- Title
- In-beam spectroscopy of ⁷²Ge
- Creator
- Henninger, Katharine Rose
- ThesisAdvisor
- Roux, D G
- Subject
- Nuclear shapes
- Subject
- Hyperfine structure
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- vital:5559
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018233
- Description
- The high-spin states of the nucleus ⁷²Ge were populated via the ⁷°Zn(a,2n)⁷²Ge fusion-evaporation reaction at a beam-energy of 30 MeV. The ')'-decays were observed with the AFRODITE spectrometer array at iThemba LABS (Faure, South Africa). Twenty-seven new transitions, 18 new levels and 2 new bands were added to the ⁷²Ge level scheme, and several corrections were made to t he previously-known level scheme. Transitions were characterised using Directional Correlation from Oriented states (DCO) and polarisation measurements, and spin-parity assignments were made for 7 new levels. Spin and parity were also reassigned to a previously-known structure. One of the new bands was ident ified as part of an octupole-vibrational band. No tetrahedral states were observed in the scheme despite N = 40 and Z = 32 having been identified as tetrahedral magic numbers. The meaning of the new 14⁺ yrast level for the underlying structure of the ground state band is discussed
- Format
- 112 leaves, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Physics
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Henninger, Katharine Rose
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