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The γ-decay of the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) built on excited nuclear states has been measured for the nucleus143Eu. The reaction110Pd(37Cl, 4n)143Eu at a beam energy of 165 MeV has been employed. This experiment aimed at searching the γ-decay of the GDR built on the superdeformed143Eu states, populated at high spins. High-energy γ-rays were detected in 8 large BaF2 scintillators in coincidence with discrete transitions measured with the NORDBALL array (in the configuration consisting of 17 HPGe detectors and a 2π multiplicity filter). The spectrum of high-energy γ-rays gated by low-energy transitions between states fed by the superdeformed states shows some excess of yield in the 7–10 MeV region with respect to that gated by transitions between states not populated by the superdeformed states. This excess should be due to the γ-decay of the the giant dipole oscillation along the superdeformed axis of the nucleus that is expected to have a frequency corresponding to ≈9–10 MeV (low-energy component of the GDR strength function). The measured excess, in spite of the large error bars, is found to be of the same order as predicted statistical model values.
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Bracco, A., Camera, F., Maj, A. et al. The Giant Dipole Resonance in the superdeformed143Eu nucleus. APH N.S., Heavy Ion Physics 6, 83–93 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158484
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