Anomalous behavior of the first excited 0${}^{+}$ state in $N\approx Z$ nuclei

K. Kaneko, R. F. Casten, M. Hasegawa +5

A study of the energies of the first excited $0^{+}$ states in all even-even $Z$ $\ge$ 8 nuclei reveals an anomalous behavior in some nuclei with $N$ = $Z$, $Z$ $\pm$ 2. We analyze…