Shape evolution in even-mass ${}^{98-104}$Zr isotopes via lifetime measurements using the ${\hat{I}}^3{\hat{I}}^3$-coincidence technique

G. Pasqualato, S. Ansari, J. S. Heines +82

The Zirconium (Z = 40) isotopic chain has attracted interest for more than four decades. The abrupt lowering of the energy of the first $2^{+}$ state and the increase in the transiti…