On the structure of 225Ra

R. Piepenbring (1)

1 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie

Various arguments are usually invoked to favour stable octupole deformation for 225Ra. A detailed discussion of these arguments is given. Most of them are necessary but not sufficient criteria for stable octupole deformation, and must therefore be used with caution.

Mots clés: nuclear collective model; nuclear collective states and giant resonances; nuclear electric moment; nuclear shape; nuclei with mass number 220 or higher; low lying level structure; sup 225 Ra; stable octupole deformation

Domaines: Articles anciens; Physique Nucléaire Théorique [nucl-th]

R. Piepenbring. On the structure of 225Ra. Journal de Physique Lettres, 1984, 45 (21), pp.1023-1029. ⟨10.1051/jphyslet:0198400450210102300⟩. ⟨jpa-00232445⟩