Abstract
High-spin states of the odd–odd 194Bi nucleus have been studied by means of nuclear spectroscopy for the first time. Two low-lying rotational bands were observed. The positive-parity band built on a short-lived isomeric state 633 keV above the α and β decaying long-lived (10-) state is assigned a πi13/2⊗νi13/2-1 configuration, while the other band is attributed to the πh9/2⊗νi13/2-1 configuration. Both of these bands are assumed to have oblate shape. Three band-like structures composed predominantly of Δ I= 1 transitions were also found. One of the shears band candidates is firmly linked to the lower lying level structures whereas for the other two links to lower-lying structures remain missing.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 165 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal A |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Jun 2020 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
We would like to thank the personnel at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä. AH would like to thank the Slovak Research and Development Agency under contract No. APVV-15-0225, Slovak grant agency VEGA (contract No. 2/0129/17), and the project ITMS code 26210120023, supported by the Research and Development Operational Programme funded by ERDF (30). Fruitful discussions with John L. Wood are much appreciated. This work was also supported by the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and by the Academy of Finland under the Finnish CoE Programme. The authors would like to thank the GAMMAPOOL European Spectroscopy Resource for the loan of germanium detectors for JUROGAM II.