Shape Change of 129Ce at High Spin States
- Received Date: 2000-11-03
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2001-10-05
Abstract: High spin states of 129Ce were populated through the reaction 116Sn(16O,3n)129Ce at a beam energy of 73 MeV. Lifetimes of the excited states were measured using the Doppler shift atten-uation method. The transition quadrupole moments Qt were deduced from lifetime data. The results indicate that collectivity of 129Ce is reduced with respect to the even-even core 128Ce. This reduction in collectivity caused by the addition of a h11/2 neutron can be interpreted as due to triaxial deforma-tion induced by shape driving effect. Although the Qt values of the negaive-parity band are some-what smaller than the ones of the positive-parity band, they exhibit a considerably sindlar behavior with increasing angular momentum. It would appear that the two h11/2 quasiprotons possibly have a dominant innuence on property of the core.