda, O.; Sowazi, K.
    The collective structures of 75Ge have been studied for the first time via the 74Ge(α,2p1n) 75Ge fusionevaporation reaction. Two negative-parity bands and one tentative positive-parity band built on the νp1/2, νf5/2, and νg9/2 states, respectively, are established and comparedwith the structures in the neighboringN = 43 isotones. According to the configuration-constrained potential-energy surface calculations, a shape transition from oblate to prolate along the isotopic chain in odd-A Ge isotopes is suggested to occur at 75Ge. The properties of the bands in 75Ge are analyzed in comparison with the triaxial particle rotor model calculations.
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    “Stapler” mechanism for a dipole band in 79Se
    (American Physical Society, 2019-10-24) Li, C. G.; Chen, Q. B.; Zhang, S. Q.; Xu, C.; Hua, H.; Wang, S. Y.; Bark, R. A.; Wyngaardt, S. M.; Shi, Z.; Dai, A. C.; Wang, C. G.; Li, X. Q.; Li, Z. H.; Meng, J.; Xu, F. R.; Ye, Y. L.; Jiang, D. X.; Han, R.; Niu, C. Y.; Chen, Z. Q.; Wu, H. Y.; Wang, X.; Luo, D. W.; Wu, C. G.; Wang, S.; Sun, D. P.; Liu, C.; Li, Z. Q.; Sun, B. H.; Jones, P.; Msebi, L.; Sharpey-Schafer, J. F.; Dinoko, T.; Lawrie, E. A.; Ntshangase, S. S.; Kheswa, B. V.; Shirinda, O.; Khumalo, N.; Bucher, T. D.; Malatji, K. L.
    The spectroscopy of 79 Se is studied via the 82 Se(α, α3n)79Se fusion-evaporation reaction. A negative-parity magnetic dipole band in 79Se is established for the first time. Based on the calculations by the self-consistent tilted axis cranking covariant density functional theory, this new dipole band can be classified as a “stapler” band, which has a relatively stable symmetric prolate deformation as a function of rotational frequency. Hence, it is demonstrated that the stapler bands exist not only in the oblate and triaxial nuclei, but also in prolate nuclei. By examining the angular momentum coupling, it is found that the five valence nucleons in the high-j orbitals play a major role in the closing of the stapler.