Deformation and magicity in heavy actinides; First observation of the ground-state rotational band of
Fm
重アクチニドにおける変形と魔法性;
Fmの基底状態回転バンドの初観測
Orlandi, R.
; 浅井 雅人
; 牧井 宏之
; 西尾 勝久
; 廣瀬 健太郎
; 塚田 和明
; 佐藤 哲也
; 伊藤 由太
; 洲嵜 ふみ
; 永目 諭一郎*
; 石井 哲朗
; Andreyev, A. N.; 岡田 和記; 笠松 良崇*; 豊嶋 厚史*; 西中 一朗*; 他14名*
Orlandi, R.; Asai, Masato; Makii, Hiroyuki; Nishio, Katsuhisa; Hirose, Kentaro; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Sato, Tetsuya; Ito, Yuta; Suzaki, Fumi; Nagame, Yuichiro*; Ishii, Tetsuro; Andreyev, A. N.; Okada, Kazuki; Kasamatsu, Yoshitaka*; Toyoshima, Atsushi*; Nishinaka, Ichiro*; 14 of others*
The ground-state rotational band of
Fm (
= 100,
= 152) was investigated using two different experimental setups at the JAEA Tandem Accelerator Laboratory. The first five
-ray transitions of the ground-state rotational band were observed for the first time. The new data revealed that
Fm possesses the lowest first excited
state energy, 41.88(16) keV, and the largest kinematic moment of inertia compared to neighboring isotopes in this region. These unique properties provide strong evidence for deformed shell gaps at
= 100 and
= 152, revealing that
Fm is a deformed doubly magic nucleus.