Deformation of Heated Nuclei Observed in the Statistical Decay of the Giant Dipole Resonance

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8 April 1985

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 54 (14) , 1486-1489
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.1486

Abstract

Splitting of the giant dipole resonance built on excited states of Er nuclei, observed in continuum

γ

-ray spectra from

{}^{12}C

+

{}^{148}{Sm}

and

{}^{12}C

+

{}^{154}{Sm}

reactions, reveals the persistence of prolate, ground-state-like deformation at elevated temperature

T \sim 1

MeV and spins

I = 0 to 25 ℏ

.

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