Triaxiality in the proton emitter I109

Abstract

We study the role of triaxial deformation in the proton-emitting nucleus $^{109}\mathrm{I}$. We analyze the rotational spectrum as well as the decay width within the nonadiabatic quasiparticle approach. The parent nuclear wave functions are calculated using a modified rotation-particle coupling where the matrix elements of the Hamiltonian representing the rotational states of the parent nucleus are written in terms of the rotational energies of the daughter nucleus. The measured spectrum of the daughter nucleus $^{108}\mathrm{Te}$ suggests a strong role of either triaxial or vibrational degrees of freedom which is applicable for $^{109}\mathrm{I}$ also. With these results we successfully explain the spectra of the parent and daughter and also the decay width in a unified way which enables us to establish the configuration of the rotational bands and the decaying state.