Experimental evidence for transverse wobbling bands in 136Nd

The nature of two high-spin bands in Nd-136 built on the two-quasiparticle configuration pi h(11/2)(2), predicted by the triaxial projected shell model as good candidates of transverse wobbling bands, are investigated experimentally. The mixing ratio of one Lambda I = 1 transition connecting the one-phonon and the zero-phonon wobbling bands is established from a high-statistics JuroGam II gamma-ray spectroscopy experiment by using the combined angular correlation and linear polarization method. The resulting wobbling excitation energy and ratios of reduced electromagnetic transition probabilities are in good agreement with results of a new particle-rotor model which rigidly couples the total angular momentum of two quasiparticles to a triaxial core in an orthogonal geometry, confirming thus the transverse wobbling nature of the bands.

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The nature of two high-spin bands in Nd-136, which are predicted to be good candidates for transverse wobbling bands, is investigated experimentally. The mixing ratio of a transition connecting the one-phonon and the zero-phonon wobbling bands is determined using angular correlation and linear polarization method. The results confirm the transverse wobbling nature of the bands, in agreement with a particle-rotor model.