Abstract

Lifetime measurements of yrast levels in $^{167}\mathrm{W}$ were measured using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method. The differential decay-curve method was applied for a lifetime determination. Excited states of the nucleus $^{167}\mathrm{W}$ were populated by the reaction $^{142}\mathrm{Nd}$ ($^{28}\mathrm{Si}, 3n$) at a beam energy of 144 MeV. The energy spectra and measured transition quadrupole moments inferred from the lifetimes of $^{167}\mathrm{W}$ are compared with the predictions of the cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky-Bogoliubov calculations. The changes of deformations and shapes with increasing spin due to the $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-polarization effect of aligned particles are discussed. The signature inversion visible in the negative parity yrast band is explained to be related to the triaxial shapes.

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