Physics Letters B
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Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Nuclear, Physics, Particles & Fields, Physics, BETA-DECAY, EVEN NUCLEI, BOSON MODEL, ISOTOPES, ROTATION, REGION, 0105 Mathematical Physics, 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, 49 Mathematical sciences, 51 Physical sciences
Abstract:
The first 2+ states in 134Ce and 136Nd and the second 2+ state in 136Nd were populated by Coulomb excitation at relativistic energies, and γ-rays were measured using the RISING setup at GSI. For 134Ce an indication of the excitation to the second 2+ state was observed. This experiment performed for the first time Coulomb excitation to second 2+ states with rare isotope beams at relativistic energies. For 136Nd the View the MathML sourceB(E2;21+→0+), View the MathML sourceB(E2;22+→0+), and View the MathML sourceB(E2;22+→21+) values relative to the previously known View the MathML sourceB(E2;21+→0+) value for 134Ce are determined as 81(10), 11(3) and 180(92) W.u., respectively. The results are discussed in the framework of geometrical models that indicate pronounced γ-softness in these nuclei.