Triaxial deformation and nuclear shape transition in 192Au

Y. Oktem,1 D. L. Balabanski,2 B. Akkus,1 L. Amon Susam,1 L. Atanasova,2 C. W. Beausang,3,4 R. B. Cakirli,1,5 R. F. Casten,3 M. Danchev,6,7 M. Djongolov,6,7 E. Ganioglu,1 K. A. Gladnishki,7 J. Tm. Goon,8 D. J. Hartley,6,9 A. A. Hecht,3,10 R. Krucken,3,11 J. R. Novak,3 G. Rainovski,7 L. L. Riedinger,6 T. Venkova,2 I. Yigitoglu,12 N. V. Zamfir,3,13 and O. Zeidan6 1Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Vezneciler, 34134, Istanbul, Turkey 2Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria 3Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA 4Department of Physics, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA 5Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany 6Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA 7Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria 8Louisiana State University Department of Physics and Astronomy 202 Nicholson Hall, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA 9Department of Physics, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, USA 10Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA 11TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada 12Gaziosmanpasa University, Science Faculty, Turkey 13National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania (Received 14 July 2012; published 12 November 2012)