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2-s2.0-85073551510 ; This letter reports lifetime measurements of excited states in the odd-N nucleus 163W using the recoil-distance Doppler shift method to probe the core polarising effect of the i13/2 neutron orbital on the underlying soft triaxial even-even core. The ratio B(E2:21/2+?17/2+)/B(E2:17/2+?13/2+) is consistent with the predictions of the collective rotational model. The deduced B(E2) values provide insights into the validity of collective model predictions for heavy transitional nuclei and a geometric origin for the anomalous B(E2) ratios observed in nearby even-even nuclei is proposed. © 2019 The Authors ; 1643549, 1796822, ST/G008671/1, ST/G008787/1, ST/P005101/1 ENSAR2 117F508 Array BioPharma Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, H2020: 654002 Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC: ST/L005670/1, ST/L005794/1, ST/P004598/1 Academy of Finland Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu, TÜBITAK Finnish Centre of Excellence in Atomic Layer Deposition ; This work has been supported by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council under grants ST/P004598/1, ST/L005670/1 and ST/L005794/1; the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project No: 117F508); the EU HORIZON2020 programme ?Infrastructures?, project number: 654002 (ENSAR2) and by the Academy of Finland under the Finnish Centre of Excellence Programme (Nuclear and Accelerator Based Physics Programme at JYFL). The UK/France (STFC/IN2P3) Loan Pool and GAMMAPOOL network are acknowledged for the HPGe escape-suppressed detectors of the JUROGAM II array. ; This work has been supported by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council under grants ST/P004598/1 , ST/L005670/1 and ST/L005794/1 ; the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project No: 117F508 ); the EU HORIZON2020 programme "Infrastructures", project number: 654002 (ENSAR2) and by the Academy of Finland under the Finnish Centre of Excellence Programme (Nuclear and Accelerator Based Physics Programme at JYFL). The UK/France (STFC/IN2P3) Loan Pool and GAMMAPOOL network are acknowledged for the HPGe escape-suppressed detectors of the JUROGAM II array.

6 pags., 5 figs., 1 tab. ; There is sparse direct experimental evidence that atomic nuclei can exhibit stable "pear" shapes arising from strong octupole correlations. In order to investigate the nature of octupole collectivity in radium isotopes, electric octupole (E3) matrix elements have been determined for transitions in Ra222,228 nuclei using the method of sub-barrier, multistep Coulomb excitation. Beams of the radioactive radium isotopes were provided by the HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN. The observed pattern of E3 matrix elements for different nuclear transitions is explained by describing Ra222 as pear shaped with stable octupole deformation, while Ra228 behaves like an octupole vibrator. ; The support of the ISOLDE Collaboration and technical teams is acknowledged. This work was supported by the following Research Councils and Grants: Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK) Grants No. ST/P004598/1, No. ST/L005808/1, No. ST/ R004056/1; Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) Grants No. 05P18RDCIA, No. 05P15PKCIA, and No. 05P18PKCIA and the "Verbundprojekt 05P2018"; National Science Centre (Poland) Grant No. 2015/18/M/ ST2/00523; European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework research and innovation programme 654002 (ENSAR2); Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Grant (EU-CERN) 665779; Research Foundation Flanders and IAP Belgian Science Policy Office BriX network P7/12 (Belgium); GOA/2015/010 (BOF KU Leuven); RFBR (Russia) Grant No. 17-52-12015; and the Academy of Finland (Finland) Grant No. 307685.

6 pags., 4 fig.s, 1 tab. -- Open Access funded by Creative Commons Atribution Licence 4.0 ; There is a large body of evidence that atomic nuclei can undergo octupole distortion and assume the shape of a pear. This phenomenon is important for measurements of electric-dipole moments of atoms, which would indicate CP violation and hence probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Isotopes of both radon and radium have been identified as candidates for such measurements. Here, we observed the low-lying quantum states in Rn and Rn by accelerating beams of these radioactive nuclei. We show that radon isotopes undergo octupole vibrations but do not possess static pear-shapes in their ground states. We conclude that radon atoms provide less favourable conditions for the enhancement of a measurable atomic electric-dipole moment. ; The support of the ISOLDE Collaboration and technical teams is acknowledged. This work was supported by the following Research Councils and Grants: Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC; UK) grants ST/ P004598/1, ST/L005808/1; Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; Germany) grants 05P18RDCIA, 05P15PKCIA and 05P18PKCIA and the "Verbundprojekt 05P2018"; National Science Centre (Poland) grant 2015/18/M/ST2/00523; European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework research and innovation programme 654002 (ENSAR2); Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND grant (EU-CERN) 665779; Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium), by GOA/2015/010 (BOF KU Leuven) and the Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme initiated by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BriX network P7/12); RFBR(Russia) grant 17-52-12015.