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Multipole mixing ratios of transitions out of high spin gamma vibrational states in neutron rich Mo, Ru isotopes

dc.contributor.advisorHamilton, Joseph H.
dc.contributor.authorFenker, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-15T21:01:08Z
dc.date.available2010-06-15T21:01:08Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-27
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/4106
dc.descriptionHighest Honors in Physics
dc.description.abstractCurrent models of nuclear structure describe nuclear states in terms of collective vibrations and rotations of a ground state. - One such quadrupole vibrational band is the gamma-band formed by vibrations of the short sides of a deformed nucleus. - When a nucleus that is in this mode decays to its ground state, the electromagnetic radiation is predicted to be entirely quadrupole in nature. - This prediction has been well documented in a wide range of nuclei. - However, a recent study of neutron rich molybdenum and ruthenium isotopes found a few gamma-band to ground-band transitions that contained almost no quadrupole radiation. - This work utilizes the Gammasphere detector array to examine the angular correlations in the de-excitations of the secondary fission fragments of 252Cf in order to make independent measurements of these results. - This work also uses the same technique to measure the multipole mixing ratios of gamma-band to ground-band transitions originating in states with spin-parity as high as 9+. - The results demonstrate that in these nuclei, electric quadrupole radiation is strongly favored in gamma to ground band transitions as has been predicted by theory.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.subjectNuclear deformationen_US
dc.subjectNeutron-richen_US
dc.subjectMultipole mixing ratiosen_US
dc.subjectHigh spinen_US
dc.subjectGamma vibrational statesen_US
dc.subjectMo, Ru isotopesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSpontaneous fissionen_US
dc.subject.lcshAngular correlations (Nuclear physics)en_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear structuresen_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear shapesen_US
dc.subject.lcshMolybdenum -- Isotopesen_US
dc.subject.lcshRuthenium -- Isotopesen_US
dc.titleMultipole mixing ratios of transitions out of high spin gamma vibrational states in neutron rich Mo, Ru isotopesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Arts and Scienceen_US
dc.description.departmentDept. of Physics and Astronomyen_US


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