Reassigning the shapes of the 0+ states in the 186Pb nucleus

oleh: Joonas Ojala, Janne Pakarinen, Philippos Papadakis, Juha Sorri, Mikael Sandzelius, Daniel M. Cox, Kalle Auranen, Hussam Badran, Paul J. Davies, Tuomas Grahn, Paul T. Greenlees, Jack Henderson, Andrej Herzáň, Rolf-Dietmar Herzberg, Joshua Hilton, Ulrika Jakobsson, David G. Jenkins, David T. Joss, Rauno Julin, Sakari Juutinen, Tibor Kibédi, Joonas Konki, Gregory J. Lane, Matti Leino, Jarkko Liimatainen, Christopher G. McPeake, Olavi Neuvonen, Robert D. Page, Edward Parr, Jari Partanen, Pauli Peura, Panu Rahkila, John Revill, Panu Ruotsalainen, Jan Sarén, Catherine Scholey, Sanna Stolze, Juha Uusitalo, Andrew Ward, Robert Wadsworth

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01

Deskripsi

The authors study an interesting phenomena of shape coexistence in 186Pb. In an elegant and well-documented experiment, they confirm the coexistence of the three 0+ states in the 186Pb nucleus and reassign the shapes associated with the excited 0+ states.