Abstract
We have measured the linear polarization, , of continuum rays for and produced through (,) reactions. We find that for MeV in the rotational Er nuclei and, in contrast, that for MeV in the oblate Dy isotopes. This, taken together with the spectrum shapes of the contiuum rays, suggests a rather direct feeding of the yrast states by statistical cascades. The Dy data for MeV indicate collective rotations at spin .
- Received 7 May 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.991
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