Excited superdeformed bands in ¹Dy and cranked relativistic mean field interpretation

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Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Physical Review C (Impact Factor: 3.88). 09/2009; 80(3):034322-034322.
Year of Publication: 
2009
Authors: 
Quratulann Ijaz
Wechao C Ma
Y. B. Xu
Hazem Abusara
Current Affiliation: 
Assistant Professor, An-Najah National University
A. V. Afanasjev
R. B. Yadav
Y. C. Zhang
Michael Patten Carpenter
R. V. F. Janssens
T. L. Khoo
T. Lauritsen
D. T. Nisius
Preferred Abstract (Original): 
A Gammasphere experiment has been carried out using the ¹²²Sn(³S,4n) reaction to search for excited superdeformed (SD) structures in ¹Dy to investigate the properties of neutron orbitals at superdeformation. Five new excited SD bands have been identified with intensities ranging from 0.7% to 0.03% relative to the ¹Dy reaction channel. Bands SD1, SD3, SD5, and SD6 are interpreted within the cranked relativistic mean field theory by using the effective alignment method. High-N intruder configurations are also discussed for bands SD2 and SD4, based on a comparison of their dynamic moments of inertia, which rise with increasing rotational frequency, with those of similar bands in neighboring nuclei.