RT Journal Article T1 Search for shape-coexisting 0(+) states in Ni-66 from lifetime measurements A1 Olaizola, B. A1 Fraile Prieto, Luis Mario A1 Mach, H. A1 Cal González, J. A1 Picado, E. A1 Udías Moinelo, José Manuel AB The lifetime of the 0(3)(+) state in Ni-66, two neutrons below the N = 40 subshell gap, has been measured. The transition B(E2; 0(3)(+) -> 2(1)(+)) is one of the most hindered E2 transitions in the Ni isotopic chain and it implies that, unlike Ni-68, there is a spherical structure at low excitation energy. We have performed extensive shell-model calculations that correctly predict this result, obtaining a spherical 0(+) state at the correct energy and with an extremely low B(E2; 0(3)(+)-> 2(1)(+)) value. PB American Physical Society SN 2469-9985 YR 2017 FD 2017-06-07 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18100 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18100 LA eng NO © 2017 American Physical SocietyArtículo firmado por más de 10 autoresThis work was partially supported by the Spanish MINECO through projects FPA2013-41267-P, FPA201457196, FPA2015-65035-P, and the NuPNET network FATIMA (PRI-PIMNUP-2011-1338). The support by the European Union Seventh Framework through ENSAR (Contract No. 262010) is acknowledged. Fast timing electronics were provided by the Fast Timing Collaboration and MASTICON. B.O. acknowledges funding by the CPAN project (CSD-2007-00042@ Ingenio 2010). A.A. and S.R.L. acknowledge funding by the US National Science Foundation under Contract No. PHY-07-58100. J.A.B. acknowledges funding by the Spanish MINECO through Project FPA2012-32443. A.P. is partly funded by Programme "Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa" (SEV-2012-0249). NO Unión Europea. FP7 NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) NO NuPNET network FATIMA NO CPAN project NO CSD-2007-00042@ Ingenio 2010 NO US National Science Foundation NO Programme "Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa" DS Docta Complutense RD 8 abr 2025