TY  - JOUR
AU  - Caballero, L.
AU  - Rubio, B.
AU  - Kleinheinz, P.
AU  - Yates, S. W.
AU  - Algora, A.
AU  - Dewald, A.
AU  - Fitzler, A.
AU  - Gadea, A.
AU  - Jolie, J.
AU  - Julin, R.
AU  - Linnemann, A.
AU  - Lunardi, S.
AU  - Menegazzo, R.
AU  - Moller, O.
AU  - Nacher, E.
AU  - Piiparinen, M.
AU  - Blomqvist, J.
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010//
TI  - Two-phonon octupole excitation in Gd-146
T2  - Phys. Rev. C
JO  - Physical Review C
SP  - 031301
EP  - 4pp
VL  - 81
IS  - 3
PB  - Amer Physical Soc
AB  - Based on experimental evidence from the Sm-144(alpha,2n) reaction, the 3484.7- keV 6(+) state in Gd-146 is identified as the highest-spin member of the 3(-) circle times 3(-) two-phonon octupole quartet. A previously unknown gamma line of 1905.8 keV and E3 character feeding the 3(-) octupole state has been observed. These results represent the first observation of a 6(+) -> 3(-) -> 0(+) cascade of two E3 transitions in an even-even nucleus and provide strong support for the interpretation of the 6(+) state as a two-phonon octupole excitation.
SN  - 0556-2813
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.81.031301
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevC.81.031301
LA  - English
N1  - ISI:000276769400001
ID  - Caballero_etal2010
ER  -