Observing the effects of numbers of valence nucleons on $0_{gs}^{+}\to 2_1^{+}$ transitions in deformed nuclei by comparing proton and neutron transition matrix elements

P. D. Cottle, L. A. Riley, A. Gade +2

We examined the ratios of neutron and proton transition matrix elements, $M_n/M_p$, for the $0_{gs}^{+}\to 2_1^{+}$ transitions in 48 even-even stable nuclei with $N>20$ for w…