Abstract
The level structure of 134Xe was studied with the inelastic neutron scattering reaction followed by γ-ray detection. A number of level lifetimes were determined for the first time with the Doppler-shift attenuation method and the low-lying excited states were characterized. From this new spectroscopic information, the third excited state, a 0+ level which had only been observed in a previous inelastic neutron scattering study, was verified. Reduced transition probabilities were calculated; comparisons were drawn with a vibrational description of the nucleus and found lacking. The 3− octupole phonon has been confirmed, and the complete negative-parity multiplet resulting from the ν(1h11/22d3/2) configuration has also been tentatively identified for the first time in the N = 80 isotones.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-19-2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.014313
Funding Information
This material is based upon work supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-1606890.
Repository Citation
Peters, Erin E.; Chakraborty, Anagha; Crider, Benjamin P.; Ashley, S. F.; Elhami, E.; Hicks, S. F.; Kumar, A.; McEllistrem, Marcus T.; Mukhopadhyay, Sharmistha; Orce, J. N.; Prados-Estévez, Francisco M.; and Yates, Steven W., "Level Lifetimes and the Structure of 134Xe from Inelastic Neutron Scattering" (2017). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 108.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/chemistry_facpub/108
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Physical Review C, v. 96, issue 1, 014313, p. 1-7.
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