High spin and backbending in the light tungsten isotopes

Abstract
High spin states in 172W, 174W 175W and 176W have been studied with (16O,xn) reactions. The ground-state bands in 174W and 176W backbend in contrast to the more regular GSB in the N=98 nucleus 172W. This behaviour and the anomalies in the odd nucleus 175W are discussed in terms of the influence of neutrons on backbending.
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