Possible experimental signature of octupole correlations in the 0${}_2^{+}$ states of the actinides

M. Spieker, D. Bucurescu, J. Endres +8

$J^{\pi }$= 0${}^{+}$ states have been investigated in the actinide nucleus ${}^{240}$Pu up to an excitation energy of 3 MeV with a high-resolution (p,t) experiment at $E_p$= 24 MeV. To t…