Signature for vibrational to rotational evolution along the yrast line

P H Regan; C W Beausang; N V Zamfir; R F Casten; Jing-ye Zhang; A D Yamamoto; M A Caprio; G Gürdal; A A Hecht; C Hutter; R Krücken; S D Langdown; D A Meyer; J J Ressler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.152502

Signature for vibrational to rotational evolution along the yrast line

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Apr 18;90(15):152502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.152502. Epub 2003 Apr 18.

Authors

P H Regan¹, C W Beausang, N V Zamfir, R F Casten, Jing-ye Zhang, A D Yamamoto, M A Caprio, G Gürdal, A A Hecht, C Hutter, R Krücken, S D Langdown, D A Meyer, J J Ressler

Affiliation

¹ Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8124, USA.

PMID: 12732029
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.152502

Abstract

We present a simple method for discerning the evolution from vibrational to rotational structure in nuclei as a function of spin. The prescription is applied to the yrast cascades in the A approximately 110 region and a clear transition from vibrational to rotational motion is found.