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Spatial Separation of Molecular Conformers and Clusters
Published on: January 9, 2014
Two-particle separation energy trends in the superdeformed well
A N Wilson1, A Korichi, S Siem
1Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia. Anna.Wilson@anu.edu.au
Abstract:
A measurement of the energy and spin of superdeformed states in 190Hg, obtained through the observation of transitions directly linking superdeformed and normal states, expands the number of isotopes in which binding energies at superdeformation are known. Comparison with neighboring nuclei shows that two-proton separation energies are higher in the superdeformed state than in the normal state, despite the lower Coulomb barrier and lower total binding energy. This unexpected result provides a critical test for nuclear models.
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