Quadrupole collectivity in neutron-rich Fe and Cr isotopes

Abstract

Intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation measurements are performed on the N≥40 neutron-rich nuclei Fe66,68 and Cr64. The reduced transition matrix elements providing a direct measure of the quadrupole collectivity B(E2;2+1→0+1) are determined for the first time in Fe4268 and Cr4064 and confirm a previous recoil distance method lifetime measurement in Fe4066. The results are compared to state-of-the-art large-scale shell-model calculations within the full fpgd neutron orbital model space using the Lenzi-Nowacki-Poves-Sieja effective interaction and confirm the results of the calculations that show these nuclei are well deformed