Observation of strongly deformed shapes in 154-152Dy nuclei at medium temperatures

The gamma-decay of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) built on excited states of 154-152Dy nuclei is studied. The selection of GDR decay from high spin states leading to specific exit channels was made possible by triggering on high spin isomers. The deduced energy splitting of the GDR implies large deformations (\beta\ congruent-to 0.4-0.5). The resonance widths of the components are comparable to those of the GDR built on the ground state indicating small shape fluctuations

GDR γ-ray decay in 156Dy∗ from regions selected on temperature and angular momentum

The strength distribution of the GDR built on highly excited states in a restricted temperature domain in Dy-156 and Dy-155 nuclei has been deduced by subtraction of gamma-ray spectra obtained for the decay of Dy-154* and Dy-156* from regions selected on angular momentum. The resulting difference spectra have been analyzed within the statistical model. The results show a large deformation (\beta\ similar to 0.51 +/- 0.29 and 0.35 +/- 0.14) for the angular-momentum regions with [J] similar to 32 ($) over bar h at T approximate to 1.8 +/- 0.2 MeV and [J] similar to 46 ($) over bar h at T approximate to 1.7 +/- 0.2 MeV respectively, in satisfactory agreement with calculations performed in the framework of Landau theory of shape transitions and statistical fluctuations. The deduced centroid energies are in agreement with the systematics of the GDR built on the ground state. The width of the GDR shows a systematic increase with increasing temperature

Isomer-selected decay of the GDR in 156Dy

The strength distribution of high-energy gamma-rays emitted in the statistical decay of the 156Dy compound nucleus, with E* = 92.5 MeV, has been measured inclusively and for selected decay pathways in which isomers in 149Dy, 151Dy and 152Dy were populated. For both spectra a deformation \beta\ = 0.3 is deduced and the centroid energies agree with those found from ground-state systematics. The high-energy gamma-ray spectrum triggered on isomeric decay shows an increase of the width of the GDR in comparison with the inclusive spectrum

Viscosity and fission time scale of Dy-156

In the fusion-fission reaction Ar-40+Cd-116-->Dy-156-->fission, performed at beam energies E(b) = 216 MeV and 238 MeV, gamma rays were measured in coincidence with fission fragments. The gamma-ray spectra are interpreted using a modified version of the statistical-model code CASCADE. From a comparison of the experimental and calculated spectra it is deduced that the nuclear viscosity is in the range 0.01 <gamma <4. The extracted fission time scale is of the order of 10(-19) s

Viscosity and fission time scale of Dy-156 at high excitation energies and large angular momenta

The reaction Ar-40 + Cd-116 --> Dy-156* --> fission as Studied at beam energies E(b) = 216 MeV and E(b) = 238 MeV, wherein gamma-rays were measured in coincidence with fission fragments. From these spectra the nuclear viscosity gamma and fission time scale were deduced by comparing to statistical model calculations yielding viscosities in the range 0.01 <gamma <4 and fission time scales of the order of 10(-19) s

Observation of strongly deformed shapes in \u3csup\u3e154-152\u3c/sup\u3e Dy nuclei at medium temperatures

\u3cp\u3e The γ-decay of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) built on excited states of \u3csup\u3e154-152\u3c/sup\u3e Dy nuclei is studied. The selection of GDR decay from high spin states leading to specific exit channels was made possible by triggering on high spin isomers. The deduced energy splitting of the GDR implies large deformations (|β|{all equal to}0.4-0.5). The resonance widths of the components are comparable to those of the GDR built on the ground state indicating small shape fluctuations.\u3c/p\u3