Investigation of triple shape coexistence in

neutron deficient Pb and Po nuclei using

transition probabilities
A. Dewald, Universität zu Köln

● Introduction to shape coexistence in neutron deficient

Pb nuclei

● First lifetime measurements in 188,186Pb; 194Po

● Test of theoretical models with absolute transition

probabilities

● Summary

● Plunger lifetime measurements with RI beams

@ NSCL/MSU
 Systematics of neutron-deficient Pb e.g.: P. Van Duppen et al.
J. Phys.G 16, 441 (1990)

2500
In-beam spectroscopy -- nearly spherical
⇒ coll. bands -- oblate
6+
2000 -- prolate
0+
4+
energy / keV

1500 6+

4+
1000
2+
2+
500 0+

0
180 184 188 192 196 200 204 208
mass
Measure β deformation via number,
absolute Pbprobabilities/ lifetimes
transition
Proton ; (n particle - n hole) excitations → deformation

2p -2h 4p -4h

obl sph
pro

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3

 GAMMASPHERE + FMA + Plunger
40Ca(152Sm,4n)188Pb ; 805 MeV
152Sm v1/c=7.8% v2/c=5.8%

40Ca target Nb degrader / 4mg/cm2

188Pb
recoil gated spectrum
A. Dewald et al. PRC 68,
034314, 2003

2+: 13(7) ps

4+: 16(8) ps
 Plunger + RITU at Jyväskylä
PSSD
He at 1-2 mbar JUROGAM Ge array
~ 4% γ-eff.
Q
1m Q
D Q
RITU separator
beam
~ 30% recoil eff.
target
C- foil

Plunger
Doppler shift versus recoil rate
188Pb
pro obl
108Pd(83Kr,3n) ; 354 MeV;
σ= 500μb

recoil gated

G.D. Dracoulis et al., 2003

 83Kr v1/c=3.7% v2/c=2.9%

108Pd target Au degrader / 2.5mg/cm2

d d d d

fs fs fs fs
 188Pb

Results:
-----------------------
2+ : 5-12 ps
4+ : 15.9 (10) ps
6+ : 4.0 (6) ps
8+ : 2.3 (4) ps
Hartree-Fock + BCS (Skyrme SLy6 interaction + density dependent zero-range pairing force)
⇒configuration mixing of angular-momentum and particle-number projected self-consistent
mean field states
(M. Bender,P. Bonche, T. Duguet, and P.H. Heenen, PRC 69, 2004, 064303)

obl sph pro

obl sph pro
188Pb
8+
SD E / MeV
12+
226
3
10+
8+ Transition prob. / WU
10+ 6+ 2+
8+
444
198 6+ 2
8+
6+ 399
345(60) 4
4+
6+ 35 4+
4+ 435(65) 126 289 β=0.30
52
β=0.286(14) 108 2+
2+
4+ 2+ 107 1
160(10) 87 + 0.2 0+
0+ 2+ 0
0+
17 0.2
0+ 5-12
0+ 0

exp. cal.
186Pb 106Pd(83Kr,3n); 354 MeV ; σ= 140μb
83Kr v1/c=3.7% v2/c=2.9%
RITU α tagging
fs d
106Pd target Mg degrader / 1mg/cm2

recoil gated & α tagged spectra

d 25μm d
d
d
d

150μm

1000μm
fs fs fs
fs
fs
 186Pb
exp. cal.
conf. mix of mean field states (Skyrme intera.SLy6)
M. Bender et al. PRC 69 (2004), 064303 & privat com.
16+ E/MeV 8+ E/MeV
(14+)

pro 14+ 242 WU

(12+) pro
3 3
12+ (10+) 2+ 6+
β = 0.30(2) β = 0.32
10+ (8+) 205 WU
2 8+ 2
(6+) 4+
8+ 543 WU
246(42) WU (4+) 6+ 152 WU
6+ 2+
438(98)WU 480 WU 56 WU
4+ (2+) 1 4+ 0+ 1
480(90)WU 2+ 0+ 2+ 398 WU 9.4 WU
0+
0+
5.5 (15)WU 1.6 WU obl
obl
0+ 0 0+ 0
sph sph
Beyond-mean-field calculations by Bender et al.
vs. the new exp. data

Theor.
r.
Theor.

Exp

2+ state: a2pro≈1
2+ state: a2pro=.42
Po
194Po 114Cd(83Kr,3n); 377 MeV
83Kr v1/c=3.7% v2/c=2.9%
RITU α tagging
fs d
114Cd target Mg degrader / 1mg/cm2

T. Grahn, Jyväskylä

2+: 38 ps
B(E2)= 88 (13) Wu
Qt=5.4(4) eb

4+: 12.5 ps
B(E2)= 138(28) Wu
Qt=5.7(6) eb
β=0.176(30)
 Summary
Investigation of shape coexistence in 188,186Pb nuclei
using absoltue transition probabilities

First experimental determination of the deformation of the prolate

bands in 188Pb and 186Pb:
188Pb: : β =0.286(14) 186Pb: β =0.30(2)

21+ state : a2pro= 0.42 21+ state : pure prolate state

Good agreement with HFB calculations both, with Gogny or Skyrme

194Po: β= 0.176(30) ; 2+ and 4+ dominant oblate structure

Collaboration:

Universität zu Köln
A.D, O.Möller, B. Melon, B. Saha, K.O. Zell, T. Pissulla, S. Christen, J. Jolie,
University Jyväskylä
T. Grahn, P. Greenlees, S. Eeckhaudt, P.Jones, R. Julin, M. Leino,
J. Pakarinen, P.Rahkila, C. Scholey, J. Uusitalo, S. Juutinen, H. Kettunen,
A.P.Leppänen, M. Nyman, P. Nieminen
INRE Sofia
P.Petkov
E12, TU München
R. Krücken, T. Kröll, P. Maierbeck,
WNSL, Yale University
C.W. Beausang, D.A. Meyer
Dapnia/SPhN, CEA, Saclay
W. Korten, A. Görgen, Y. Le Coz
University of Liverpool
R. D. Page
 Relativistic plunger after fragmentation
and intermediate energy coulex
K. Starosta et. al NSCL/MSU
A.Dewald et al. IKP/Köln

CCF +
A1900 +
Diamond detector +
Plunger +
SeGA +
S800
Plunger + SEGA @ S800