D. B. Fossan

TL;DR: In this article, the main features of band termination as a specific high-spin phenomenon inherent to finite many-fermion strongly interacting systems are overviewed, based mainly on the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky approach.

TL;DR: In this article, the lifetime of states in a rotational-like band in the Gammasphere array was determined through a Doppler-shift attenuation method measurement.

TL;DR: Rotational cascades observed in neutron-deficient nuclei with {ital Z}{approx}51 are described as the first examples of smoothly terminating bands in heavy nuclei, since they show a continuous transition from high collectivity to a noncollective state.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the lifetime of high-spin states in two different dipole bands and compared them with tilted axis cranking (shears mechanism) predictions and principal axis crank prediction, based on configurations involving two proton holes and one or three quasineutrons.

TL;DR: In this paper, the lifetime of a magnetic dipole band in each of the nuclei was obtained using the Doppler shift attenuation method, and the deduced B(M1) transition rates showed the characteristic behavior associated with the shears mechanism.