Evidence for a two-phonon octupole vibrational state in208Pb

H. J. Wollersheim, P. Egelhof, H. Emling, J. Gerl, W. Henning, R. Holzmann, R. Schmidt, R. S. Simon, N. Martin, G. Eckert, Th W. Elze, K. Stelzer, R. Kulessa, G. Duchene, B. Haas, J. C. Merdinger, J. P. Vivien, J. de Boer, E. Hauber, K. KaiserP. von Brentano, R. Reinhardt, R. Wirowski, R. Julin, C. Fahlander, I. Thorslund, H. Kluge

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Abstract

Collective properties of206,208Pb have been investigated with gamma-ray spectroscopy using nuclear and electromagnetic excitation by208Pb projectiles. From the measurement of particle-particle-γ and particle-particle-γ γ coincidences a new energy level in208Pb at 5.683 MeV was observed and the data suggest an interpretation as a 2-phonon octupole vibrational state with spin 4+ or 6+. For this state one finds the same dynamical deformation parameter β3 as for the first-excited collective 3- state. The results are compared to predictions of models which consider, in particular, the aspects of the quadrupole interaction and the interaction of the 2-particle pairing vibration with the 2-phonon octupole vibration. For the206Pb+208Pb system at 6.2 MeV/u the nuclear potential could be determined from the measured inelastic cross sections.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)137-144
Number of pages8
JournalZeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei
Volume341
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1992
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 21.10.-k
  • 27.80.+w

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