Measurements of Electromagnetic Transition Probabilities in 90Mo
- Received Date: 2002-04-12
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2003-03-05
Abstract: High spin states of 90Mo have been populated by the reaction 59Co(35Cl,2p2n)90Mo at beam energy of 116 MeV. A detector array consisting of 10 anti-Compton HPGe detectors was used for γ-γ coincidence measurements. Lifetimes of high spin states in 90Mo are determined by analysing the Doppler-broadened line shapes. Enhanced M1 transitions are observed in the positive-parity decay sequence and oblate deformation is suggested above 13+ state. A appreciable staggering of E2 transition rates associated with large B(E2) values is found in the high spin states with negative-parity. Transitions between positive- and negative-parity states exhibit enhanced B (E1) values, looking like existence of octupole correlation. However,90Mo does not lie in the mass regions of nuclei possessing octupole deformation predicted by theories.