High-K Isomers in 176W and Mechanisms of K-Violation

B. Crowell, P. Chowdhury, D. J. Blumenthal +10

An isomer, with t1/2 = 35 +- 10 ns and J, Kpi = 14, 14+, has been observed in the nucleus 176W using the reaction 150Nd(30Si,4n) at a beam energy of 133 MeV. The isomer exhibits an…