Abstract
The population of yrast states in and properties of continuum rays have been measured as a function of input angular momentum, , via the (,) reaction. With increasing an eventual saturation of the high-spin population with a narrow region of yrast feeding is observed, together with an enhanced yield in the continuum spectra. This implies that the decay of very-high-spin states is diverted from the yrast line by continuum cascades and suggests collective modes which might be built on high- particle states.
- Received 10 April 1981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.778
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