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Mdletshe, L.; Ntshangase, S. S.; Sharpey-Schafer, J. F.; Majola, S. N. T.; Dinoko, T. R. S.; Khumalo, N. A.; Lawrie, E. A.; Bark, R. A.; Bucher, T. D.; Erasmus, N.; Jones, P.; Jongile, S.; Kheswa, B. V.; Lawrie, J. J.; Makhathini, L.; Malatji, K. L.; Maqabuka, B.; Ndayishimye, J.; Noncolela, S. P.; Shirinda, O.; Sithole, M. A.
The European physical journal. A, Hadrons and nuclei, 2018/10, Volume: 54, Issue: 10Journal Article
. The structure of the low-lying positive parity bands in 162 Yb has been studied at iThemba LABS, using the 150 Sm( 16 O,4n) 162 Yb fusion-evaporation reaction. A band built on the first excited 0 2 + state has been identified for the first time. In addition, we report new rotational levels that form the band structures of both the odd and even spin components of the γ -vibrational band. The first excited 0 2 + band and the even spin members of the γ -vibrational band exhibit a Landau-Zenner crossing. This crossing demonstrates that the significant signature splitting between the odd and even spin members of the γ band is contributed to by band mixing.
