Rotational Inertia of Nuclei
- 7 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (6) , 409-412
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.409
Abstract
A new method to determine dynamic effective moments of inertia at high rotational frequencies is presented. The very large values found at the highest spins () in some Er and Yb nuclei are most likely explained by the alignment of high- proton orbitals, and could imply triaxial shapes.
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