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Transition to non-collective states at high spin in 124Xe

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Excited states in 124Xe were populated in the reaction 82Se(48Ca, 6n)124Xe and γ -ray coincidence relationships were measured with the Gammasphere spectrometer. Two new bands are observed and several of the previously known bands are extended in the high- as well as in the low-spin region. Two irregular high-spin structures are also added. The irregularities are a fingerprint of a transition from collective to non-collective behaviour. Configuration assignments to the new structures are proposed on the basis of systematics and by comparing experimental properties with calculations within the framework of the cranking model.

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Al-Khatib, A., Hübel, H., Bringel, P. et al. Transition to non-collective states at high spin in 124Xe . Eur. Phys. J. A 36, 21–29 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2008-10570-1

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