The gamma decay in the quasicontinuum is used to study the order-to-chaos transition in the thermally excited Er-163 nucleus. The experimental analysis is performed on high-statistics EUROBALL data, focusing on the spin region I approximate to(20-40)h, and internal excitation energy up of approximate to 2.5 MeV. The results are compared to cranked shell model calculations for this nucleus, taking into account the dependence on the K quantum number. Two main topics are investigated. First, the validity of the selection rules associated with the K quantum number are studied as a function of the internal energy U above yrast. K-selection rules are found to be obeyed in the decay along discrete unresolved rotational bands up to U approximate to 1.2 MeV, whereas in the interval U approximate to 1.2-2.5 MeV, where the order-to-chaos transition is expected to take place, selection rules are found to be only partially valid. Second, the line-shape analysis of gamma-gamma coincidence spectra provides a direct experimental measurement of the rotational and compound damping widths (Gamma(rot) and Gamma(mu)), yielding values of 200 and 20 keV, respectively, in good agreement with theory.

Damping mechanisms and order-to-chaos transition in the warm rotating Er-163 nucleus / S.Leoni, G. Benzoni, A. Bracco, N. Blasi, F. Camera, C. Grassi, P. Mason, B. Million, A. Paleni, M. Pignanelli, E. Vigezzi, O. Wieland, M. Matsuo, T. Dossing, B. Herskind, G. B. Hagemann, J. Wilson, A. Maj, M. Kmiecik, G. Lo Bianco, C. M. Petrache, M. Castoldi, A. Zucchiatti, G. De Angelis, D. R. Napoli, P. Bednarczyk, D. Curien. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS. - ISSN 0556-2813. - 72:3(2005 Sep), pp. 034307.034307-1-034307.034307-17.

Damping mechanisms and order-to-chaos transition in the warm rotating Er-163 nucleus

S.Leoni;A. Bracco;F. Camera;P. Mason;A. Paleni;M. Pignanelli;
2005

Abstract

The gamma decay in the quasicontinuum is used to study the order-to-chaos transition in the thermally excited Er-163 nucleus. The experimental analysis is performed on high-statistics EUROBALL data, focusing on the spin region I approximate to(20-40)h, and internal excitation energy up of approximate to 2.5 MeV. The results are compared to cranked shell model calculations for this nucleus, taking into account the dependence on the K quantum number. Two main topics are investigated. First, the validity of the selection rules associated with the K quantum number are studied as a function of the internal energy U above yrast. K-selection rules are found to be obeyed in the decay along discrete unresolved rotational bands up to U approximate to 1.2 MeV, whereas in the interval U approximate to 1.2-2.5 MeV, where the order-to-chaos transition is expected to take place, selection rules are found to be only partially valid. Second, the line-shape analysis of gamma-gamma coincidence spectra provides a direct experimental measurement of the rotational and compound damping widths (Gamma(rot) and Gamma(mu)), yielding values of 200 and 20 keV, respectively, in good agreement with theory.
K-QUANTUM NUMBER; GAMMA-DECAY; STATES; CASCADES; EUROBALL; YB-164; BANDS; RAYS; SPIN
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
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