Very extended shapes in the A--110 region.
High-angular-momentum states in 108Cd were populated via the (64)Ni((48)Ca,4n) reaction at a beam energy of 207 MeV. Gamma rays were detected using the Gammasphere array. A rotational band has been observed with a dynamic moment of inertia and deduced lower limit of the quadrupole moment suggesting a major-to-minor axis ratio larger than 1.8:1, placing it among the most deformed structures identified in any nucleus, to date.
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Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Fallon
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Görgen
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Cromaz
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Deleplanque
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Diamond
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Lane
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Lee
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Macchiavelli
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Ramos
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Stephens
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Svensson
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Vetter
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Ward
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Carpenter
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Janssens
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Wadsworth
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