@article{10272/7930,
year = {2014},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7930},
abstract = {Coulomb-excitation experiments to study electromagnetic properties of radioactive even-even Hg
isotopes were performed with 2.85 MeV/nucleon mercury beams from REX-ISOLDE. Magnitudes
and relative signs of the reduced E2 matrix elements that couple the ground state and low-lying
excited states in 182−188Hg were extracted. Information on the deformation of the ground and the
first excited 0+ states was deduced using the quadrupole sum rules approach. Results show that the
ground state is slightly deformed and of oblate nature, while a larger deformation for the excited 0+
state was noted in 182,184Hg. The results are compared to beyond mean field and interacting-boson
based models and interpreted within a two-state mixing model. Partial agreement with the model
calculations was obtained. The presence of two different structures in the light even-mass mercury
isotopes that coexist at low excitation energy is firmly established.},
organization = {The authors would like to thank the ISOLDE facility for providing excellent beams. This work was supported by the FWO-Vlaanderen (Belgium), an FWO Pegasus Marie Curie Fellowship (L. P. G.), by GOA/2010/010 (BOF KULeuven), by the IAP Belgian Science Policy (BriX network P6/23 and P7/12), by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme through I3-ENSAR (Contract No. RII3-CT-2010-262010), by the U. K. Science and Technology Facilities Council, by the German BMBF under Contracts No. 06DA9036I, No. 05P12RDCIA, No. 06KY205I, No. 05P09PKCI5, No. 05P12PKFNE, No. 05P12WOFNF, and No. 09MT9156, Academy of Finland (Contract No. 131665), by the Spanish MINECO through FPA2010-17142 project and the Spanish Project No. FIS2011-28738-C02-02.},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
title = {Shape coexistence in the neutron-deficient even-even 182−188Hg isotopes studied via Coulomb excitation},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.162701},
author = {Bree, N. and Wrzosek-Lipska, K. and Petts, A. and Andreyev, A. and Bastin, B. and Bender, M. and Blazhev, A. and Bruyneel, B. and Butler, P. A. and Butterworth, J. and Carpenter, M. P. and Cederkäll, J. and Clément, E. and Cocolios, T. E. and Deacon, A. and Diriken, J. and Ekström, A. and Fitzpatrick, C. and Fraile, L. M. and Fransen, Ch. and Freeman, S. J. and Gaffney, L. P. and García Ramos, José Enrique and Geibel, K. and Gernhäuser, R. and Grahn, T. and Guttormsen, M. and Hadinia, B. and Hadyńska-Klęk, K. and Hass, M and Heenen, P.-H. and Herzberg, R.-D. and Hess, H. and Heyde, K. and Huyse, M. and Ivanov, O. and Jenkins, D. G. and Julin, R. and Kesteloot, N. and Kröll, Th. and Krücken, R. and Larsen, A. C. and Lutter, R. and Marley, P. and Napiorkowski, P. J. and Orlandi, R. and Page, R. D. and Pakarinen, J. and Patronis, N. and Peura, P. J. and Piselli, E. and Rahkila, P. and Rapisarda, E. and Reiter, P. and Robinson, A. P. and Scheck, M. and Siem, S. and Singh Chakkal, K. and Smith, J. F. and Srebrny, J. and Stefanescu, I. and Tveten, G. M. and Van Duppen, P. and Van de Walle, J. and Voulot, D. and Warr, N. and Wenander, F. and Wiens, A. and Wood, J. L. and Zielińska, M.},
}