The giant octupole resonance in deformed nuclei

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(82)90677-3

Physics Letters B

Volume 119, Issues 4–6, 23 December 1982, Pages 311-314

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Abstract

The giant octupole resonance has been investigated for heavy nuclei (A ⩾ 120) in 172 MeV α scattering at scattering angles between 3° and 5°. For deformed rare earth and actinide nuclei an increase in width (up to ∼ 2 MeV) and a shift in centroid energy (of about 1 MeV) have been found. The energy shift was opposite in the rare earth and actinide region indicating different nuclear structure effects.

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¹: On leave from Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland.

²: On leave from Institute for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland.

³: On leave from RCNP, Osaka University, Japan.

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The giant octupole resonance in deformed nuclei

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