Author(s): M.I. El-Zaiki and H.O. Nafie
Article publication date: 1987-04-01
Vol. 5 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 149-159.
DOI:
137

Keywords

inertia, physics, rotational frequency

Abstract

A drastic change in the moment of inertia as a function of the rotational frequency is observed in the band crossing region for the deformed nuclei 158Er and 156Dy (N=90). These changes may be interpreted as a phase transition from superfluid state to a non parallel h2 fluid state