This review treats several pairing-related phenomena in nuclear systems, ranging from
superfluidity in neutron stars to the gradual breaking of pairs in finite nuclei. It focuses on the …

A description of high-spin phenomena in atomic nuclei is presented from both the
experimental and theoretical points of view. The characteristic features of collective nuclear …

The structure of the atomic nucleus has been studied to a large extent by gamma-ray
spectroscopy using germanium (Ge) detectors. Ge detectors were developed in the 1960s …

Theoretical quasiparticle energy diagrams are calculated for 76 rare earth nuclei situated
close to or on the neutron-deficient side of the β-stability line. Virtually all deformed rare …

The design and performance of large arrays of escape suppressed germanium
spectrometers is described. These arrays have revolutionized the-ray spectroscopic study of …

Empirical evidence for the existence of pair fluctuations in rapidly rotating nuclei in
connection with the pair gap is reviewed. The quantities considered are single-particle …

The damping of rotational bands at high spin, based on few quasiparticle excitations, is
directly related to the spread in the associated rotational frequencies, which leads to an I …

We review the current experimental data on collective structures within the pairing gap of
even-even deformed nuclei, with emphasis on nuclei near mass number A∼150 A∼ 150 …

The level scheme of Er 156 has been determined by use of an array of nine Compton-
suppressed Ge detectors. Two new types of behavior have been observed. The first is a …

The bulk of contemporary research in nuclear structure physics deals with nuclei that are at
least moderately collective in their low-lying states. These are usually well removed from …