Absence of Low-Energy Shape Coexistence in ^ 80 Ge: The Nonobservation of a Proposed Excited 0_ 2 ^ + Level at 639 keV.
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                  The ^{80}Ge structure was investigated in a high-statistics β-decay experiment of ^{80}Ga using the GRIFFIN spectrometer at TRIUMF-ISAC through γ, β-e, e-γ, and γ-γ spectroscopy. No evidence was found for the recently reported 0_{2}^{+} 639-keV level suggested as evidence for low-energy shape coexistence in ^{80}Ge. Large-scale shell model calculations performed in ^{78,80,82}Ge place the 0_{2}^{+} level in ^{80}Ge at 2 MeV. The new experimental evidence combined with shell model predictions indicate that low-energy shape coexistence is not present in ^{80}Ge.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2020 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Physical review letters 
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| Volume |    :  
                  125 
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| Issue |    :  
                  17 
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| Number of Pages |    :  
                  172501 
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| Date Published |    :  
                  2020 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  0031-9007 
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| URL |    :  
                  https://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v125/p172501 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.172501 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  Phys Rev Lett 
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