Consistent description of magnetic dipole properties in transitional nuclei

Abstract

It is shown that a consistent description of magnetic dipole properties in transitional nuclei can be obtained in the interacting boson model-2 by F-spin breaking mechanism, which is associated with differences between the proton and neutron deformations. In particular, the long standing anomalies observed in the $g$-factors of the Os-Pt isotopes are resolved by a proper inclusion of F-spin breaking.

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