Abstract:
Photon scattering experiments with photon energies up to 3.6 MeV have been performed on the axially deformed
nucleus 164Dy. We observe the
-decay from the scissors mode to the
-vibration for the first time in a
well-deformed rotor. Previous ambiguities in the level scheme are resolved by a novel spectroscopic usage of the
nearly-monochromatic photon beam from laser-Compton backscattering. The observed decay rate is sensitive
to the finite size of the nuclear quantum system.
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