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F. Todd Baker; Alan Scott; T. H. Kruse; W. Hartwig; E. Ventura; W. Savin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.193

Experimental Determination of the Signs of $E 2$ Interference Terms for ${}^{192}{Os}$ and ${}^{194}{Pt}$

F. Todd Baker, Alan Scott, T. H. Kruse, W. Hartwig, E. Ventura, and W. Savin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 193 – Published 26 July 1976

Abstract

The sign of $P_{3} = M_{02} M_{22^{'}} M_{02^{'}}$ [ $M_{rs} = - 〈 r ∥ M (E 2) ∥ s 〉$ ] has been determined by observing interference between one-step and two-step amplitudes for $α$ -particle excitation of the second $2^{+}$ states of ${}^{194}{Pt}$ and ${}^{192}{Os}$ . The sign of $P_{3}$ predicted by Kumar and Baranger is found to be correct for ${}^{192}{Os}$ but incorrect for ${}^{194}{Pt}$ .

Received 3 March 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.193

Authors & Affiliations

F. Todd Baker and Alan Scott

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

T. H. Kruse, W. Hartwig, and E. Ventura^*,†

Department of Physics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903

W. Savin

Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102

^*Present address: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Av. del Libertador 8250, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
^†Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation.