N=151 Pu, Cm and Cf nuclei under rotational stress: Role of higher-order deformations

Hota, Sankha; Khoo, T; Carpenter, M P; Janssens, R V F; Greene, J.P.; Seweryniak, D; Zhu, S.; Kondev, Filip G; Lauritsen, T; McCutchan, E A; Stefanescu, I

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N=151 Pu, Cm and Cf nuclei under rotational stress: Role of higher-order deformations

Date

2014

Authors

Hota, Sankha

Khoo, T

Carpenter, M P

Janssens, R V F

Greene, J.P.

Seweryniak, D

Zhu, S.

Kondev, Filip G

Lauritsen, T

McCutchan, E A

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Fast-rotating N=151 isotones 245Pu, 247Cm and 249Cf have been studied through inelastic excitation and transfer reactions with radioactive targets. While all have a ground-state band built on a νj15/2[734]9/2- Nilsson configuration, new excited bands hav